TR News Magazine
TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine, which features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community, "research pays off" articles, profiles of transportation professionals, workshop and conference announcements, new book notices, news of TRB activities, and the TRB Annual Report.
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TR News are posted online four months after their publication. Each title includes a short description of articles included in the publication, a link to the full text of the issue (as it becomes available), and a link to
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August 26, 2022
The July-August 2022 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on New Technologies in Highway Construction—is available in hard copy for subscribers and digital copy online for all. Other feature articles in the issue include "Preparing for Digital Twins" and "E-Ticketing: The Fast Lane in Highway Construction Technology." This is Issue 340. To subscribe to TR News, sign up through ...
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September 15, 2022
Whether it is new ways to distribute project funds, innovations in project selection, or new technologies speeding the collection of pavement management data, great strides are being made in the field of pavement preservation. This topic is explored in the the May-June 2022 edition (Issue 339) of TR News , TRB's magazine. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on...
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August 18, 2022
By conducting a detailed analysis of pavement rehabilitation selection options, a transportation agency often may choose one or more specific surface treatment or pavement rehabilitation strategies that will meet its cost and performance expectations. This topic is explored in the the May-June 2022 edition (Issue 339) of TR News , TRB's magazine TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring ...
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July 28, 2022
Significant safety issues often occur when longitudinal pavement joints deteriorate, leaving the joints permeable and susceptible to the intrusion of water that accelerates deterioration. This topic is explored in the the May-June 2022 edition (Issue 339) of TR News , TRB's magazine. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research pra...
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June 28, 2022
The May-June 2022 issue of TR News features pavement preservation, maintenance, and rehabilitation and is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the cover and table of contents are available. Other feature articles in the issue include separate studies on the use of flexible and rigid pavement and how costs and emissions can be reduc...
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August 02, 2022
The March-April 2022 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on Missing and Murdered Indigeneous Women—is available in hard copy for subscribers and digital copy online for all. Other feature articles in the issue include "2022 TRB Annual Meeting Highlights: Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System" and "Does LED Roadway Lighting Affect Driver Sleep Heal...
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July 22, 2022
Light emitting diode (LED) technology has revolutionized the lighting industry. This article dives into whether LEDs in roadway lighting environments have any negative health or environmental impacts and details the findings from a TRB report. The March-April 2022 issue of TRB's magazine, TR News , is Issue 338. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on inno...
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June 13, 2022
Human trafficking of American Indians and Alaska Natives are serious and significant problems. Transportation agencies can improve travel and transportation safety for Native women and girls by continuing to share information with community members, as well as criminal justice, social service, and medical personnel, all of whom can help save victims and get pimps and traffickers off the street. Th...
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May 26, 2022
After an all-virtual conference in 2021, TRB’s 101st Annual Meeting welcomed transportation professionals in person to Washington, D.C., January 9–13, 2022. A smaller but motivated—and masked and vaccinated—crowd convened for committee meetings, poster and lectern sessions, and a keynote address from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The March-April 2022 issue of TR...
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June 10, 2022
The January-February 2022 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on Preservation, Maintenance, and Renewal—is available in hard copy for subscribers and digital copy online for all. Other feature articles in the issue include "Safe Navigation for Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Alternative and Other Intersections and Interchanges" and "Serving Passengers with Hearing Loss." This is Issue 337. ...
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April 22, 2022
For those with hearing loss, passage through a transportation terminal can be fraught with difficulty: Hearing aids often are unable to suppress background noise adequately, and the typical cacophony of a terminal can make speech comprehension anywhere from challenging to impossible. "Serving Passengers with Hearing Loss" is a feature article in the January-February 2022 issue of TRB's magazine,&n...
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April 06, 2022
Several complex intersection designs have emerged to improve efficiency and safety for drivers, but they don't always work so well for pedestrians and bicyclists. " Getting to the Other Side: Safe Navigation for Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Alternative and Other Intersections and Interchanges " is a feature article in the January-February 2022 issue of TRB's magazine, TR News (Issue 3...
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March 31, 2022
The November-December 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on collaboration and innovation at the MnROAD Research Facility—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue include Airport Cooperative Research Program guidance on best design practices for service animal relief areas, worship spaces, lactation areas, and more; developing the transportation workforce; and infra...
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February 24, 2022
Transit agencies across the country continue to learn from one another’s experiences in planning and delivering bus network redesigns, advancing the state of the practice to deliver higher-quality transit services that are responsive to the travel needs of today’s public. "Redesigning Transit for the New Mobility Future" is a feature article in the November-December 2021 issue of TRB's magazine, T...
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February 17, 2022
MnROAD has flourished over the past three decades—in collaboration with the Transportation Research Board (TRB)—as a research site for many ideas conceived by TRB standing committees in their triennial strategic plans and research needs statements (RNSs). One example is the newly completed unbonded overlay pooled fund study, led by MnROAD staff, that was initiated by a TRB standing committee RNS i...
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