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TRB is inviting organizations and individual donors to support the TRB Minority Student Fellows Program, which promotes minority participation in transportation and in TRB. The program provides a platform for minorities to develop research skills and form relationships with transportation professionals. Now in its 13th year, the program provides financial assistance for minority students from historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to attend and present their research at the TRB Annual Meeting. Read more.
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Clearing the Skies with Research on Electric Vehicles
The world is transforming its energy system from one dominated by fossil fuel combustion to one with net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide. Read more about the latest on EVs in our blog.
Herby Lissade, an active TRB volunteer, discusses his work dealing with natural disasters in California and Haiti as well as 9/11 in New York City. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Submit ACRP Legal Studies Program Research Ideas
Submit your problem statements for the FY 2022 Airport Cooperative Research Program's Legal Studies Program by November 19.
Watch What’s New with TRID
A 6-minute video shows off the Search History features you can use in the advanced search filters of both TRID and RIP. In addition, 29 new reports published by TRB have been added to TRID and IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology has been added to TRID for indexing.
Submit your paper to a special edition of TRB's Transportation Research Record journal that focuses on freight. Papers are due November 30.
November 1 - TRB Webinar: Building Information Modeling for Infrastructure
November 3 - TRB Webinar: Navigating the Supply Chain Congestion Crisis
November 3 - CV Communication Technologies & State and Local Impacts of Automated Freight from TRB's Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Services
November 5 - TRB Webinar: Ensuring a Productive TRB Annual Meeting Experience for All Young Attendees
November 15 - TRB Webinar: Shovel Ready – Using Digital Terrain Models in Construction
November 16 - TRB Webinar: Creature Comforts – Designing Terminal Restrooms and Ancillary Spaces
November 17 - TRB Webinar: Hit the Ground Running–Designing Roundabouts with Conventional Pavement
November 18 - TRB Webinar: Performance and Benefits of Metalizing and Duplex Coating
December 6-7 - The U.S. Department of Transportation, through the University Transportation Center program, is hosting Transportation Infrastructure Innovations for Durability and Resilience (TriDurLE) online. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event.
System Mobility and Emerging Technologies (SMET): Strategic Planning Session and Research Roadmap Development proposals due November 30
Implementation of MASH Surrogate Test Vehicles for Sign Supports, Breakaway Poles, and Work Zone Traffic Control Devices proposals due December 7
Legal Issues in Transit Agencies Providing/Subsidizing Innovative Micromobility Projects proposals due December 9
Guide for Protecting Transportation Employees and the Traveling Public from Airborne Diseases proposals due December 13
Applying the Safe System Approach to Transportation Planning, Design, and Operations in the United States proposals due December 15
National Academies: Communication Strategies for Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines. The fourth wave of COVID-19 in the U.S., fueled by the delta variant, affirms the importance of tackling vaccine hesitancy and communicating with parents of children who are eligible to be vaccinated and those for whom future eligibility is anticipated.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 311: Improving the Efficiency and Consistency of Section 106 Compliance for State DOTs: Strategies for Project-Level Programmatic Agreements
U.S. GAO - FAA Could Improve Outreach through Enhanced Noise Metrics, Communication, and Support to Communities
U.S. Congressional Research Service - USMCA: Motor Vehicle Provisions and Issues
University of Kentucky - Evaluating the Safety Cultures of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Maintenance Crews
Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University - Ambitious Action Plan Tackling Climate Change or Finding Common Ground? A Perspective on the Climate Action Potentials of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute - Data Fusion for Non-Motorized Safety Analysis
University of Texas at Austin - Examining the Impact of Transportation-Related Barriers on Self-Perceived Physical Health among Adults in the United States
New Zealand Transport Agency - Framework for Evacuation Routes
The International Transport Forum - Cleaner Vehicles Achieving a Resilient Technology Transition
The International Council on Clean Transportation - Opportunities and Pathways to Decarbonize China’s Transportation Sector During the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan Period and Beyond
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Hearing: Achieving Mission Balance: Positioning the Coast Guard for the Future
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Hearing: Three Years After Lion Air 610: FAA Implementation of the 2020 Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act