Transportation agencies can make a difference for imperiled pollinators by managing existing roadside vegetation and designing new revegetation plantings with habitat needs in mind. This can generate public support for agencies and help to mitigate the negative ecological effects of roads.
Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 1: Alaska (NCHRP Web-Only Document 362), from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is the first in a 16-volume series. Each volume focuses on a specific region of the United States and is intended to provide relevant guidance to rights-of-way owners and operators for roadside vegetation management practices that support pollinators, as well as strategies that are compliant with the federal Endangered Species Act.
This volume and the next three (on California, Florida, and the Great Basin) have just been released, with four more volumes to become publicly available each of the next three weeks.
Find additional resources for improving the relationship between transportation and wildlife in our updated blog post.
Toward a National Regulatory Framework for Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities (TR Circular E-C284). The deployment of automated vehicles, shared mobility services, and other transformational transportation technologies has the potential to dramatically increase safety, reduce congestion, improve access, enhance sustainability, and spur economic development. However, success in meeting these goals is not assured and there are significant risks that these deployments could cause unintended consequences.
Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 2: California (NCHRP Web-Only Document 362)
Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 3: Florida (NCHRP Web-Only Document 362)
Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 4: Great Basin (NCHRP Web-Only Document 362)
Program Evaluation Report Card Tool for Wildlife Hazard Management Plans: User Guide (ACRP Research Report 250)
Provision of Alternative Services by Transit Agencies: The Intersection of Regulation and Program (TCRP Research Report 239)
June 1 - TRB Webinar: Improving Access, Quality, and Management of Public Transit ITS Data
June 5 - TRB Webinar: Airfield Pavement Markings—Removal and Temporary Applications
June 6 - TRB Webinar: Increasing Customer Awareness and Understanding of On-Demand Transit
Guide for Building, Maintaining, and Improving ARFF Programs and Training Facilities proposals due July 13
Join us for important conversations at TRB's Automated Road Transportation Symposium. Explore the program to plan your days and be at the sessions that matter most to you. Use #TRBautomated to follow the conversation online and register today! Rates increase on June 8 Eastern time.
Interested in growing your network, contributing to the Airport Cooperative Research Program's mission, and attending industry conferences? Apply for the 2023 Ambassador Program cohort by July 28! ACRP Ambassadors help airports across the U.S. access and apply research to solve current and future challenges, serve as a conduit of information between airports and ACRP, and support the development of the next generation of airport leaders.
Serve on a TRB National Highway Cooperative Research Program project oversight panel. Nominate yourself or others with expertise directly relevant to the research by June 30. Please help identify panelists representing a diversity of experience and expertise.
Illinois Department of Transportation – Optimized Hot-Mix Asphalt Lift Configuration for Performance
South Dakota Department of Transportation – Review of State DOT Practices for Analyzing the Effectiveness of Completed Highway Safety Improvement Projects
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – Remote Sensing System Enhancement for Digital Twinning of the Built Infrastructure to Support Critical Infrastructure Protection Research
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University – Epidemiological Models for Transportation Applications: Secondary Crashes
Purdue University – Improving Scaling Resistance of Pavement Concrete Using Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Nanosilica
University of Nevada, Reno – Develop a Study for Geosynthetic Materials for Use in Reducing Pavement Section Thickness
Old Dominion University – Effectiveness of TMC AI Applications in Case Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst – Construction and Materials Best Practices for Concrete Sidewalks: Phase II – Long-Term Performance and Hot-Weather Placement Effects
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – Early Estimates of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities And Fatality Rate by Sub-Categories in 2022
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration – Locomotive Horn Detectability at Closely-Spaced Highway-Rail Grade Crossings