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TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter*
March 12, 2013
* Please note that the appearance of the newsletter on TRB's website is different than that distributed to a subscriber's e-mail system; however, the content is the same. Subscribing to the TRB E-Newsletter is free. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board.
TRB News
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Press Release: TRB’s IDEA Program Delivers Innovation in Award-Winning Hybrid Composite Beam
March 7, 2013
On March 21, 2013, HC Bridge will receive the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for development of the hybrid composite beam (HCB®) for highway and railway bridges. John Hillman, president of HC Bridge, credits the success of his technology to the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs. The HCB improves the speed of construction, has an estimated service life of more than 100 years, and weighs approximately one-tenth of a typical precast concrete beam of the same span length. TRB Executive Director Robert E. Skinner, Jr., believes that the award not only confirms the value of the IDEA program, but also underscores the importance of transportation research more generally.
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TRB Executive Committee Ex Officio Member Rebecca Brewster Named 2013 “Influential Woman in Trucking”
March 8, 2013
Rebecca Brewster, president and chief operating officer of the American Transportation Research Institute, received the “Influential Woman in Trucking Award” from the Women in Trucking Association at the Truckload Carriers Association’s annual meeting on March 5, 2013. The award is sponsored by Navistar. Ms. Brewster has served on TRB’s Executive Committee since 2002. The “Influential Woman in Trucking” award seeks to recognize women in the trucking industry who make or influence key decisions, have a proven record of responsibility, and who mentor and serve as a role model to other women. TRB congratulates Rebecca on her receipt of the “Influential Woman in Trucking Award” and appreciates her strong support for transportation research.
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TRB Webinar: Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light Running
March 10, 2013
TRB will conduct a webinar on March 25, 2013, from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET that will highlight TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program report: Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light Running, which provides an assessment of automated speeding and red light enforcement activity in the United States and develops guidelines for current and future programs. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.
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7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment Training and Vehicle Design*
March 6, 2013
TRB is cosponsoring the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment Training and Vehicle Design on June 17-20, 2013, in Bolton Landing, New York. The symposium is designed to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scientific exchange between users of driving assessment tools, applications, and technologies. Attendees are expected to include researchers and practitioners working on applications of driving assessment from the perspective of engineering, psychology, medicine, and public health. A draft schedule is now available and registration is open.
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Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration Committee Summer Conference
March 8, 2013
TRB is sponsoring the Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration Committee Summer Conference on July 28-31, 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The conference is designed to address transportation-related noise and vibration control strategies and techniques as well as their potential environmental impacts. Future potential research needs will also be a topic of discussion at the meeting. Registration for the meeting is now open.
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Transit GIS Conference*
March 8, 2013
TRB is cosponsoring the Transit GIS Conference on October 16-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The mission of the biennial conference is to provide a forum for geographic information systems (GIS) in transit professionals and other key industry stakeholders to share innovative GIS solutions, industry best practices, and new technologies. The conference is also designed to explore ways to use GIS to improve the safety, reliability, sustainability, and operation of public transportation. Individuals and groups wishing to present at the conference must submit an abstract by April 15, 2013.
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RFI: TCRP 2013 Synthesis Study Topics Sought
March 9, 2013
TRB is seeking potential synthesis study topics as part of the upcoming activities of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP). Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is March 15, 2013. All proposed new topics must be submitted online through the TRB Synthesis Topic Submittal website.
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RFP: Best Practices for General Aviation Aircraft Fuel-Tank Sampling
March 7, 2013
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to estimate the amount of fuel entering the storm water runoff system as a result of fuel tank sampling and other potential sources of contaminants. The project will also develop guidance to help prevent fuel contaminants from entering the storm water runoff system. Proposals are due April 10, 2013.
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Recently Released TRB Publications
Demand Management and Carsharing 2012
March 12, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2319 consists of 13 papers that explore parking modeling and pricing; parking at affordable housing; equity implications of parking taxes; model for parking decisions; agent-based parking choice models; standard performance measures for transportation demand management programs; how employers view traffic congestion; changes in drive-alone commute and vehicle miles traveled during temporary freeway closure; travel choices and links to transportation demand management; carsharing in Shanghai, China; impacts of carsharing and unbundled parking on vehicle ownership and mode choice; public benefits and level of taxation of carsharing; and one-way carsharing.
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Travel Behavior 2012, Volume 2
March 6, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2323 consists of 12 papers that examine peoples' sense of place through the use of the mixed-method approach; modeling traveler response to park-and-ride; automobility; travel patterns of the elderly; structural equations model of land use patterns, location choice, and travel behavior; parental attitudes toward children walking and bicycling to school; probit models of individuals' work arrangement choices; modeling the effect of land use on activity spaces; environment impact on travel behavior; dynamics of automobile ownership under rapid growth; impacts of information and communication technology on travel behavior; and rail passengers' time use and utility assessment.
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Urban and Traffic Data Systems 2012
March 8, 2013
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2308 consists of 20 papers that explore patterns of use of transport modes; regional traffic congestion; the detection layout problem; multisensor data integration and fusion; commuters' demographic characteristics; average travel time estimates; short-term travel time prediction; vehicle reidentification and travel time estimation; travel time reliability; route-specific origin-destination tables; travel time data quality; fixed-point and probe-based detection systems; aggregate loop detector data; traffic ground truth estimation; video detection data; annual average daily traffic volume; estimating traffic speeds; travel times; lidar-based vehicle classification; and thermal image video sensors.
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Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development
March 11, 2013
The Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, part of the National Academies’ Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS) has released a report that finds that sustainable urban development is dependent on coordinating and managing underground infrastructure--such as utilities, transportation networks, and building foundations--as part of an integrated, above- and below-ground system. The report explores sustainable underground development in the urban environment and identifies research needed to maximize opportunities for using underground space. The report is designed to enhance the understanding among the public and technical communities of the role of underground engineering in urban sustainability.
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Federal Research News
TechBrief: Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester
March 6, 2013
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a technical brief that summarizes the development of the asphalt mixture performance tester and describes how it can be used in pavement structural design and mixture design.
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Volpe News: Rights-of-Way Considered for Innovative Uses, Volpe Engineer Receives Award, Research on Alternative Jet Fuel Production, and more
March 10, 2013
Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released the latest edition of its newsletter designed to feature events and research produced by the Center. Part of the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe staff partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, evaluate research and development, assist in the deployment of transportation technologies, and inform decision- and policy-making.
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Status of the U.S.- Flag Great Lakes Water Transportation Industry
March 6, 2013
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Marine Administration has released a report that discusses the 55 vessels that make up the U.S.-flagged “laker” fleet, which transport cargoes of iron ore, coal, limestone, cement, salt, sand, and gravel and account for the majority of U.S. cargo movements on the Great Lakes.
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State Research News
Redesign of FDOT State Materials Office Testing Standards
March 6, 2013
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that reviews approaches that large federal and state agencies use to cope with transcription errors to help ensure FDOT testing integrity through laboratory automation.
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University Research News
International Research News
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Thematic Research Summary: Passenger Transport
March 6, 2013
The Transport Research and Innovation Portal has released a report that provides an overview of research on passenger transport focused on European Union-funded projects as well as an analysis and compilation of research findings and recommendations.
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Road User Charges for Heavy Goods Vehicles
March 6, 2013
The European Environment Agency has released a report that presents updated estimates of the external costs of air pollution for different categories of heavy goods vehicles.
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Routes/Roads Magazine: Number 357
March 6, 2013
The World Road Association has released the latest edition of its magazine that present analyses and summaries related to roads and road transport. The magazine is available without a fee after logging on to the site.
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In the Know
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New Study: Teen Driver Deaths Increase in 2012
March 6, 2013
Governors Highway Safety Association that examines trends in the numbers of 16- and 17-year-old driver deaths in passenger vehicles in the United States and proposes solutions to reduce that number.
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Eno Brief: March 2013
March 6, 2013
The Eno Transportation Foundation has released the latest version of its monthly on-line newsletter. The newsletter is designed to provide information on transportation policy, executive leadership, news within the greater Eno community, and other items of interest.
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