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Transportation Research Circulars

Committee reports, including interim research findings and research problem statements, considered to be of immediate interest but not necessarily of permanent reference value.

2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity 2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity
Transportation Research Circular E-C302
May 07, 2025
Transportation Research Circular E-C302: 2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity , from the Transportation Research Board, summarizes the presentations and discussions from this event held July 15–18, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asphalt Pavement Durability Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asphalt Pavement Durability
Transportation Research Circular E-C300
March 21, 2025
Asphalt mix design has always been considered a balance of rutting resistance and durability. The conventional Superpave mix design system targets 4% air voids during design and is referred to in this circular as Superpave4. The Superpave5 concept is a modification to the conventional Superpave4 approach. Transportation Research Circular E-C300: Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asp...

Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asphalt Pavement Durability Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asphalt Pavement Durability
Transportation Research Circular E-C300
March 21, 2025
Asphalt mix design has always been considered a balance of rutting resistance and durability. The conventional Superpave mix design system targets 4% air voids during design and is referred to in this circular as Superpave4. The Superpave5 concept is a modification to the conventional Superpave4 approach. Transportation Research Circular E-C300: Superpave5: How Increasing Air Voids Can Improve Asp...

Transportation Systems Simulation Compendium Transportation Systems Simulation Compendium
Transportation Research Circular E-C298
May 02, 2025
Simulation has become a crucial tool for evaluating the effectiveness of proposed capital investments aimed at improving transportation system performance. Factors such as persistent congestion, complex facility operations, and the rapid advancement of technologies and transportation systems management strategies have required agencies to invest in developing and utilizing simulation models. TR Ci...

Concrete Pavement Smoothness: 2023 Workshop Concrete Pavement Smoothness: 2023 Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C297
December 17, 2024
The most inherent advantage of a smooth pavement surface is its reduced noise levels compared to a pavement that is not smooth, but beyond the noise impacts there lies indirect and direct benefits that people gain from a smooth pavement. Transportation Research Circular E-C297: Concrete Pavement Smoothness: 2023 Workshop , from the Transportation Research Board, was developed from presentations ma...

Foundation Design and Construction for 100-Year Pavement Systems Foundation Design and Construction for 100-Year Pavement Systems
Transportation Research Circular E-C296
November 08, 2024
Federal laws and rules require performance standards to be implemented to enhance stewardship of the transportation infrastructure and foster greater innovation in delivering a resilient transportation system, including the life of pavement systems, that supports prosperity and opportunity. Transportation Research Circular E-C296: Foundation Design and Construction for 100-Year Pavement Systems do...

Day-to-Day Practices to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Asphalt Day-to-Day Practices to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Asphalt
Transportation Research Circular E-C295
August 15, 2024
Asphalt pavement stakeholders are working toward a common goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and incorporating the use of technologies and tools to rationally quantify the environmental impacts of asphalt pavement materials and construction alternatives. Transportation Research Circular E-C295: Day-to-Day Practices to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Asphalt , from the Transportation Research Board,...

Adjustment to Asphalt Mixtures to Meet Performance Testing Requirements and Allow Innovations Adjustment to Asphalt Mixtures to Meet Performance Testing Requirements and Allow Innovations
Transportation Research Circular E-C294
August 27, 2024
Asphalt mixture mechanical tests (such as Hamburg Wheel-Track, Asphalt Pavement Analyzer, Indirect Tensile Cracking) are growing in use by numerous state departments of transportation (DOTs) as part of their standard material specifications to complement volumetric properties and help ensure satisfactory asphalt mixture performance. Transportation Research Circular E-C294: Adjustment to Asphalt Mi...

Listen Up! Challenges for Asphalt Balanced Mixture Design Implementation and How the Research Community Can Help Listen Up! Challenges for Asphalt Balanced Mixture Design Implementation and How the Research Community Can Help
TR Circular E-C293
July 03, 2024
The design of asphalt mixtures for use in infrastructure applications has generated significant research and focus over recent years. Recent advancements in mechanical testing of asphalt mixtures, often referred to as "performance tests," brought to the asphalt community the concept of Balanced Mix Design (BMD) and the use of these tests to augment or go beyond volumetric design. TR Circular E-C29...

Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strategic Research: 2024 Update Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strategic Research: 2024 Update
Transportation Research Circular E-C292
June 12, 2024
Monitoring travel on the nation's roadways is crucial for understanding the dynamics of the U.S. transportation system. This involves both broad assessments, such as calculating annual average daily traffic to report on vehicle miles traveled, and detailed analyses, like examining freeway operations on a minute-by-minute basis. TR Circular E-C292: Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strat...

Recycling Waste Plastics in Asphalt Pavements Recycling Waste Plastics in Asphalt Pavements
TR Circular E-C291
May 10, 2024
The increasing volume of plastic waste generated each year is a global problem—one that has been magnified following the 2017 passing of China’s Operation National Sword policy that ended the import of waste plastics into the country effective January 2018. Rightfully, this action has awakened a renewed effort to reduce and recycle plastic waste and asphalt pavements have been identified as a pote...

Implementing Dielectric Profiling Systems for Real-Time Quality Control Implementing Dielectric Profiling Systems for Real-Time Quality Control
TR Circular E-C290
May 22, 2024
Dielectric Profiling Systems and Paver Mounted Thermal Profiling can be used to advance pavement quality measurement of the entire mat from a limited number of random post-construction measurements to near-continuous measurements in real time during construction. TR Circular E-C290: Implementing Dielectric Profiling Systems for Real-Time Quality Control , from the Transportation Research Board, pr...

Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders of Older Adult Mobility Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders of Older Adult Mobility
Transportation Research Circular E-C289
April 24, 2024
The community of stakeholders in safe mobility for older adults use technical terms or expressions that can have very specific meanings across disciplines. The variety of different interpretations often leads to miscommunication. Moreover, the terminology continually changes to keep pace with advances in technology, measurement tools and methods, and transportation options. TRB's Transportation Re...

Innovations in Freight Data: 2023 Workshop Innovations in Freight Data: 2023 Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C288
February 16, 2024
The 4th Innovations in Freight Data Workshop was held September 19–21, 2023, at the Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, DC. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C288: Innovations in Freight Data: 2023 Workshop presents the discussions and presentations from the workshop.

Using Performance Engineered Mixtures to Improve Pavement Performance and Sustainability: State Experiences Using Performance Engineered Mixtures to Improve Pavement Performance and Sustainability: State Experiences
TR Circular E-C287
February 23, 2024
To encourage adoption of performance engineered mixtures (PEM) concepts, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration offered various levels of incentive funding to state agencies to help offset the costs of additional shadow testing, data collection, and reporting. TR Circular E-C287: Using Performance Engineered Mixtures to Improve Pavement Performance and Sustainability: State Experiences presents i...

Integrating the Flexible Pavement Life Cycle Integrating the Flexible Pavement Life Cycle
Transportation Research Circular E-C286
September 29, 2023
Traditionally, research and analysis of asphalt pavements have been siloed into pavement structural design, pavement material selection, and pavement service life. In order to achieve a truly perpetual pavement and potentially minimize life-cycle economic costs and environmental impacts, the pavement structural design and material design must also be integrated with pavement preservation and maint...

Workshop on Building More Resilient Supply Chains Workshop on Building More Resilient Supply Chains
TR Circular E-C285
September 15, 2023
The recent COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significant consequences that can result from disruptions in supply chains. The massive disruptions that occurred because of the pandemic were the result of a “perfect storm” from several events. From panic buying to increases in demand for goods and e-commerce from home-bound consumers, to stalled port operations, and labor shortages, disruptions can c...

Toward a National Regulatory Framework for Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities Toward a National Regulatory Framework for Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities
TR Circular E-C284
May 24, 2023
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 consequ...

13th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads 13th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
TR Circular E-C283
July 24, 2023
TRB's International Conference on Low-Volume Roads provides a global forum to examine new technologies and new techniques in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of low-volume roads. The Conference focuses on issues that impact all aspects of life throughout the world, including the first and last mile of the roads where trips by people, produce, and resou...

Building Information Modeling for Bridges and Structures: From Design to Construction Workshop Building Information Modeling for Bridges and Structures: From Design to Construction Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C282
December 23, 2022
Building information modeling (BIM) has been used in the vertical construction industry since the 1970s. In the last decade, the worldwide transportation industry has been pushing for the implementation of BIM for bridges and infrastructures. This process revolutionizes the way projects are delivered and, to be successful, it requires the cooperation of all parties involved in the realization of t...

Advancing Transportation Equity: Conference Summary and Action Brief Advancing Transportation Equity: Conference Summary and Action Brief
Transportation Research Circular E-C281
October 26, 2022
One of several key outcomes of the 2021 Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity (CATE) was the determination that transportation equity can better be achieved by being intentional about facilitating context-specific, people-first practices, policies, and outcomes in the transportation industry. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C281: Advancing Transportation Equity: Conference Summary...

Glossary of Terms for Balanced Design of Asphalt Mixtures Glossary of Terms for Balanced Design of Asphalt Mixtures
Transportation Research Circular E-C280
October 28, 2022
The design of asphalt mixtures for use in infrastructure applications is a topic that has generated significant research and focus over recent years. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C280: Glossary of Terms for Balanced Design of Asphalt Mixtures provides a reference document for usage of Balanced Mix Design terminology by the asphalt mixtures community in the United States. 

Advancing Low- and Zero-Emission Marine Vessel Technology Options Workshop Advancing Low- and Zero-Emission Marine Vessel Technology Options Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C279
September 02, 2022
The maritime industry at large has recognized the imperative to reduce localized and global emission impacts on our environment. There are numerous avenues to reducing vessel emissions, with one being the implementation of low- and zero-emission propulsion technology on vessels. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C279: Advancing Low- and Zero-Emission Marine Vessel Technology Options Worksho...

Innovations in Freight Data Workshop Innovations in Freight Data Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C278
April 07, 2022
The TRB Freight Data Technical Standing Committee initiated the third Innovations in Freight Data workshop to bring together freight data users and decision-makers to learn about and share the latest applications that leverage new and maturing data sources for improving decision-making. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C278: Innovations in Freight Data Workshop summarizes the September 202...

13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management 13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management
Transportation Research Circular E-C277
February 18, 2022
During a time of ever-changing dynamics, there is a tremendous amount happening in the world of asset management. The 13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management featured a variety of topics highlighting best practices in areas such as risk management, life cycle planning, and Transportation Asset Management Plan development. Emerging topics were also featured, addressing subjects ...

State Departments of Transportation Experiences and Applications with Traffic Speed Deflection Devices State Departments of Transportation Experiences and Applications with Traffic Speed Deflection Devices
Transportation Research Circular E-C276
January 12, 2022
Traffic speed deflection devices (TSDDs) are designed to measure pavement deflections or deflection velocities in response to loads applied by trucks moving at or near prevailing traffic speeds. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C276: State Departments of Transportation Experiences and Applications with Traffic Speed Deflection Devices details a 2019 workshop, Workshop on the Use of Traffic...

Measuring and Managing Freight Resilience Workshop Measuring and Managing Freight Resilience Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C275
December 17, 2021
When large-scale events disrupt freight systems, supply chains can fail, and populations are at risk of losing access to basic necessities and to critical goods flows needed to support infrastructure and economic recovery. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C275: Measuring and Managing Freight Resilience Workshop summarizes TRB's Measuring and Managing Freight System Resilience Workshop, whi...

Quality Assurance: Past, Present, and Future Quality Assurance: Past, Present, and Future
Transportation Research Circular E-C274
September 15, 2021
There has long been a focus on addressing the need for transportation agencies to incorporate more scientific approaches to developing construction and material specifications. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C274: Quality Assurance: Past, Present, and Future provides the synopsis of a workshop held during the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2020 that continued devloping this practice.

TRB Centennial Circular: History and Future Perspectives on Foundation Design for Transportation Structures TRB Centennial Circular: History and Future Perspectives on Foundation Design for Transportation Structures
Transportation Research Circular E-C273
July 09, 2021
There are hundreds if not thousands of variables to consider in foundation design, which require coordination between civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers as well as state departments of transportation (DOTs), environmental planners and other stakeholders, and require knowledge of the many design codes and constantly emerging research and design guidance. The TRB Technical Activity Divisi...

Technology Exchange on Local Roads Bridge Programs Technology Exchange on Local Roads Bridge Programs
Transportation Research Circular E-C272
May 28, 2021
Nearly all state departments of transportation (DOTs) have some level of oversight over local bridges, and different funding mechanisms and approaches are in use in the states. These are among the key takeaways from a best-practices panel sessions in conjunction with the 12th TRB International Conference on Low-Volume Roads. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C272: Technology Exchange on Loc...

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2021 Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2021
Transportation Research Circular E-C271
June 03, 2021
The aviation industry and federal government are investing significant resources to better understand and minimize the potential environmental impacts related to aviation. In some cases, environmental concerns have become a fundamental constraint to increases in aviation system capacity. Constrained capacity can further exacerbate environmental problems related to noise, local air quality, and oth...

Opportunities for Research on Transportation and Equity Opportunities for Research on Transportation and Equity
Transportation Research Circular E-C270
May 05, 2021
There is a widespread and heightened interest in both taking a hard look at where inequity exists and how to identify ways to address it with actionable solutions. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's Transportation Research Circular E-C270: Opportunities for Research on Transportation and Equity presents the outcomes of a TRB brainstorming session put forth as a challenge from ...

2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop 2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C269
February 03, 2021
The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) provides key data for many state and federal freight planning activities. The CFS is a shipper survey used to gather freight flow information including commodity shipped, origin and destination, value and weight, and mode. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C269: 2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop summarizes a workshop that provided a platform for discussion ...

Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation
Transportation Research Circular E-C268
January 11, 2021
In comparison to the levels of public interest and attention, there is little research to help understand the major obstacles and constraints encountered by women travelers and women working in transportation industries. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C268: Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation details the 2019 Women’s Issues in Transportation Co...

Summary of Transportation Research Needs Related to COVID-19 Summary of Transportation Research Needs Related to COVID-19
Transportation Research Circular E-C267
November 05, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has proven a formidable adversary worldwide, with tremendous impact on the United States. The transportation system is an essential element of our response to this pandemic but has also been significantly impacted across all modes, both passenger and goods movement. This environment is where research is needed most. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C267: Summary of T...

Transportation Asset Management in a COVID-19 World Transportation Asset Management in a COVID-19 World
Transportation Research Circular E-C266
October 07, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted transportation agencies across the U.S. in a variety of ways. On July 15, 2020, TRB's Transportation Asset Management Committee hosted a webinar that featured executives and CEOs from state, regional, and transit agencies. Transportation Research Circular E-C266: Transportation Asset Management in a COVID-19 World captures the details of the discussion on how the...

Transportation Resilience 2019: 2nd International Conference on Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Transportation Resilience 2019: 2nd International Conference on Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather
Transportation Research Circular E-C265
September 29, 2020
TRB hosted the Transportation Resilience 2019: 2nd International Conference on Transportation Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Events (TR2019) at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C., November 13–15, 2019. The primary purpose of TR2019 program was to present advancements made in transportation systems resilience to natural hazards, climate change, and impa...

Conference on Health and Active Transportation Conference on Health and Active Transportation
Transportation Research Circular E-C264
July 31, 2020
The Conference on Health and Active Transportation brought together leaders from the transportation and health disciplines to chart a course for the future of active transportation. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C264: Conference on Health and Active Transportation compiles comments of the plenary sessions and individual breakout sessions.

Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making
Transportation Research Circular E-C263
April 20, 2020
The use of performance measures and data is informing transportation decision making.  Transportation Research Circular E-C263: Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making summarizes many presentations from the conference, which attracted more than 350 professional transportation planners, consultants, industry experts, and academic researchers, from 42 stat...

TRANSED 2018 TRANSED 2018
Transportation Research Circular E-C262
May 06, 2020
TRANSED is the International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Older Adults and People with Disabilities. Transportation Research Circular E-C262: TRANSED 2018 is a sample of current research and practice in the field of accessible transportation for older adults and people with disabilities. The research was presented at TRANSED on November 12-15, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan.

TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Economic Implications of Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Economic Implications of Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility
Transportation Research Circular E-C261
February 13, 2020
A clear funding and business case –neither of which have yet been clearly articulated – will be important for the success of AVs and shared mobility. Transportation Research Circular E-C261: TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Economic Implications of Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility details the roles of government and the public sector as ...

Managing Highway Rock Slope Scaling Managing Highway Rock Slope Scaling
Transportation Research Circular E-C260
February 12, 2020
Scaling loose rocks from slopes adjacent to highways is a simple and effective measure for temporarily reducing the risk of rockfall potential on naturally occurring bedrock outcrops and highway rock–soil cuts. However, the current practice in estimating scope of work and contracting rock scaling projects are inconsistent from agency to agency. Many owners and transportation agencies conduct scali...

International Transportation and Economic Development Conference 2018 International Transportation and Economic Development Conference 2018
Transportation Research Circular E-C259
March 06, 2020
Transportation Research Circular E-C259: International Transportation and Economic Development Conference 2018 presents the proceedings from the ITED 2018. The report follows the general conference agenda, with presentations by speakers in the four plenary and 12 general sessions summarized. A list of the posters presented in one session is provided in Appendix A and the final program is provided ...

Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility
Transportation Research Circular E-C258
December 11, 2019
The deployments of automated vehicles, shared mobility services, and other transformational transportation technologies have 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 cons...

Primer on Bridge Load Testing Primer on Bridge Load Testing
TR Circular E-C257
November 08, 2019
Load testing of bridges to assess bridge performance has been in practice since at least 1891 in Switzerland. In times when engineering models were not as accurate and available as today, a critical step in the construction of a bridge was to load test prior to opening or during the opening ceremony of the bridge. Several bridges, including ones in Serbia, Switzerland, and France, collapsed during...

Managing Transportation Systems in a Fast-Changing World Managing Transportation Systems in a Fast-Changing World
Transportation Research Circular E-C256
December 06, 2019
Self-driving cars, rising temperatures and sea levels, increasingly strong weather events, changing citizen preferences, and innovations in technologies that are revolutionizing purchasing behavior, social interaction, financial transactions, communications, and travel—the transportation world is changing very rapidly. Transportation Research Circular E-C256: Managing Transportation Systems in a F...

Innovations in Freight Data Workshop Innovations in Freight Data Workshop
TR Circular E-C255
October 16, 2019
On April 9–10, 2019, 127 freight community members— including transportation professionals from transportation planning agencies, independent consultants, industry experts, and academic researchers from across North America—participated in the second Innovations in Freight Data Workshop in Irvine, California. Alison Conway from City College of New York chaired the planning committee for this works...

Transformational Technologies in Transportation: Impacts on Traditional Research Processes and Programs Transformational Technologies in Transportation: Impacts on Traditional Research Processes and Programs
Transportation Research E-Circular 253
October 25, 2019
Automated vehicles, shared mobility, and other transformational technologies in transportation provide a unique opportunity to make significant advances in meeting societal goals. TRB's Transportation Research E-Circular 253: Transformational Technologies in Transportation: Impacts on Traditional Research Processes and Programs explores whether and how, in an era of rapidly evolving transformation...

Workshop on the Use of Traffic Speed Deflection Device Data in Network- and Project-Level Pavement Decisions Workshop on the Use of Traffic Speed Deflection Device Data in Network- and Project-Level Pavement Decisions
TR Circular E-C254
October 02, 2019
Traditionally, pavement management decision-making has relied on surface cracking as an indicator of structural condition. However, with early-intervention preservation activities to extend the life of pavements, surface cracks no longer are a reliable indicator of structural condition. In the past 15 years, traffic speed deflection devices (TSDDs) have been developed to measure pavement structura...

TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Transition Toward Shared Automated Vehicles TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Transition Toward Shared Automated Vehicles
TR Circular E-C252
October 02, 2019
How do we bring governance into the era of digitization so it can manage demand and supply digitally? At the same time, it is necessary to correct for the existing inequities in our system, working closer with public- and private-sector partners and developing the infrastructure needed to ensure that the transition to shared and autonomous vehicles (SAVs) minimizes the potential challenges and tak...

Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures
Transportation Research Circular E-C251
October 07, 2019
Information exchanged during the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in a session titled "Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures" is captured in Transportation Research Circular E-C251: Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures . The document explores a significant amount of work t...

Transportation Research Circular E-C250: Drug-Impaired Driving: Research Needs Transportation Research Circular E-C250: Drug-Impaired Driving: Research Needs
September 16, 2019
The emergence of drug-impaired driving, notably marijuana-impaired driving, is a priority concern among road-safety stakeholders. In particular, the availability and potency of marijuana has increased, and the legalization of different forms of marijuana has occurred in many jurisdictions around the world. Of equal concern, in comparison to alcohol, much less is known about marijuana and driving i...

Transportation Research Circular E-C249: Key Elements of Construction Quality Assurance for Implementation Transportation Research Circular E-C249: Key Elements of Construction Quality Assurance for Implementation
September 06, 2019
TRB’s Technical Activities Division has released Transportation Research Circular E-C249: Key Elements of Construction Quality Assurance for Implementation, presenting a synopsis of " Quality Assurance: There’s Value in the Basics," held at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. In this session, four speakers with a range of perspectives—the Federal Highway Administration (F...

Transportation Research Circular E-C248: 12th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads Transportation Research Circular E-C248: 12th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
August 06, 2019
TRB’s Technical Activities Division has released Transportation Research Circular E-C248: 12th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, highlighting topics including road surfaces, geotechnology, cold regions and climate change, pavement management, planning and economics, unpaved roads management, geosynthetics in low-volume roads, drainage and stream crossings, climate change resiliency, st...

TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Importance and Role of Connectivity TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Importance and Role of Connectivity
TR Circular E-C247
June 07, 2019
TRB’s Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility has released Transportation Research Circular E-C247: TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility.  The circular provides a summary of a February 2019 mini-workshop on the importance and role of connectivity within the automated vehicles and shared mobility environment. Key takeaways from the workshop su...

Structural Monitoring Structural Monitoring
June 06, 2019
TRB's Technical Activities Division has released Transportation Research Circular E-C246: Structural Monitoring as a primer to convey an understanding of how structural monitoring (SM) technology can be used most effectively. The circular is designed to help bridge owners understand the different purposes of structural health monitoring (SHM). Effective use of SHM can help determine the most cost-...

Transportation Research Circular E-C245: Transportation Oral History: State of the Practice and a Path Forward Transportation Research Circular E-C245: Transportation Oral History: State of the Practice and a Path Forward
June 19, 2019
TRB’s Technical Activities Division has released Transportation Research Circular E-C245: Transportation Oral History: State of the Practice and a Path Forward that highlights the availability of more than 1,000 transportation oral histories and includes a proposal for the creation of a guidebook that transportation organizations could use to create their own oral histories. The circular also expl...

Mobility on Demand: A Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Future Mobility on Demand: A Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Future
Transportation Research Circular E-C244
June 09, 2020
The current state of mobility on demand (MOD) is explored in Transportation Research Circular E-C244: Mobility on Demand: A Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Future. The publication is the synopsis of a January 13, 2019, workshop that examined next steps for preparing for a transition to autonomy, and discussed ways to optimize sustainability and ensure equitability. The workshop emphasized the ro...

SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition 2017-2019 SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition 2017-2019
April 19, 2019
TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C243: SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition 2017-2019 contains student papers that were selected from a competition to promote use of the SHRP 2 Safety Data. A call for abstracts was issued in October 2017 to graduate students across the country, soliciting innovative ideas for using the data. The Review Panel for the SHRP 2 Safety Data Student ...

A Literature Review of Rail Trespassing and Suicide Prevention Research A Literature Review of Rail Trespassing and Suicide Prevention Research
January 09, 2019
TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C242: A Literature Review of Rail Trespassing and Suicide Prevention Research reviews and summarizes available research reports and data sources related to the issues of railroad trespassing and suicide, focusing on research from 2013 onwards. This report explores incidences of rail-related trespassing and suicide based on several factors, including lethali...

Past, Present, and Future of Asphalt Binder Rheological Parameters Past, Present, and Future of Asphalt Binder Rheological Parameters
Transportation Research Circular E-C241
April 17, 2019
The notion of an aging and under-funded infrastructure in the United States is widely accepted. Current legislation calls for performance targets to be established to aid not only in the administering of funds, but also to assist states in identifying high-risk practices and roadways within their own networks. In addition to the performance targets, agency officials are looking to design and const...

Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance Measurement System Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance Measurement System
November 23, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 240: Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance Measurement System explored emerging tracking and measurement technologies, including blockchain, and examples of multisector data sharing to capture multimodal freight performance as discussed during a September 2018 conference. Performance of the freight transportation system is important to shippers and carriers, plan...

Arterial Roadways Research Needs and Concerns: Informing the Planning, Design, and Operation of Arterial Roadways Considering Public Health Arterial Roadways Research Needs and Concerns: Informing the Planning, Design, and Operation of Arterial Roadways Considering Public Health
December 26, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 239: Arterial Roadways Research Needs and Concerns: Informing the Planning, Design, and Operation of Arterial Roadways Considering Public Health explores the planning, design, and operation of arterials considering public health. This report presents a series of descriptive examples where arterials and health concerns appear in practice and identifies how and where health could be...

2018 National Household Travel Survey Workshop 2018 National Household Travel Survey Workshop
December 20, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 238: 2018 National Household Travel Survey Workshop explored users' experiences with the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) dataset at an August 2018 workshop in Washington, D.C. Conducted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the NHTS is the authoritative source on the travel behavior of the American public. It is the only source of national data that allows one...

Innovations in Asphalt Mixture Design Procedures Innovations in Asphalt Mixture Design Procedures
November 13, 2018
Transportation Research E-Circular 237: Innovations in Asphalt Mixture Design Procedures explores the fundamentals of asphalt mix design for improved durability and performance. Based off of presentations made at TRB's 95th Annual Meeting, the document examines presentations that cover ways to incorporate more binder into the mix with trials that modify the air void and void in mineral aggregate (...

National Academies–TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility National Academies–TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility
October 05, 2018
TRB E-Circular 236: National Academies–TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility summarizes the deliberations of a TRB forum launched in early 2018 to facilitate evidence-based research needed to deploy automated vehicle technologies in a manner and timeframe that informs policy to meet long-term goals. The deployments of automated vehicles, shared mobility services, and ot...

Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Seventh Edition Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Seventh Edition
TRB's E-Circular 235
September 09, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 235: Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Seventh Edition contains common terms and accepted practice in transportation construction quality assurance terminology. Transportation construction quality assurance (QA), like many other specialized subject areas, has its own unique language containing numerous technical terms or expressions having very speci...

Relationships of Laboratory Mixture Aging to Asphalt Mixture Performance Relationships of Laboratory Mixture Aging to Asphalt Mixture Performance
TRB's E-Circular 234
September 07, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 234: Relationships of Laboratory Mixture Aging to Asphalt Mixture Performance summarizes the results from TRB Session 462: Relationship of Laboratory Mix Aging to Asphalt Mixture Performance, which was held during the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting. This circular includes four papers on addressing laboratory mix aging and explore handling asphalt mixtures at a production facility, varyin...

Applying Census Data for Transportation Applying Census Data for Transportation
Transportation Research Circular 233
June 05, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 233: Applying Census Data for Transportation explores a conference held on November 14-16, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri that focused on the use of census data for transportation applications. The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of Census data, including new techniques for integrating different data sets for use in transportation pla...

Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017: Summary of a Symposium Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017: Summary of a Symposium
April 13, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 232: Automated Vehicle Symposium 2017: Summary of a Symposium highlights the themes from an event that took place on July 11–13, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The event explored the development, testing, building, and deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The 2017 AVS provided the opportunity for communication, collaboration, and information sharing on a wide range of topi...

Culverts and Soil–Structure Interaction: Fifty Years of Change and a Twenty-Year Projection Culverts and Soil–Structure Interaction: Fifty Years of Change and a Twenty-Year Projection
Transportation Research Circular E-C230
February 28, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 230: Culverts and Soil–Structure Interaction: Fifty Years of Change and a Twenty-Year Projection summarizes the presentations from the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting on January 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C. In the past 40 to 50 years have seen significant changes in the pipe industry in terms of materials used, structure sizes, shapes, and joint capabilities. Design methodologies hav...

10th SHRP 2 Safety Data Symposium: From Analysis to Results 10th SHRP 2 Safety Data Symposium: From Analysis to Results
TR Circular E-C229
February 26, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 229: 10th SHRP 2 Safety Data Symposium: From Analysis to Results explores the October 6, 2017 symposium that served as a forum for the exchange of ideas about uses and methods for the SHRP 2 Safety Data Program and identified lessons learned from working with the data. This symposium focused on safety data analysis, results, and applications to help researchers and practitioners l...

Rebuilding and Retrofitting the Transportation Infrastructure Rebuilding and Retrofitting the Transportation Infrastructure
TR Circular E-C228
February 02, 2018
TRB's E-Circular 228: Rebuilding and Retrofitting the Transportation Infrastructure documents the presentations from a conference of the same name held in Washington, D.C., in September 2017. This meeting was the 11th in a series of Spotlight Conferences funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, University Transportation ...

Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strategic Research Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strategic Research
TR Circular E-C227
December 21, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 227: Advancing Highway Traffic Monitoring Through Strategic Research explores the state of the practice and state of the art in highway traffic monitoring. It explores data acquisition, analysis and reporting tools, quality assurance and quality control techniques, and trends in emerging technologies. It explores how highway traffic data are acquired and used, and will provide the...

Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation
November 20, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 226: Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation explores research issues related to implementing transportation systems resilience, and explores themes of a whole system approach to resilience, weather and advances in forecasting, an integrated approach to cyber-physical security for transportation, a European perspective on research for resilient road...

Research Issues in Freight Transportation Research Issues in Freight Transportation
TRB's E-Circular 225
November 24, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 225: explores the presentations and discussions from a 2007 workshop that provided a forum for researchers, government officials, and private-sector representatives to exchange ideas on how the freight transportation system can be improved. Congestion in ports, on access roads to intermodal facilities, and on the rail system has significant impacts on the productivity and competit...

Eleventh International Bridge and Structures Management Conference Eleventh International Bridge and Structures Management Conference
TRB E-Circular 224
November 06, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 224: Eleventh International Bridge and Structures Management Conference summarizes a meeting held on April 26-27, 2017 in Mesa, Arizona that focused on the impacts of the new Federal Transportation Asset Management Rule and proposed federal performance measures. This report summarizes workshops that provided an overview of the federal rules; software implementation to help meet th...

Innovations in Freight Data Innovations in Freight Data
August 01, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 223: Innovations in Freight Data summarize the presentations and discussions that took place at the Innovations in Freight Data Summit on May 17–18, 2017 in Irvine, California. The conference provided a forum to convene traditional freight-planning stakeholders with data and technology experts to discuss recent advances in the innovative application of these big and emerging data ...

Automated Vehicles Symposium 2016 Automated Vehicles Symposium 2016
July 07, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 222: Automated Vehicles Symposium 2016 presents the proceedings from the Automated Vehicle Symposium (AVS) on July 19-21, 2016 in San Francisco, California. The 2016 AVS provided the opportunity for communication, collaboration, and information sharing on a wide range of topics, including potential public policy, safety and security, ethics, and equity concerns, as well as technol...

SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition, 2015–2016 SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition, 2015–2016
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular 221
May 11, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 221: SHRP 2 Safety Data Student Paper Competition, 2015–2016 contains papers submitted to the first Student Paper Competition featuring applications of safety research from TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2). This competition features the use of the SHRP 2 Safety Data to extract new insights and applications of the data. Papers examine such topics as driver d...

First International Roadside Safety Conference: Safer Roads, Saving Lives, Saving Money First International Roadside Safety Conference: Safer Roads, Saving Lives, Saving Money
Transportation Research E-Circular 220
June 16, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 220: First International Roadside Safety Conference: Safer Roads, Saving Lives, Saving Money contains papers and abstracts presented at the TRB First International Roadside Safety Conference: Safer Roads, Saving Lives, Saving Money on June 12-15, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The conference supports and advances global efforts to reduce deaths and serious injuries associated ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge and the Federal Transit Administration’s Mobility on Demand Sandbox: Advancing Multimodal Mobility and Best Practices Workshop The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge and the Federal Transit Administration’s Mobility on Demand Sandbox: Advancing Multimodal Mobility and Best Practices Workshop
Transportation Research E-Circular 219
March 15, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 219: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge and the Federal Transit Administration’s Mobility on Demand Sandbox: Advancing Multimodal Mobility and Best Practices Workshop features presentations and dialogue from a January 8, 2017 workshop at the TRB Annual Meeting. The workshop explored the role of public transit, shared mobility, and advanced technology (inc...

Advancing Freeway Operations Through Strategic Research Advancing Freeway Operations Through Strategic Research
TRB's E-Circular 218
January 02, 2017
TRB's E-Circular 218: Advancing Freeway Operations Through Strategic Research captures the state of affairs in freeway operations and reflects on the known universe of tools, techniques, and trends in emerging technologies in freeway management. From predictive software to electronic surveillance systems, operations have advanced rapidly in the past two decades. This publication will aid transport...

Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey: Phase Two Report of Activities Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey: Phase Two Report of Activities
E-Circular 217
December 20, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 217: Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey: Phase Two Report of Activities summarize the status, approach, and expected content of the new National Household Travel Survey data for the user community. The National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), provided data on personal travel in the United Sta...

International Experience and Perspective of Pavement Texture Measurements and Evaluation International Experience and Perspective of Pavement Texture Measurements and Evaluation
E-Circular 216
December 05, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 216: International Experience and Perspective of Pavement Texture Measurements and Evaluation includes a synopsis of five presentations at the workshop “International Experience and Perspective of Pavement Texture Measurements and Evaluation” held at TRB's 94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The presentations explore methods used in the United States, Uni...

Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop
TRB E-Circular 215
November 28, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 215: Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop summarizes the presentations from a meeting hosted by the International Research Subcommittee of the TRB Roadside Safety Design Committee in Melbourne, Australia, on March 26, 2015. The publication explores assessment practices, work zone safety, safe systems and roadsides, hardware development and testing, and motorc...

International Practice in Highway Access Management: A Primer International Practice in Highway Access Management: A Primer
E-Circular 214
November 24, 2016
TRB E-Circular 214: International Practice in Highway Access Management: A Primer explores the international status of access management through the use of a survey of transportation researchers or professionals from eight countries to document their understanding of access management practices in their country. Authors of each country report were asked to focus on critical issues o...

13th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference: Transforming Urban Areas 13th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference: Transforming Urban Areas
Transportation Research E-Circular
November 22, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 213: 13th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference: Transforming Urban Areas documents the papers and discussions from a conference that took place on November 15–17, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference focused on how investments in light rail and streetcars may strengthen the entire transit network, contribute to regional mobility, and integrate successfully into t...

The Future Locomotive: How to Manage What You Have Today With a View to the Future The Future Locomotive: How to Manage What You Have Today With a View to the Future
Transportation Research E-Circular
August 18, 2016
TRB E-Circular 212: The Future Locomotive: How to Manage What You Have Today With a View to the Future explores the presentations of a meeting held on July 30-31, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska that examined locomotive cab design in terms of human machine interface theory and railroad applications. The meeting included perspectives from researchers, unions, locomotive engineers, engine manufacturers, and...

Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders in Senior Mobility Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders in Senior Mobility
TRB's Transportation Research E-Circular 211
July 15, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 211: Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders in Senior Mobility provides terminology that transportation professionals can use to communicate about senior mobility. The document will help those who encounter older adults with limited mobility, and will assist with communicating potential solutions to preserve and extend safe, independent transportation options for older persons.

Multimobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research Multimobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research
TRB E-Circular 210
July 07, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 210: Multimobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research Multimodal explores the results of a workshop that focused on new developments in the shared-mobility sphere, the use of smartphones in pushing the goal of shared mobility forward, and on rural and suburban mobility problems. It also raised the issue of equity for paratransit options in r...

Integrating Asphalt Mixture Design, Structural Design, and Construction Quality Control Integrating Asphalt Mixture Design, Structural Design, and Construction Quality Control
TRB E-Circular 209
July 06, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 209: Integrating Asphalt Mixture Design, Structural Design, and Construction Quality Control provides an overview of some of the benefits and issues related to integrating asphalt mixture and structural design under the low-bid process in the United States. The e-circular is grouped into five areas: 1. An overview of the mechanistic–empirical (M-E) structural design process for bo...

Transformational Technologies in Transportation: State of the Activities Transformational Technologies in Transportation: State of the Activities
Transportation Research E-Circular 208
May 12, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 208: Transformational Technologies in Transportation: State of the Activities explores the status and applications of transportation goods, services, and systems that fall under the umbrella of transformational techology. Key transformational technologies include connected and automated vehicles, including shared use services; unmanned aerial systems (drones); Internet of Things (...

Advancing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures: Summary of a Workshop Advancing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures: Summary of a Workshop
E-Circular 207
May 10, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 207: Advancing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures: Summary of a Workshop details a December 9–10, 2015 workshop that examined the development and use of freight fluidity performance measures and related analysis techniques to improve the freight transportation system. Participants discussed the opportunities and challenges associated with expanding the use of freight fluidity p...

Trends and Issues in Marine Transportation and the Environment Trends and Issues in Marine Transportation and the Environment
TRB E-Circular 206
April 08, 2016
TRB E-Circular 206: Trends and Issues in Marine Transportation and the Environment explores urgent and far-reaching research topics pertinent to marine transportation and environmental issues. Subjects explored in this E-Circular include marine emissions and air quality impacts, including alternative fuels, human health impacts, improving marine vessel emission inventory methods, emission reductio...

Commodity Flow Survey Workshop Commodity Flow Survey Workshop
TRB E-Circular 205
March 11, 2016
TRB E-Circular 205: Commodity Flow Survey Workshop highlights an October 29, 2015 workshop that explored the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), a data source for many freight planning activities. Workshop participants collaborated with the U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to provide input to the next application of the survey. Input was provided to help in...

Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
E-Circular 204
March 03, 2016
TRB's E-Circular 204: Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events highlights a September 16–18, 2015 conference and live webcast that convened more than 500 experts from across the world to explore state-of-the-art research and emerging practices and policies on adapting surface transportation networks to the potential impacts of climate change and extreme...

Transportation for Sustainability: An International Conference Transportation for Sustainability: An International Conference
Transportation Research Circular E-C203
February 15, 2016
TRB’s E-Circular 203: Transportation for Sustainability: An International Conference is the proceedings of a May 2015 conference held in Washington, D.C. that explored ways in which transportation systems can promote sustainability.

Transportation Investment for Economic Development: Making the Case Transportation Investment for Economic Development: Making the Case
TRB E-Circular 202
December 24, 2015
TRB E-Circular 202: Transportation Investment for Economic Development: Making the Case explores the presentations made at a peer exchange held August 17–18, 2015, in Detroit, Michigan. The meeting focused on collaboration between state departments of transportation (DOTs) and their state economic development counterparts. This exchange was designed to provide an opportunity for senior state DOT o...

Linking the Past to the Future: Lessons from History About Emerging Technology Linking the Past to the Future: Lessons from History About Emerging Technology
E-Circular 201
November 06, 2015
TRB E-Circular 201: Linking the Past to the Future: Lessons from History About Emerging Technology explores the presentations made at a one-day, invitational workshop that took place on June 13, 2014 and was hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (JPO) of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the History Committee of the Transportation Research Board. The worksho...

Transportation Asset Management from Plans to Practice: A Workshop for State Practitioners Transportation Asset Management from Plans to Practice: A Workshop for State Practitioners
TR Circular E-C200
August 14, 2015
TRB E-Circular 200: Transportation Asset Management from Plans to Practice: A Workshop for State Practitioners summarizes the presentations from a May 31, 2015 workshop held in conjunction with the 5th International Transportation Systems Performance Measurement and Data Conference, June 1–2, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. This circular summarizes ideas, experiences, and practices involving transporta...

Geotechnical Research Deployment Geotechnical Research Deployment
E-Circular 199
June 27, 2015
TRB E-Circular 199: Geotechnical Research Deployment explores how transportation organizations are implementing geotechnical research using new technologies, practices, and policies with the aim of developing and institutionalizing performance standards. The circular summarizes presentations from the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, which took place on January 14, 2014 in ...

Moisture Damage to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures Moisture Damage to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures
TRB E-Circular 198
June 15, 2015
TRB E-Circular 198: Moisture Damage to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures includes a synopsis of six presentations of the Moisture Damage to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures Workshop conducted at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 22-26, 2012.

Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory
TRB E-Circular 197
September 23, 2015
TRB E-Circular 197: Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory explores the presentations that took place at the Standing Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Summer Meeting, August 11–13, 2014 in Portland, Oregon. Presentations covered fundamental diagrams, traffic flow models, traffic control, freeway traffic analysis, calibration, empirical observations of traffic analysis, net...

Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning
Transportation Research Circular E-C196
April 17, 2015
TRB’s E-Circular 196: Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning summarizes the major themes of a peer exchange held on March 3-4, 2015, in Washington, D.C., which explored effective data governance and data business planning solutions for safety applications. Specifically, the conference focused on the business case for data governance, elements of data gove...

Traffic and Transportation Simulation - Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory, a Workshop Traffic and Transportation Simulation - Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory, a Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C 195
May 02, 2015
TRB’s E-Circular  195: Traffic and Transportation Simulation - Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory, a Workshop summarizes a workshop held January 12, 2014 at the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting that focused on traffic and transportation simulation. The workshop provided a means to explore the history, current status, and future of traffic simulation.

Literature Searches and Literature Reviews for Transportation Research Projects Literature Searches and Literature Reviews for Transportation Research Projects
TRB Electronic Circular E-C194
March 20, 2015
TRB E-Circular  194: Literature Searches and Literature Reviews for Transportation Research Projects addresses the necessary steps for producing a high-quality literature review for a transportation research project. The circular explores how to conduct literature searches; where to search for transportation information; how to put it all together as a quality literature review; and what the ...

Surface Transportation Financing: Innovation, Experimentation, and Exploration Surface Transportation Financing: Innovation, Experimentation, and Exploration
Transportation Research Circular E-C193
February 07, 2015
TRB’s E-Circular  193: Surface Transportation Financing: Innovation, Experimentation, and Exploration summarizes presentations made at the 5th International Conference on Surface Transportation Financing: Innovation, Experimentation, and Exploration on July 9-11, 2014, in Irvine, California. The conference focused on the latest research and practice in transportation finance, with an emphasis...

Data and Statistics for Valuing Transportation Infrastructure and Transportation's Contribution to the Economy Data and Statistics for Valuing Transportation Infrastructure and Transportation's Contribution to the Economy
Transportation Research Circular E-C192
February 04, 2015
TRB’s E-Circular  192: Data and Statistics for Valuing Transportation Infrastructure and Transportation's Contribution to the Economy summarizes presentations made at the Workshop on Data and Statistics for Valuing Transportation Infrastructure and Transportation’s Contribution to the Economy on July 23–24, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The workshop initiated a review of methods used to estimate ...

Aligning Data Systems to Communicate with Decision Makers: A Peer Exchange Aligning Data Systems to Communicate with Decision Makers: A Peer Exchange
Transportation Research Circular
December 17, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  191: Aligning Data Systems to Communicate with Decision Makers: A Peer Exchange summarizes a conference held in in Miami, Florida, on April 26–27, 2014, in conjunction with the 10th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management. The peer exchange, organized by TRB, focused on communicating with decision makers on transportation asset management, economic development...

Innovative Applications of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 Innovative Applications of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010
Transportation Research Circular E-C190
December 08, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  190: Innovative Applications of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 includes seven full technical papers and three extended abstracts focusing on applications of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 (HCM 2010), as presented at the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting in January 2014.

Application of Asphalt Mix Performance-Based Specifications Application of Asphalt Mix Performance-Based Specifications
Transportation Research Circular E-C189
November 12, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  189: Application of Asphalt Mix Performance-Based Specifications contains papers based on presentations made at TRB’s 93rd Annual Meeting in a session titled Application of Asphalt Mix Performance-Based Specifications. The session illustrated performance-based asphalt mix (PBAM) specifications that are being used by various agencies. It provided a review of the concepts behi...

Application of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Hot-Mix Asphalt: National and International Perspectives on Current Practice Application of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Hot-Mix Asphalt: National and International Perspectives on Current Practice
Transportation Research Circular E-C188
November 02, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  188: Application of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Hot-Mix Asphalt: National and International Perspectives on Current Practice summarizes papers and presentations presented at a workshop that took place on January 12, 2014 at the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting. The workshop explored material characterization and field validation for short- and long-ter...

Developing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures Developing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures
Transportation Research E-Circular 187
October 27, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  187: Developing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures summarizes presentations made at a workshop that examined freight fluidity as a measure of overall supply chain performance. The workshop also explored the use of freight fluidity performance measures in managing and improving the performance of the freight system. The Developing Freight Fluidity Performance Measures: Sup...

Enhancing the Durability of Asphalt Pavements: Papers from a Workshop Enhancing the Durability of Asphalt Pavements: Papers from a Workshop
September 30, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  186 contains papers based on a workshop held at the 92nd Annual Meeting, which took place January 13-17, 2013 in Washington, D.C. The workshop focused on enhancing the durability of asphalt pavements, specifically on new design and construction approaches for extending pavement life while also improving their sustainability. The workshop also addressed the use of new materia...

The Future of TransXML: Workshop Summary The Future of TransXML: Workshop Summary
Transportation Research Circular E-C185
April 29, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  185: The Future of TransXML: Workshop Summary is the proceedings of a December 2013 workshop that focused on potential future development and implementation of TransXML. Planning, designing, constructing, and operating transportation systems involve the exchange of large volumes of data. The lack of common data formats to facilitate the exchange of data across different busi...

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2014 Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2014
Transportation Research Circular E-C184
April 17, 2014
TRB E-Circular  184: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2014 explores issues that address the major environmental components affected by aviation activities, sustainable solutions that have evolved and continue to be developed to minimize aviation’s environmental impacts, and key processes that link aviation and the environment. The focus of the e-circular is on the state of scie...

Monitoring Bicyclist and Pedestrian Travel and Behavior Monitoring Bicyclist and Pedestrian Travel and Behavior
Transportation Research Circular E-C183
March 21, 2014
TRB’s E-Circular  183: Monitoring Bicyclist and Pedestrian Travel and Behavior is designed to chronicle the most recent advancements in techniques and technology of active transportation monitoring. The circular identifies a selection of recent advancements in bicycle and pedestrian data monitoring pertaining to both traffic volumes and behavioral data. The circular also introduces a selectio...

Progress Toward Performance-Graded Emulsified Asphalt Specifications Progress Toward Performance-Graded Emulsified Asphalt Specifications
January 09, 2014
TRB E-Circular  182: Progress Toward Performance-Graded Emulsified Asphalt Specifications addresses the current state of practice within the emulsified asphalt industry and examines new test methods that eventually could redefine how the industry determines specifications and performance of emulsified asphalts. This report builds on two e-circulars published in 2006 and 2007, E-C102 : Asphalt...

Risk-Based Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change Planning in the Transportation Sector Risk-Based Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change Planning in the Transportation Sector
Transportation Research Circular E-C181
December 12, 2013
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C181: Risk-Based Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change Planning in the Transportation Sector that explores leading climate change adaptation frameworks and examines the unique aspects of each framework’s development and approach. Recent studies of the climate change adaptation frameworks emerging from the transportation sector show a strong focus on risk. ...

Motor Vehicle Crashes and Injuries Involving Teenage Drivers Motor Vehicle Crashes and Injuries Involving Teenage Drivers
Transportation Research Circular E-C180
December 06, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C180: Motor Vehicle Crashes and Injuries Involving Teenage Drivers summarizes participants' discussions on teenage driving that took place at a workshop in 2008.

Theory, Explanation, and Prediction in Road Safety Theory, Explanation, and Prediction in Road Safety
Transportation Research Circular E-C179
December 03, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C179: Theory, Explanation, and Prediction in Road Safety summarizes the discussion and describes potential areas of advanced safety research identified by the participants at a November 2008 workshop. The objectives of the workshop were to explore promising future directions in highway crash data modeling and to identify potential areas for advanced researc...

Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey
Transportation Research Circular E-C178
October 09, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C178: Exploring New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey summarizes input on the design of the next National Household Travel Survey from the database’s user community.

Sustaining the Metropolis: Light Rail Transit and Streetcars for Super Cities Sustaining the Metropolis: Light Rail Transit and Streetcars for Super Cities
Transportation Research Circular E-C177
November 25, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C177: Sustaining the Metropolis: Light Rail Transit and Streetcars for Super Cities summarizes the presentations made at a November 2012 conference that focused on introducing the concept of light rail transit (LRT) in North America.

Integrating Spatial and Business Data for Improved Decisions Integrating Spatial and Business Data for Improved Decisions
Transportation Research Circular E-C176
October 02, 2013
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C176: Integrating Spatial and Business Data for Improved Decisions is the summary of peer exchange that took place in May 2013 in Boise, Idaho. Attendees at the exchange explore best practices for integrating spatial and business data, and discussed strategies to overcome barriers to implementing solutions. Participants explored both technical and organizatio...

Strategic Directions on Roadway Departure Crashes Strategic Directions on Roadway Departure Crashes
Transportation Research Circular E-C175
September 14, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C175: Strategic Directions on Roadway Departure Crashes contains authored summaries of the presentations and breakout discussions from a August 2012 workshop that explored research needs regarding roadside departure crashes in support of the World Health Organization’s Decade of Action initiative.

Countermeasures to Address Impaired Driving Offenders Countermeasures to Address Impaired Driving Offenders
Transportation Research Circular E-C174
August 22, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C174: Countermeasures to Address Impaired Driving Offenders provides an overview of the information presented and discussions held during an August 2011 symposium that explored the current state of knowledge about how best to deal with impaired driving offenders.

Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Sixth Edition Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Sixth Edition
Transportation Research Circular E-C173
June 12, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C173: Glossary of Transportation Construction Quality Assurance Terms: Sixth Edition is a reference document for usage of transportation construction quality assurance (QA) terminology. The publication is designed to help foster improved communications among those who are involved in transportation construction QA.

Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop
Transportation Research Circular E-C172
February 22, 2013
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C172: Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop is a record of a meeting hosted by the International Research Subcommittee of the Roadside Safety Design Committee in Milan, Italy, on July 17, 2012. The focus of the meeting included assessment practices, safety systems, best practices, and other road safety products and issues.

Durability of Concrete: Second Edition Durability of Concrete: Second Edition
Transportation Research Circular E-C171
September 10, 2013
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C171: Durability of Concrete: Second Edition provides information on producing durable concrete for transportation structures and pavements. The circular is an update to Transportation Research Circular 494: Durability of Concrete, published in 1999.

Nanotechnology in Concrete Materials: A Synopsis Nanotechnology in Concrete Materials: A Synopsis
Transportation Research Circular E-C170
December 20, 2012
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C170: Nanotechnology in Concrete Materials: A Synopsis explores promising new research and innovations using nanotechnology that have the potential to result in improved mechanical properties, volume change properties, durability, and sustainability in concrete materials.

Measuring the Transportation System from a Supply Chain Perspective Measuring the Transportation System from a Supply Chain Perspective
Transportation Research Circular E-C169
October 18, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C169: Measuring the Transportation System from a Supply Chain Perspective provides a synopsis of the information from a July 2012 workshop that was designed to help to advance the understanding of if and how public-sector decision making could be improved by having better supply chain information. The circular also summarizes initial themes that were identi...

Artificial Intelligence Applications to Critical Transportation Issues Artificial Intelligence Applications to Critical Transportation Issues
Transportation Research Circular E-C168
November 18, 2012
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C168: Artificial Intelligence Applications to Critical Transportation Issues describes artificial intelligence (AI) applications in transportation and includes opinions on the future of AI by members of the committee that produced the report. The circular also contains 12 individually authored articles that describe five general AI areas: traffic operations, ...

The Promise of Rural Roads The Promise of Rural Roads
Transportation Research Circular E-C167
September 24, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C167: The Promise of Rural Roads reviews the role of low-volume roads in rural connectivity, poverty reduction, crisis management, and livability. The circular is based on the keynote address at the TRB 10th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads held in 2011 in Florida.

Glossary for Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms: Second Edition Glossary for Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms: Second Edition
November 13, 2012
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C166: Glossary for Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms: Second Edition is to avoid the frequently occurring misconceptions that arise through the use of different terms for the same meaning. E-C166 is an update of a previous edition published in April 2009 as Transportation Research Circular E-C133: Glossary of Regional Transportat...

Alternative Binders for Sustainable Asphalt Pavement Alternative Binders for Sustainable Asphalt Pavement
Transportation Research Circular E-C165
August 29, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C165: Alternative Binders for Sustainable Asphalt Pavement contains seven technical papers and summaries of presentations made at a January 22, 2012, workshop that explored material characterization and field validation for short- and long-term performance of various sustainable asphalt pavements.

Climate Change and Transportation: Summary of Key Information Climate Change and Transportation: Summary of Key Information
Electronic Circular E-C164
July 17, 2012
TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C164: Climate Change and Transportation: Summary of Key Information highlights the key findings of a variety of studies on the subject of climate change and its ramifications for the transportation sector conducted by the National Research Council, the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineerin...

Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather
Transportation Research Circular E-C162
May 07, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C162: Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather includes papers that were presented at the April 30-May 3, 2012, conference in Coralville, Iowa. Issues addressed by the papers include environmental stewardship and sustainability, road safety under winter conditions, decision support systems, winter surface friction, blowing and drifting snow, wi...

Applications of Advanced Models to Understand Behavior and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Applications of Advanced Models to Understand Behavior and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures
January 15, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C161: Applications of Advanced Models to Understand Behavior and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures is a synopsis of information on the applications of advanced models to understand behavior and performance of asphalt mixtures.

Polyphosphoric Acid Modification of Asphalt Binders: A Workshop Polyphosphoric Acid Modification of Asphalt Binders: A Workshop
January 15, 2012
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C160: Polyphosphoric Acid Modification of Asphalt Binders: A Workshop documents the research discussed and presentations made at a April 2009 workshop that explored polyphosphoric acid-modified asphalt and its performance. The circular includes presentations made on a survey on polyphosphoric acid use and issues; the why and how of polyphosphoric acid modif...

Teamwork in U.S. Railroad Operations: A Conference Teamwork in U.S. Railroad Operations: A Conference
December 07, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research E-Circular E-C159: Teamwork in U.S. Railroad Operations: A Conference is a summary of the proceedings from an April 2009 conference that explored how modern teaming strategies might assist in improving the safety of railroad operations in the United States. The circular includes background papers, presentations, and summaries of breakout sessions held during the confe...

Commodity Flow Survey Workshop Commodity Flow Survey Workshop
September 23, 2011
TRB's Transportation Research E-Circular E-C158: Commodity Flow Survey Workshop is the proceedings of a November 2010 workshop that explored the next application of the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). The CFS is a key data source for a myriad of freight planning activities.

TRIS Turns 40: Results of a 2007 User Satisfaction Survey on the Transportation Research Information Service TRIS Turns 40: Results of a 2007 User Satisfaction Survey on the Transportation Research Information Service
October 10, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C157: TRIS Turns 40: Results of a 2007 User Satisfaction Survey on the Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS) documents the results of an online survey of users of the TRIS database. The circular also includes background and information on the history and evolution of TRIS, information on several different versions of TRIS, and a discussion of T...

Automated Imaging Technologies for Pavement Distress Surveys Automated Imaging Technologies for Pavement Distress Surveys
July 18, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research E-Circular E-C156: Automated Imaging Technologies for Pavement Distress Surveys documents state-of-the-art techniques and technologies in the acquisition of pavement surface images, and basic requirements needed to automatically identify and classify pavement surface distresses. The basics of film or magnetic tape–based image acquisition are presented in the circular....

Sensitivity Analyses for Flexible Pavement Design with the Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guide Sensitivity Analyses for Flexible Pavement Design with the Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guide
July 13, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research E-Circular E-C155: Sensitivity Analyses for Flexible Pavement Design with the Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guide contains the proceedings of a workshop that was held in conjunctions with the 2010 TRB 89th Annual Meeting. The workshop was developed to provide information for transportation agencies in the process of, or considering the implementation of, ...

Development of Warranty Programs for Hot-Mix Asphalt Development of Warranty Programs for Hot-Mix Asphalt
June 27, 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C154: Development of Warranty Programs for Hot-Mix Asphalt is a synopsis of current information for the development of warranty programs for hot-mix asphalt pavements. The opinions expressed in this e-circular are those of the document's author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board, the National Academies.

Dynamic Traffic Assignment: A Primer Dynamic Traffic Assignment: A Primer
July 06, 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C153: Dynamic Traffic Assignment: A Primer is designed to help explain the basic concepts and definitions of dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) models and addresses the application, selection, planning, and execution of a DTA model. The report also describes the general DTA modeling procedure and modeling issues that may concern a model user.

Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change: State of the Practice 2011 Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change: State of the Practice 2011
June 22, 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C152: Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change: State of the Practice 2011 focuses on transportation adaptation practices that can be implemented to yield potential benefits now and in the longer term. The document highlights what climate change adaptation means for the transportation industry. E-C152 was produced under the auspices of ...

Modeling Operating Speed Modeling Operating Speed
July 22, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research E-Circular E-C151: Modeling Operating Speed is a synthesis of existing operating speed models developed in different regions of the world. The models are grouped according to roadway type. Limitations and deficiencies in existing operating speed models and suggestions for future work are also identified. Practitioner perspectives on the potential use of speed predicti...

Advancing Regional Transportation Operations: A National Workshop Advancing Regional Transportation Operations: A National Workshop
June 16, 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C 150: Advancing Regional Transportation Operations: A National Workshop is a summary of the December 2008 workshop held in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the workshop was to advance the state of the practice in regional approaches to managing and operating the transportation system in a multiagency, multimodal, and cross-functional manner with the goal of...

75 Years of the Fundamental Diagram for Traffic Flow Theory: Greenshields Symposium 75 Years of the Fundamental Diagram for Traffic Flow Theory: Greenshields Symposium
July 11, 2011
TRB Transportation Research Electronic Circular E-C149: 75 Years of the Fundamental Diagram for Traffic Flow Theory: Greenshields Symposium includes the papers that were presented at a July 2008 conference that explored traffic flow theory’s history, recent developments, technological impacts, current status, and potential research needs.

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment
March 31, 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C148: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment explores the environmental media affected by aviation activities and processes that link aviation and the environment. The circular consists of nine individually authored sections representing the authors' expert opinions on these issues. E-C148 updates and expands upon previous circulars while maintaini...

Development in Asphalt Binder Specifications Development in Asphalt Binder Specifications
January 08, 2011
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C147: Development in Asphalt Binder Specifications includes papers that explore test methods and specifications for high-temperature permanent deformation, fatigue cracking, and low-temperature cracking.

Trucking 101: An Industry Primer Trucking 101: An Industry Primer
December 22, 2010
TRB Electronic Circular E-C146: Trucking 101: An Industry Primer is designed to provide a basic picture of the structure of the U.S. trucking industry for public officials, policy makers, engineers, administrators, planners, academic researchers, journalists, and anyone who needs to think about issues affecting, or affected by, trucking. The report emphasizes that many of the distinct parts of the...

Joint International Light Rail Conference--Growth and Renewal Joint International Light Rail Conference--Growth and Renewal
August 18, 2010
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C145: Joint International Light Rail Conference--Growth and Renewal includes 24 peer-reviewed research papers that were presented as part of the April 2009 Joint International Light Rail Conference. Collectively, the papers provide up-to-date information on planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operations involved in running a light rail sys...

Research Needs Statements for Climate Change and Transportation Research Needs Statements for Climate Change and Transportation
April 16, 2010
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C144: Research Needs Statements for Climate Change and Transportation includes a series of specific research needs statements on climate change and transportation designed as a resource to be used by universities, students, research organizations, government agencies, and other interested parties as they contemplate and fund research in this area.

Modal Primer on Greenhouse Gas and Energy Issues for the Transportation Industry Modal Primer on Greenhouse Gas and Energy Issues for the Transportation Industry
April 12, 2010
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C143: Modal Primer on Greenhouse Gas and Energy Issues for the Transportation Industry is primer designed to provide transportation decision makers with an inclusive, educated, and objective overview of the current state of the transportation industry from a greenhouse gas and energy standpoint.

Methodology for the Development and Inclusion of Crash Modification Factors in the First Edition of the Highway Safety Manual Methodology for the Development and Inclusion of Crash Modification Factors in the First Edition of the Highway Safety Manual
May 10, 2010
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C142: Methodology for the Development and Inclusion of Crash Modification Factors in the First Edition of the Highway Safety Manual explores the literature review procedure and inclusion process related to development of Part D—Crash Modification Factors of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM), which is expected to be released later this year. The development of...

Colorado's Full-Scale Field Testing of Rockfall Attenuator Systems Colorado's Full-Scale Field Testing of Rockfall Attenuator Systems
November 12, 2009
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C141: Colorado's Full-Scale Field Testing of Rockfall Attenuator Systems explores the durability and performance of several currently available mesh and cable net products that can be used to construct rockfall attenuator systems, for which no design guidelines exist.

A Review of the Fundamentals of Asphalt Oxidation: Chemical, Physicochemical, Physical Property, and Durability Relationships A Review of the Fundamentals of Asphalt Oxidation: Chemical, Physicochemical, Physical Property, and Durability Relationships
October 12, 2009
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C140: A Review of the Fundamentals of Asphalt Oxidation: Chemical, Physicochemical, Physical Property, and Durability Relationships explores the current physicochemical understanding of the chemistry, kinetics, and mechanisms of asphalt oxidation and its influence on asphalt durability.

Use of Accelerated Pavement Testing to Evaluate Maintenance and Pavement Preservation Treatments Use of Accelerated Pavement Testing to Evaluate Maintenance and Pavement Preservation Treatments
October 09, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C139: Use of Accelerated Pavement Testing to Evaluate Maintenance and Pavement Preservation Treatments explores experiences where accelerated pavement testing (APT) has been successfully used for the assessment of pavement preservation and maintenance strategies. The goal of the report is to motivate future APT research for evaluation of maintenance and pav...

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2009 Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2009
September 17, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C138: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2009 explores the major environmental media affected by aviation activities and the key processes that link aviation and the environment, including climate change, alternative fuels, and sustainability. The circular focuses on the state of science, rather than on policy, and the authors of various portio...

Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms
May 19, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C137: Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms contains terms of common usage and accepted practice for terminology used in the highway quality assurance field.  The report is designed as a reference document.

Implementation Status for Geotechnical LRFD in State DOTs Implementation Status for Geotechnical LRFD in State DOTs
June 18, 2009
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C136: Implementation Status for Geotechnical LRFD in State DOTs explores various states’ experiences in the practical implementation of Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) in geotechnical and substructure design.

Maintenance Management Maintenance Management
July 11, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C135 Maintenance Management includes papers presented at the 12th American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials–TRB Maintenance Management Conference held in Annapolis, Maryland, July 19-23, 2009. The objective of this series of conferences is to provide a forum every 3 to 4 years for the exchange of new ideas and developments in the ma...

Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety
September 11, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C134: Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety is designed to help highway engineers evaluate roadway maintenance guidelines and priorities. The report addresses safety issues related to roadway roughness, holes, and bumps; the positive effects of road surface discontinuities; pavement edges; friction variations; water accumulations; surface c...

Glossary of Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms Glossary of Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms
April 23, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C133: Glossary of Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Terms is designed to provide clear definitions of terms as they are typically used in the context of regional transportation systems management and operations.

 Young Impaired Drivers Young Impaired Drivers
June 28, 2009
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C132: Young Impaired Drivers provides overview of the information presented and discussions among the participants at a June 3-4, 2008, workshop that explored the risks posed by young impaired drivers and how these risks might be ameliorated.  Background papers prepared for the workshop are also included. The workshop included perspectives on the issue...

Transportation Asset Management: Strategic Workshop for Department of Transportation Executives Transportation Asset Management: Strategic Workshop for Department of Transportation Executives
December 03, 2008
Transportation Research Circular E-C131, Transportation Asset Management: Strategic Workshop for Department of Transportation Executives summarizes a workshop held in Washington, D.C., in December 2006 that explored advancements in asset management that have the potential to lead to growth in asset management applications in the United States.  

Geophysical Methods Commonly Employed for Geotechnical Site Characterization Geophysical Methods Commonly Employed for Geotechnical Site Characterization
October 16, 2008
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C130: Geophysical Methods Commonly Employed for Geotechnical Site Characterization explores how geotechnical, geophysical tools are used to image or characterize the shallow subsurface of the Earth, typically to depths of less than several hundred feet.

Use of Inclinometers for Geotechnical Instrumentation on Transportation Projects Use of Inclinometers for Geotechnical Instrumentation on Transportation Projects
October 08, 2008
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C129: Use of Inclinometers for Geotechnical Instrumentation on Transportation Projects explores the state of the practice and representative applications on the use of inclinometer systems for measuring ground deformation and performance of geotechnical design elements on transportation projects. The report examines inclinometer components and installation ...

10th International Conference on Bridge and Structure Management 10th International Conference on Bridge and Structure Management
October 27, 2008
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C128 includes papers that were presented at the 10th International Conference on Bridge and Structure Management held on October 20-22, 2008, in Buffalo, New York.  The conference brought together practitioners, administrators, and researchers from around the world to exchange information on the development, implementation, and utilization of effective...

Implementation of an Airport Pavement Management System Implementation of an Airport Pavement Management System
February 19, 2008
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C127: Implementation of an Airport Pavement Management System explores the role and data requirements for an Airport Pavement Management System (APMS).  The report also examines the benefits, costs, and common challenges associated with the implementation of an APMS.

Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology: Fourth National Conference on Surface Transportation Weather and Seventh International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology: Fourth National Conference on Surface Transportation Weather and Seventh International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Con
June 20, 2008
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C126: Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology includes papers that were presented at the 4th National Conference on Surface Transportation Weather (June 16–17, 2008), and the 7th International Symposium on Snow and Ice Control (June 17–19, 2008), which were both held in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The E-Circular includes pa...

Evolving Role of Statewide Transportation Planning in an Era of Regional Funding and Governance Evolving Role of Statewide Transportation Planning in an Era of Regional Funding and Governance
March 01, 2008
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C125: Evolving Role of Statewide Transportation Planning in an Era of Regional Funding and Governance reports on a July 7-8, 2006 peer exchange in La Jolla, California that explored this topic.

Practical Approaches to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mix Design and Production Quality Control Testing Practical Approaches to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mix Design and Production Quality Control Testing
December 07, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C124: Practical Approaches to Hot-Mix Asphalt Mix Design and Production Quality Control Testing explores the state-of-the-practice for Superpave mix design and specification, including a summary of changes made to the Superpave mix design procedure as a result of National Cooperative Highway Research Program research findings, American Association of State ...

Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation: A Symposium Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation: A Symposium
November 26, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C123, Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation: A Symposium provides an overview of the information presented at a June 5-6, 2006, symposium that examined the role of alcohol regulation in traffic safety.  The report explores discussions among symposium participants and includes the background papers prepared for the workshop.

Asphalt Emulsion Technology: Review of Asphalt Emulsion Residue Procedures Asphalt Emulsion Technology: Review of Asphalt Emulsion Residue Procedures
November 07, 2007
Transportation Research Circular E-C122, Asphalt Emulsion Technology: Review of Asphalt Emulsion Residue Procedures, explores methods used worldwide for the recovery of asphalt emulsion residue and examines new avenues for research and practice on the issue. In January 2014, TRB published Transportation Research Circular E-C182 : Progress Toward Performance-Graded Emulsified Asphalt Specifications...

Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations
August 31, 2007
Transportation Research Circular E-C121, Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations, summarizes discussions at an April 17-18, 2007, peer exchange of state department of transportation officials and other professionals that focused on data and information uses, management strategies, needs, and gaps in their organiz...

Traffic Monitoring Data: Successful Strategies in Collection and Analysis Traffic Monitoring Data: Successful Strategies in Collection and Analysis
August 24, 2007
Transportation Research Circular E-C120, Traffic Monitoring Data: Successful Strategies in Collection and Analysis summarizes sessions that took place as part of a May 2007 workshop in Washington, D.C., designed as a forum to exchange knowledge about successful strategies in the collection and the analysis of traffic data.  

North American Freight Transportation Data Workshop North American Freight Transportation Data Workshop
August 19, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C119: North American Freight Transportation Data Workshop summarizes sessions that took place as part of a May 2007 workshop in Washington, D.C., that allowed data users and providers to discuss freight transportation data from a North American perspective.  The workshop highlighted changes in government-supplied data sources and explored data users’ n...

Lessons Learned from the AASHO Road Test and Performance of the Interstate Highway System Lessons Learned from the AASHO Road Test and Performance of the Interstate Highway System
July 11, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C118: Lessons Learned from the AASHO Road Test and Performance of the Interstate Highway Systemincludes six papers that reflect on the performance of Interstate Highway System pavements and lessons learned from the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) road test from 1956 to 1961 in Ottawa, Illinois.

The Domain of Truck and Bus Safety Research The Domain of Truck and Bus Safety Research
May 23, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C117: The Domain of Truck and Bus Safety Research explores information and perspectives on truck and bus safety research.  The report is designed to help establish a knowledge base and help identify potential future activities.

Geotechnical Challenges of the Interstate Highway System: The First 50 Years and a Look Ahead Geotechnical Challenges of the Interstate Highway System: The First 50 Years and a Look Ahead
April 26, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C116, Geotechnical Challenges of the Interstate Highway System: The First 50 Years and a Look Ahead, explores what geotechnical engineers have learned since the construction of the Interstate System and what they see as future challenges for the discipline.  The circular is based on presentations made during a session at the 2006 TRB 85th Annual Meetin...

Challenges of Data for Performance Measures: A Workshop Challenges of Data for Performance Measures: A Workshop
April 18, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C115: Challenges of Data for Performance Measures: A Workshop is the proceedings of a July 8, 2006, workshop in San Diego, California.  The workshop explored ongoing issues and research directions in data management processes for performance measures.  

Research Opportunities in Radio Frequency Identification Transportation Applications Research Opportunities in Radio Frequency Identification Transportation Applications
April 09, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research E-Circular 114: Research Opportunities in Radio Frequency Identification Transportation Applications summarizes a conference by the same title that was held October 17 to 18, 2006, in Washington, D.C.  This conference focused on current and future research on radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies in transportation applications, which include the tagg...

Artificial Intelligence in Transportation: Information for Application Artificial Intelligence in Transportation: Information for Application
January 29, 2007
TRB has released Transportation Research Circular E-C113, Artificial Intelligence in Transportation: Information for Application includes six articles that explore five general artificial intelligence (AI) areas including knowledge-based systems, neural networks, fuzzy sets, genetic algorithms, and agent-based models.  The circular is designed to serve as an informational resource for transpo...

Joint International Light Rail Conference: A World of Applications and Opportunities Joint International Light Rail Conference: A World of Applications and Opportunities
March 01, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C112, Joint International Light Rail Conference: A World of Applications and Opportunities is the proceedings of the Joint International Light Rail (LRT) Conference that was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 9-11, 2006.  The conference focused on planning and urban integration, vehicle design and innovation, infrastructure use, security and fare en...

Integrating Roadway, Traffic, and Crash Data: A Peer Exchange Integrating Roadway, Traffic, and Crash Data: A Peer Exchange
January 10, 2007
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C111, Integrating Roadway, Traffic, and Crash Data: A Peer Exchange is the proceedings of a November 1-2, 2006, meeting held in Washington, D.C.  The peer exchange was designed to bring both data and highway safety professionals together to share experiences and identify key issues relating to integrating roadway, traffic, and crash data sources used t...

Geometric Design Strategic Research Geometric Design Strategic Research
January 17, 2007
TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C110: Geometric Design Strategic Research documents efforts leading up to and resulting from the Strategic Geometric Design Research Needs Workshop held in Williamsburg, Virginia, in July 2004. The report also contains research problem statements for possible use as a long-range geometric design research program by organizations such as the American Associa...

Transportation Information Assets and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs Transportation Information Assets and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs
December 04, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C109: Transportation Information Assets and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs explores the relationship between data, as the raw material, and information as the processed, useful product supporting decisions.  The report also examines the value of information in specific real decisions and outlines an ongoing process designed to help ensure that transpo...

Geospatial Information Technologies for Asset Management Geospatial Information Technologies for Asset Management
October 19, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C108: Geospatial Information Technologies for Asset Management is the proceedings of an October 30-31, 2005, peer exchange held in Kansas City, Missouri.  The peer exchange focused on moving spatial technology applications to the next level by managing change, data integration, and communication.  Participants at the exchange identified research t...

Control of Cracking in Concrete: State of the Art Control of Cracking in Concrete: State of the Art
October 17, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C107: Control of Cracking in Concrete: State of the Art explores causes of cracking, testing, and ways of minimizing strains and stresses that can cause cracking in transportation structures such as bridge structures, pavements, and footings.    

Environmental Geospatial Information for Transportation Environmental Geospatial Information for Transportation
November 15, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C106: Environmental Geospatial Information for Transportation summarizes a May 3-4, 2006, peer exchange that took place in Washington, D.C.  The peer exchange highlighted several examples of successful collaboration, data sharing, and the effective use of environmental geospatial information systems data in transportation planning.  The report focus...

Factors Affecting Compaction of Asphalt Pavements Factors Affecting Compaction of Asphalt Pavements
September 25, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C105: Factors Affecting Compaction of Asphalt Pavements includes invited papers that were presented at a January 2005 workshop that explored asphalt practitioners’ concerns related to specifying and achieving density during hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement construction.  Issues covered by the papers include optimizing HMA construction temperatures, advance...

50 Years of Interstate Structures: Past, Present, and Future 50 Years of Interstate Structures: Past, Present, and Future
October 06, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C104, Fifty Years of Interstate Structures: Past, Present, and Future documents some of the key legislation, specifications development, and advances in research, design, and construction for bridges and other highway structures since the signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.

Concrete: The Sustainable Infrastructure Material for the 21st Century Concrete: The Sustainable Infrastructure Material for the 21st Century
September 18, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C103, Concrete: The Sustainable Infrastructure Material for the 21st Century examines some of the research innovations in the 20th century that led to advancements in concrete.  The circular also explores what the future may hold as a result of the continuing advancements in high-performance durable concrete.

Asphalt Emulsion Technology Asphalt Emulsion Technology
August 21, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C102: Asphalt Emulsion Technology includes four papers designed to serve as an overview of the chemistry, production, quality assurance testing, and application of bituminous emulsions.  The papers were produced following a technical session at the 2005 TRB 84th Annual Meeting on bituminous emulsions. In January 2014, TRB published Transportation Researc...

Driver Education: The Path Ahead Driver Education: The Path Ahead
August 16, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C101, Driver Education: The Path Ahead includes a series of papers that were presented at a workshop held on September 12–13, 2005, in Washington, D.C.   Issues covered by papers in the circular include novice drivers, content of driver education, instructional methods for young drivers, student competency measures, novice driver training effectiv...

Linking Transportation and Land Use Linking Transportation and Land Use
July 12, 2006
TRB's 100th E-Circular: Linking Transportation and Land Use explores the results from the Land Use Peer Exchange during the summer meeting of the TRB Ports, Waterways, Freight, and International Trade Conference and the Joint Meeting of the TRB Planning, Data, Finance, Administration, Freight, and Management Committees in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 12–13, 2005. The purpose of the peer exchange...

Statewide Transportation Planning: Making Connections Statewide Transportation Planning: Making Connections
June 16, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C099, Statewide Transportation Planning: Making Connections includes the presentations, resource papers, and summaries of views expressed by conference speakers, panelists, and participants at a May 18–20, 2003, conference held in Duck Key, Florida.  The presentations, breakout sessions, and informal discussions held during the conference were oriented...

Maintenance Management 2006: Presentations from the 11th AASHTO-TRB Maintenance Management Conference Maintenance Management 2006: Presentations from the 11th AASHTO-TRB Maintenance Management Conference
July 24, 2006
TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C098, Maintenance Management 2006: Presentations from the 11th AASHTO–TRB Maintenance Management Conference, contains papers presented at the 11th AASHTO–TRB Maintenance Management Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina, July 16-20, 2006. The report includes papers on outsourcing, pavements, roadside, winter operations, bridges, maintenance managemen...

International Perspectives on Urban Street Design: Proceedings of the Context-Sensitive Design Workshop International Perspectives on Urban Street Design: Proceedings of the Context-Sensitive Design Workshop
July 12, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C097, International Perspectives on Urban Street Design: Proceedings of the Context-Sensitive Design Workshop includes four papers that were presented during the 2005 TRB 84th Annual Meeting.  The papers explore street design in small European towns; context-sensitive design aspects of arterial streets in Berlin, Germany; and issues relative to histori...

Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium
June 02, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C096, Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium provides an overview of the information presented and the discussions among the participants, as well as the background papers prepared for a June 20-21, 2005, symposium held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  The goal of the symposium was to synthesize and summarize available information on the role of drugs in traffic...

Operations Data for Planning Applications: Identifying Needs, Opportunities, and Best Practices Operations Data for Planning Applications: Identifying Needs, Opportunities, and Best Practices
April 18, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C095, Operations Data for Planning Applications: Identifying Needs, Opportunities, and Best Practices summarizes a May 4, 2005, Washington, DC, peer exchange that focused on opportunities to improve the linkages between transportation planning and operations.  The report includes a summary of questions addressed by participants about the relationship b...

Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation: Research Problem Statements Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation: Research Problem Statements
April 13, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C094, Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation: Research Problem Statements contains research problem statements produced by members and friends of TRB’s Safety Data, Research, and Analysis Committee (ANB20).  The committee is concerned with methods of gathering, storing, and, in particular, using the transportation safety data for informed decision making....

6th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management 6th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management
April 03, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C093: 6th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management summarizes the content of the sessions and presentations from the November 1–3, 2005, conference in Kansas City, Missouri.  The circular includes a summary of each conference session as well as summaries of the individual topics included in the session.  The circular is intended as a...

Maintenance and Operations of Transportation Facilities: 2005 Strategic Vision Maintenance and Operations of Transportation Facilities: 2005 Strategic Vision
February 10, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C092, Maintenance and Operations of Transportation Facilities: 2005 Strategic Vision explores the major trends that affect maintenance; cites current and emerging innovations in management systems, technology, and intelligent transportation systems; and examines some of the key maintenance challenges of this century.  

Innovations in Statewide Planning: A Peer Exchange Innovations in Statewide Planning: A Peer Exchange
February 24, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C091, Innovations in Statewide Planning: A Peer Exchange summarizes a July 2005 peer exchange on innovations in statewide planning.

Design-Build: A Quality Process Design-Build: A Quality Process
January 19, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C090, Design–Build: A Quality Process summarizes an all-day workshop that took place at the 2005 TRB 84th Annual Meeting.  The workshop focused on achieving quality on design-build projects from the preparation of the request for proposals, to the actual design, to the use of incentives to achieve desired levels of quality, and to final construction.

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2005 Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2005
January 17, 2006
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C089: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2005 updates a 2004 summary of critical issues in aviation and the environment.  The 2005 report identifies priority research that may yield potential benefits to environmental media affected by aviation activities (noise, air quality, and water quality) and processes that link aviation and the envi...

Commodity Flow Survey Conference Commodity Flow Survey Conference
January 19, 2006
TRB Conference Proceedings E-C088: Commodity Flow Survey Conference is the proceeding from a conference held in on July 8-9, 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts.  The conference examined the commodity flow survey (CFS), reviewed data sources being used to supplement information from the CFS, and explored ideas to improve future iterations of the CFS.

Rubblization of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements Rubblization of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
January 11, 2006
TRB Electronic Circular E-C087: Rubblization of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements includes non-peer reviewed papers that were written based on presentations made during sessions on rubblization of portland cement concrete pavements at the TRB 84 Annual Meeting in January 2005.  Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlays can also be considered for application to an existing, deteriorated portland cement ...

Evaluation of Chemical Stabilizers: State-of-the-Practice Report Evaluation of Chemical Stabilizers: State-of-the-Practice Report
December 06, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C086: Evaluation of Chemical Stabilizers: State-of-the-Practice Report is designed to provide information on practices that agencies have found to be successful and tp provide a reasonable degree of uniformity and standardization in the evaluation of chemical stabilizers used in soil stabilization. The circular is intended to provide the potential users of any chemical st...

Railroad Operational Safety: Status and Research Needs Railroad Operational Safety: Status and Research Needs
January 19, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C085, Railroad Operational Safety: Status and Research Needs summarizes the proceedings of the Midyear Meeting of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Railroad Operational Safety Subcommittee held September 10–12, 2002, in Irvine, California, which examined human factors-related research issues facing the railroad enterprise. The report includes research...

Pedestrians: Research Program Statements Pedestrians: Research Program Statements
January 06, 2006
TRB Research Circular E-C084 presents the top 16 pedestrian research problem statements, prioritized from a list of approximately 80 research problem statements by TRB’s Technical Activities Division Committee on Pedestrians.  

National Roundabout Conference: 2005 Proceedings National Roundabout Conference: 2005 Proceedings
January 14, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C083: National Roundabout Conference: 2005 Proceedings includes presentations made during the May 22-25, 2005, conference in Vail, Colorado.  Issues examined during the conference included the range of settings where roundabouts may be used, design elements and criteria, and methods of estimating safety and operations impacts.  The conference also e...

Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning Proceedings: 2004 Peer Exchange Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning Proceedings: 2004 Peer Exchange
January 18, 2006
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C082, Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning Proceedings: 2004 Peer Exchange focuses on cost estimating for transportation planning and incorporating safety into the transportation planning process.  The report provides an overview of the presentation and roundtable discussions that took place during the peer exchange on July 27-28, 2004, in Park C...

A Research Program for Improvement of the Highway Capacity Manual A Research Program for Improvement of the Highway Capacity Manual
January 13, 2006
TRB Research Circular E-C081: A Research Program for Improvement of the Highway Capacity Manual describes a research program designed to improve the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). The proposed program was developed by the members of the TRB Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee with the assistance of feedback from users of the HCM.  The program includes 38 research studies that wo...

Freight Data for State Transportation Agencies Freight Data for State Transportation Agencies
December 02, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C080: Freight Data for State Transportation Agencies documents a peer exchange that was held July 11, 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts.  At the peer exchange, participants identified major challenges and issues relating to freight data. Some of those challenges and issues include the determination of data and information needs, logistics and supply chain analysis, frei...

Calibration to Determine Load and Resistance Factors for Geotechnical and Structural Design Calibration to Determine Load and Resistance Factors for Geotechnical and Structural Design
September 19, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C079: Calibration to Determine Load and Resistance Factors for Geotechnical and Structural Design explores how load and resistance factors are developed.  The circular includes information on how to estimate load and resistance factors where adjustment of these factors is justified based on local experience and data.  The circular also includes criteria for docu...

Roadway Pavement Preservation 2005 Roadway Pavement Preservation 2005
October 31, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C078 Roadway Pavement Preservation 2005 contains papers written for the TRB First National Conference on Roadway Preservation held in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 31-November 1, 2005.  The conference addressed all aspects of successfully implemented roadway pavement preservation activities, including management, engineering, economics, the establishment of strat...

Enhancing the Value of Data Programs: A Peer Exchange Enhancing the Value of Data Programs: A Peer Exchange
August 04, 2005
TRB’s Electronic Circular 77--Enhancing the Value of Data Programs: A Peer Exchange contains the proceedings of a peer exchange that took place on July 23-24, 2001, in Vail, Colorado.  The purpose of the exchange was to share ideas on raising the awareness of data programs and ensuring that data add value to the operation of state departments of transportation.  The forum examined what s...

Asset Management in Planning and Operations: A Peer Exchange Asset Management in Planning and Operations: A Peer Exchange
June 14, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C076: Asset Management in Planning and Operations--A Peer Exchange summarizes a September 7–8, 2004, peer exchange that focused on the expanding role of asset management in planning and operations as a comprehensive approach to managing agency resources and transportation systems.  The peer exchange was designed to gather additional information about the state of the...

Statewide Travel Demand Modeling--A Peer Exchange Statewide Travel Demand Modeling--A Peer Exchange
September 01, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C075: Statewide Travel Demand Modeling—A Peer Exchange includes presentations made during the September 23–24, 2004, peer exchange and includes comparison of travel demand modeling efforts taking place in select states.

Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms--Third Update Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms--Third Update
May 19, 2005
TRB Electronic Circular E-C074: Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms—Third Update contains terms of common usage and accepted practice in the area of highway quality assurance (QA). The report is designed as a reference document that contains common usage of highway QA terminology.

Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Planning Practice: A Peer Exchange Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Planning Practice: A Peer Exchange
May 17, 2005
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C073: Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Planning Practice: A Peer Exchange summarizes the results of a peer review on the use of performance measures to improve transportation planning and its relationship to project programming.  The one-day peer review focused on how state departments of transportation are using performance measures to imp...

Implementing Impaired Driving Countermeasures: Putting Research into Action--A Symposium Implementing Impaired Driving Countermeasures: Putting Research into Action--A Symposium
January 06, 2005
TRB’s Electronic Circular 72: Implementing Impaired Driving Countermeasures: Putting Research into Action—A Symposium summarizes a symposium that was held on August 21-22, 2003, in Irvine, California. The circular provides an overview of the information presented and discussions among the participants, as well as the background papers prepared for the symposium.

Data for Understanding Our Nation's Travel: National Household Travel Survey Conference Data for Understanding Our Nation's Travel: National Household Travel Survey Conference
January 06, 2005
TRB’s Electronic Circular 71: Data for Understanding Our Nation’s Travel: National Household Travel Survey Conference summarizes a conference held on November 1-2, 2004, in Washington, D.C. The conference was designed to bring together a diverse set of data users who understand the data’s usefulness in order to provide feedback to inform the design of future national travel behavior surveys. ...

Optimizing the Dissemination and Implementation of Research Results: A Summary of Workshop and Midyear Meeting Activities Optimizing the Dissemination and Implementation of Research Results: A Summary of Workshop and Midyear Meeting Activities
December 08, 2004
TRB's E-Circular 70 - Optimizing the Dissemination and Implementation of Research Results: A Summary of Workshop and Midyear Meeting Activities examines the issues and challenges associated with optimizing the dissemination and implementation of research results. This TRB E-Circular also documents the problem exploration process and the potential priority actions from these efforts.

Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment
August 12, 2004
TRB’s Electronic Circular E-C069: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment identifies priority research focused on existing and future environmental impacts of aviation on the environment and the opportunities for mitigating or avoiding those impacts.  This is first in what is planned to be an annual summary of critical issues in aviation and the environment to be developed by TRB’s En...

New Simple Performance Tests for Asphalt Mixes New Simple Performance Tests for Asphalt Mixes
September 17, 2004
TRB Circular E-C068: New Simple Performance Test for Asphalt Mixes includes a series of papers that examine practical and reliable laboratory tests that could be considered for ranking the rutting potential of hot-mix asphalt paving mixtures.  The circular also includes a literature review on performance tests.  

Context-Sensitive Design Around the Country: Some Examples Context-Sensitive Design Around the Country: Some Examples
August 04, 2004
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C067: Context-Sensitive Design Around the Country: Some Examples describes Context-Sensitive Design (CSD) projects presented during the 2003 TRB 82nd Annual Meeting.  CSD is defined as a project development process, including geometric design, that attempts to address safety and efficiency while being responsive to or consistent with the road’s natural...

National Metropolitan Planning Organization Peer Exchange Proceedings National Metropolitan Planning Organization Peer Exchange Proceedings
June 22, 2004
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular 66 is the proceedings of the National Metropolitan Planning Organization Peer Exchange that took place on May 20-21, 2003, in Duck Key, Florida.  The proceedings include information on near-term planning research topics and needs, short-term needs for transportation planning capacity building, and long-term research topics for the TRB Committee on Metrop...

Transportation Security Education and Training: Summaries of Presentations at TRB's 83rd Annual Meeting Transportation Security Education and Training: Summaries of Presentations at TRB's 83rd Annual Meeting
June 15, 2004
TRB’s Electronic Circular E-C065: Transportation Security Education and Training summarizes the transportation security education and training presentations at the TRB’s 83rd Annual Meeting, January 11–15, 2004, and emphasizes the important security duties transportation professional’ play in protecting against and reacting to security events.

Data Requirements in Transportation Reauthorization Legislation Data Requirements in Transportation Reauthorization Legislation
May 07, 2004
TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C064 -- Data Requirements in Transportation Reauthorization Legislation: What Is Included and Impacts on the Data Community highlights a TRB conference held on November, 19, 2003, in Washington, DC, that examined data issues associated with the programmatic proposals being considered for surface transportation reauthorization legislation, including new and ...

Sixth International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology Sixth International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology
June 30, 2004
TRB Electronic Circular 63: Sixth International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology is the compendium of papers for the June 7-9, 2004, Spokane, Washington symposium.  Issues addressed at the symposium included winter weather (information, models, and data quality); winter maintenance (policy, management, and performance); customers’ perspectives on winter operations; environ...

Addressing Fiscal Constraint and Congestion Issues in State Transportation Planning Addressing Fiscal Constraint and Congestion Issues in State Transportation Planning
March 19, 2004
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C062: Addressing Fiscal Constraint and Congestion Issues in State Transportation Planning is the proceedings from a peer exchange held on July 14–16, 2002, in Wood’s Hole, Massachusetts.

Data Partnerships: Making Connections for Effective Transportation Planning Data Partnerships: Making Connections for Effective Transportation Planning
March 18, 2004
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C061: Data Partnerships: Making Connections for Effective Transportation Planning is the proceedings of a peer exchange held on May 21, 2003, in Duck Key, Florida. The meeting addressed some of the benefits and challenges facing the development of transportation data partnerships.

Using Simulation to Evaluate Impacts of Airport Security: 2003 Simulation Workshop Using Simulation to Evaluate Impacts of Airport Security: 2003 Simulation Workshop
December 16, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular EC060: Using Simulation to Evaluate Impacts of Airport Security -- 2003 Simulation Workshop documents the proceedings of a January 12, 2003, workshop. The primary objective of this workshop was to present, demonstrate, and discuss the passenger and baggage screening simulation techniques used to comply with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) con...

Accelerated Highway Construction, Workshop Series Summary Accelerated Highway Construction, Workshop Series Summary
January 07, 2004
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C059: Accelerated Highway Construction, Workshop Series Summary summarizes three workshops held in Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Indiana, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2000-2002. The objective of this workshop series was to provide a forum for the exchange of new ideas and developments in the field of accelerated construction.

9th National Light Rail Transit Conference 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference
January 13, 2004
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C058 includes the proceedings of the 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference held November 16-18, 2003, in Portland, Oregon. The ninth national conference focuses on the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of LRT systems.   TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT MATTER Cover 2003 LRT Conference Planning Committee Forward Conten...

The Roadway INFOstructure: What? Why? How? The Roadway INFOstructure: What? Why? How?
November 07, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular EC057 - The Roadway INFOstructure: What? Why? How? summarizes an August 21-23, 2002, workshop in Irvine, California, which examined the Federal Highway Administration’s vision for a Roadway INFOstructure. The Roadway INFOstructure was designed as the road and highway component of the Integrated Network of Transportation Information.

The Future of MEMS: Microelectromechanical Systems in Transportation Engineering The Future of MEMS: Microelectromechanical Systems in Transportation Engineering
November 05, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C056: The Future of MEMS: Microelectromechanical Systems in Transportation Engineering introduces microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) into transportation engineering by describing the general concept and the issues related to their development. MEMS are a relatively new innovation in the integrated circuit field. Although there are a few developed applicati...

Assessing Historic Significance for Transportation Programs Assessing Historic Significance for Transportation Programs
September 18, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C055: A National Forum on Assessing Historic Significance for Transportation Programs presents the proceedings of a forum held in Washington, D.C., on May 23–25, 1999.

Third National Community Impact Assessment Conference Proceedings Third National Community Impact Assessment Conference Proceedings
August 12, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C054: Third National Community Impact Assessment Conference includes the proceedings of the conference, which was held in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 19-21, 2002. Community Impact Assessment is an iterative process of understanding potential impacts of proposed transportation activities on affected communities and their sub-populations throughout transporta...

9th International Bridge Management Conference Supplement 9th International Bridge Management Conference Supplement
July 14, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular EC053: 9th International Bridge Management Conference Supplement includes two papers that cover Dynamic Load Tests in Bridge Management and Hybrid Knowledge Representation in Bridge Management Systems. This circular is a supplement to Circular E-C049 (http://trb.org/publications/circulars/ec049.pdf) . Papers in both Circulars were presented at the 9th Internati...

Maintenance Management 2003 Maintenance Management 2003
July 18, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular EC052: Maintenance Management 2003 contains papers presented at the Tenth AASHTO-TRB Maintenance Management Conference held in Duluth, Minnesota, July 13-17, 2003. The objective of this series of conferences is to provide a forum every three to four years for the exchange of new ideas and developments in the maintenance and operations management of transportati...

Future Aviation Trends and Developments Future Aviation Trends and Developments
May 15, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C051: Future Aviation Activities - 12th International workshop summarizes a September 18-20, 2002 Transportation Research Board and Federal Aviation Administration workshop on forecasting long-term trends and developments in commercial, business, and personal air transport.

Transportation and Economic Development Transportation and Economic Development
May 22, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular EC050: Transportation and Economic Development 2002 summarizes presentations from a May 5-7, 2002, conference that offered transportation, economic development, and planning professionals a broader understanding of the most timely and important issues linking transportation and economic development.

9th International Bridge Management Conference 9th International Bridge Management Conference
April 01, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C049 contains papers on bridge management concepts, strategies and health indices, asset management, joints, coatings and concrete repair, life - cycle costs, load testing, utilizing the Internet and performance measures, deterioration and reliability, future directions and challenges in bridge management systems, management system implementation, safety and ...

Freight Transportation Research Needs Statements Freight Transportation Research Needs Statements
January 08, 2003
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C048: Freight Transportation Research Needs Statements identifies critical issues in freight transportation as a resource for researchers in the freight area and serves as a seedbed for further discussion and analysis from a wider cross-section of freight practitioners.

Financial Aspects of Equipment Acquisition Financial Aspects of Equipment Acquisition
December 05, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C047: Financial Aspects of Equipment Information includes assistance on analyzing various financial acquisition choices and their impacts on budget, total costs, and fleet upgrade factors.

Using Spatial Data, Tools, and Technologies to Improve Program Delivery Using Spatial Data, Tools, and Technologies to Improve Program Delivery
November 14, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C046: Using Spatial Data, Tools, and Technologies to Improve Program Delivery chronicles a peer exchange that focused on optimum use of spatial data, tools, and information to facilitate decision making and to deliver multimodal transportation programs.

2002 California HOV Summit Proceedings 2002 California HOV Summit Proceedings
October 18, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C045: 2002 California HOV Summit Proceedings The proceedings from TRB's May 3, 2002, California HOV Summit, which examined the latest events and research findings surrounding high-occupancy vehicle lanes, are now available in .

Method Summarized for Gradation Selection in Hot-Mix Asphalt Design Method Summarized for Gradation Selection in Hot-Mix Asphalt Design
October 31, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular Number E-C044: Bailey Method for Gradation Selection in Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixture Design includes a synopsis of current information on a systematic approach to selecting and adjusting aggregate gradation in hot-mix asphalt design.

Significance of Restricted Zone in Superpave Aggregate Gradation Specification Significance of Restricted Zone in Superpave Aggregate Gradation Specification
September 01, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C043: Significance of Restricted Zone in Superpave Aggregate Gradation Specification presents the historical basis of the restricted zone in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mixes and summarizes the published research conducted on the restricted zone to determine its significance within the Superpave gradation specification. A characteristic hump in a mix gradation with...

Airport - Airspace Simulations: A New Outlook Airport - Airspace Simulations: A New Outlook
August 29, 2002
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular Number E-C042: Airport - Airspace Simulations: A New Outlook documents proceedings from a workshop produced by TRB's Committee on Airspace and Airfield Capacity and Delay.

Supporting the Establishment of Safe Transportation Networks Supporting the Establishment of Safe Transportation Networks
July 31, 2002
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular 41: Supporting the Establishment of Safety Transportation Networks includes an introduction to safety-conscious planning and a toolkit to organize and conduct a safety-conscious planning forum.

Aviation Demand Forecasting: Survey of Methodologies Aviation Demand Forecasting: Survey of Methodologies
August 08, 2002
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C040: Aviation Demand Forecasting -- A Survey of Methodologies includes examples of the diversity of techniques used in forecasting aviation system demand and market analyses.

Conference on Transportation Improvements: Experiences Among Tribal, Local, State, and Federal Governments Conference on Transportation Improvements: Experiences Among Tribal, Local, State, and Federal Governments
September 01, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C039: Conference on Transportation Improvements: Experiences Among Tribal, Local, State, and Federal Governments is the proceedings from a conference held on October 18–21, 2001 in Albuquerque, New Mexico that focused on the complexity of broad transportation issues of importance for Native American nations.

Standards for Testing, Evaluating, and Locating Roadside Safety Features Standards for Testing, Evaluating, and Locating Roadside Safety Features
June 10, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C038: Standards for Testing, Evaluating, and Locating Roadside Safety Features includes presentations by international experts on standards for testing, evaluating, and locating roadside safety features--from a meeting of the TRB Committee on Roadside Safety Features (A2A04) Subcommittee on International Research Activities (A2A04(2)).

Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms
May 20, 2002
TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C037: Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms includes standards for usage of highway quality assurance terminology.

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