Automated systems can enhance traffic operations along networks and corridors. Detector events are collected up to 10 times every second and this granularity and wealth of information allows for continuous and proactive monitoring of traffic flow, signal operations, and maintenance.

Learn more and find case examples from North Carolina, Maryland, Minnesota, Georgia, and Utah in NCHRP Synthesis 659: Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures: Management, Operation, and Maintenance. Discover which factors lead to sustained deployment and expansion of the system.

Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and vice dean for academic advancement at the University of Chicago, has been elected as the next president of the National Academy of Sciences, to begin July 1. The NAS also chose a new international secretary and councilors.

The TRB Annual Meeting sparked conversations around new research and research gaps. If you have a great idea for an upcoming TRB webinar, submit your suggestion today! Submissions received by March 1 will be considered for the spring and summer schedule.

Submit a public comment to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology request for input on the research and development activities needed to modernize the nation's transportation system through the application of digital infrastructure at scale. Comments are due March 6. TRB continues to support USDOT in moving forward the implementation and commercialization of digital infrastructure, AI, and automation technologies.