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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Save Money and Register Before November 30, 2017 |
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Register by November 30 to take advantage of lower fees and to obtain a hotel guest room for TRB’s 97th Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend any workshop or visit the career fair or the exhibits....
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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Your Source for Professional Development Hours and American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits |
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Professional Development Hours (PDHs) may be claimed by professional engineers for attending TRB's 97th Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Each hour of participation earns one PDH. Attendees must maintain their own records of attendance. TRB will confirm an individual’s registration at the request of the licensing or...
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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Feature Your Organization at the Careers in Motion Networking Fair |
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TRB's inaugural Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 7, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of sectors and modes to meet with transportation professionals...
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TRB Seeking Consultants with Expertise in Innovative Materials and Techniques for Highway Bridge Construction |
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TRB’s Studies and Special Programs Division invites letters of interest from persons wishing to be considered as consultants in support of the division's Committee for the Study on Performance of Bridges. A consultant will be engaged to collect and summarize information for the committee on the performance of bridges that received funding under...
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7th International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM): Submit Abstracts by November 30, 2017 |
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TRB is sponsoring the 7th International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) on June 24-27, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference explores current models and modeling research. Participants will explore the integration of social, land-use, transportation supply and technology into the model process. The conference addresses how...
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RFP: Proposed Enhancements to Pavement ME Design: Improved Consideration of the Influence of Subgrade Soils Susceptible to Shrink/Swell and/or Frost Heave on Pavement Performance |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to propose enhancements as needed to the Pavement ME Design procedures to better reflect the influence of subgrade soils susceptible to shrink/swell and/or frost heave on pavement performance. Proposals are due December 21, 2017.
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RFP: Enhancing Pedestrian Volume Estimation and Developing HCM Pedestrian Methodologies for Safe and Sustainable Communities |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to develop scalable guidance for jurisdictions to identify techniques for efficient and accurate estimation of pedestrian volume and exposure. Proposals are due December 21, 2017.
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RFP: Guidelines for Vehicle and Equipment Color, Marking, and Lighting |
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TRB's National Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to explore factors that influence the effectiveness of colors, retroreflective markings, and lighting applied to vehicles and equipment, and develop updated guidelines for use by transportation agency personnel in the procurement process, thus enhancing...
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RFP: Mobility-on-Demand and Automated Driving Systems: A Framework for Public-Sector Assessment |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to establish a framework to assess the effects of mobility-on-demand services and automated driving systems on transportation demand and supply and the broader economic and societal ecosystem. Proposals are due December 27, 2017.
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RFP: State DOT Contributions to the Study, Investigation, and Interdiction of Human Trafficking |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to identify how state departments of transportation can assist the existing efforts in combating human trafficking and develop guidance that supports effective training, policy, and collaboration practices related to mitigating human trafficking....
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RFP: Guidance for Safe and Effective Temporary Traffic Control for Mobile Operations on Two-Lane Two-Way Roadways |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to develop guidance to enhance safety and effectiveness of mobile operations on two-lane, two-way roadways under variable conditions. Proposals are due December 28, 2017.
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TRB Straight to Recording for All: Considering Cost-Effectiveness in the Project Selection Process of the CMAQ Program |
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TRB recorded a series of videos in October 2017 that provided an overview of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program, which is administered through the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and supports projects that reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. These recordings focus on CMAQ project cost effectiveness...
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TRB Webinar: Enhancing Wayfinding and Public Address Systems for a Positive Traveler Experience |
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Freight Fluidity Performance Measurements Implementation |
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TRB is sponsoring the Freight Fluidity Performance Measurements Implementation workshop on April 3-4, 2018 in Washington, DC. The workshop focuses on practices for implementing an initial set of freight fluidity performance measures in the United States. It is geared toward experts in supply chain, logistics, and freight from industry, academia,...
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2018 Annual Conference of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (FAEP)* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Annual Conference of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals in September 2018 in Orlando, FL. The conference brings together over 300 policy-makers, project managers, planners, designers, and scientists in the environmental and transportation sectors to identify new opportunities to better integrate...
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The Gulf Research Program Provides $2 Million to Help Scientists Recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma |
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program is making $2 million available through fast-track grants to help with the repair, replacement, or recovery of equipment, data, or other research materials damaged or lost as a result of the Gulf Coast’s Hurricane Harvey and/or Hurricane Irma. Scientists are...
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TR News September-October 2017: Transportation Systems Resilience |
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Transportation systems' resilience is the theme of feature articles in the September-October 2017 TR News magazine. Authors describe lessons learned in planning, engineering, and operations management with regards to resilience; discuss supply chain business continuity; identify techniques for evacuation and emergency transportation; examine the...
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Best Practices in Rural Regional Mobility |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 861: Best Practices in Rural Regional Mobility addresses the role of state transit program policies and regional planning agencies in the development of services that fall in the middle ground between intercity bus service and rural public transportation. This middle...
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Asphalt Materials and Mixtures, Volume 3 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2663 consists of 16 papers that explore asphalt mixtures and materials, including:
- Effects of Tack Coat Application on Interface Bond Strength and Short-Term Pavement Performance
- Use of the Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Test to Characterize Asphalt Mixtures...
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Railroads, Volume 2 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2608 consists of 15 papers that explore railroads, including:
- Railway Human Factors and Operational Issues: What Can We Learn from Locomotive Voice and Video Recorders?
- Survey of Future Railroad Operations and the Role of Automation
- Current Issues...
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Intersections of Transportation and Telecommunications: Findings by the 2016 Chan Wui and Yunyin Rising Star Fellows |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2658 consists of 7 papers that explore the connection between telecommunications and transportation, including:
- Modeling the Demand for New Transportation Services and Technologies
- Modeling the Impact of Communications Technologies on Travel Behavior...
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Human Performance, User Information, and Simulation |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2663 consists of 17 papers that explore human factors in transportation, including:
- Comparative Analysis of Toll Plaza Safety Features in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts with a Driving Simulator
- Simulator Study of Involuntary Driver Distraction Under...
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Field Evaluation of Ballast Fouling Conditions Using Machine Vision |
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TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program Safety 27: Field Evaluation of Ballast Fouling Conditions Using Machine Vision introduces a machine vision-based inspection system to assess ballast degradation levels for an in-service rail track. This system incorporates an approach to ballast sampling, procedures for image...
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Review of Freight and Highway Discretionary Transportation Grants |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that assesses Fostering Advancement in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE)’s processes for selecting grants. This report evaluates the processes that were used, the extent to which the FASTLANE evaluation plan was followed, and ...
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A Comparative Analysis of State Traffic Safety Countermeasures and Implications for Progress “Toward Zero Deaths” in the United States |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that outlines how changes in engineering, technology, and behaviors can aid in the progress toward vision zero. Vision Zero has been established as a national transportation policy in several nations with a goal of zero deaths or serious injuries from crashes in road...
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Post Hurricane Sandy Transportation Resilience Study in NY, NJ, and CT |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that evaluates the New York metropolitan region transportation system’s resilience to climate, sea level rise, and extreme weather. This report leverages lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and other recent events, as well as future climate projections, to identify strategies to reduce ...
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Accessible Shared Streets: Notable Practices and Considerations for Accommodating Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides an overview of practices and considerations for accommodating pedestrians with vision disabilities on shared streets, which are streets in which pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles intentionally mix together. This report describes the specific challenges...
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Stormwater Infiltration in Highway Embankments — Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation for Uncompacted and Compacted Soils |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that identifies available methods for estimating hydraulic conductivity, with a focus on the ability of various methods to assess hydraulic conductivity in both loose uncompacted states and compacted states for embankments. This report also considers predicting hydraulic...
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Implementation of a Precast Inverted T-Beam System in Virginia: Part I: Laboratory Investigations |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that analyzes three phases of a comprehensive research project to develop and implement an inverted T-beam system for Virginia. The inverted T-beam system, which consists of adjacent precast inverted T-beams with a cast-in-place concrete topping, provides an accelerated bridge...
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Rockfall Hazard Process Assessment |
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The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that develops a new Rock Slope Asset Management Program (RAMP) after reassessing the department’s previous rockfall hazard evaluation process. RAMP includes new features, such as the ability to isolate specific evaluation attributes, new condition state categories, and evaluation of...
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Prevention of Stripping Under Chip Seals |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates various chip-sealed roadways in Minnesota for condition surveys and density tests in the field. This report also evaluates permeability stripping, tensile-strength ratio, asphalt film thickness, and mix properties in the laboratory. All testing was conducted in order...
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Online Systems for Oversize and Overweight Freight Permitting and Motor Carrier Credentialing |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has released a synthesis that summarizes the current national systems and practices for online issuance and management of oversize and overweight (OS/OW) permits and motor carrier credentials. Currently, MnDOT uses two online systems to issue and manage permits for OS/OW freight and motor carrier ...
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Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning: Agency Roles and Workforce Development Needs |
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The National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) at the University of California Davis has released a report that evaluates the state of the practice and adequacy of technical tools for resiliency and adaptation planning. The report explores ways to factor climate adaptation and resiliency planning into preparations for extreme weather...
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Advancing Implementation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge Systems (GRS-IBS) |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that synthesizes recent technical performances and practical lessons from agency experiences in contracting and constructing geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge systems (GRS-IBS). The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has developed and promoted GRS-IBS...
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Traffic Impact Assessment of Moving Work Zone Operations |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that seeks to address a gap in knowledge about moving work zones. This goal was accomplished by using field data from moving work zones to develop and calibrate a traffic impact analysis tool. Moving work zones typically involve striping, sweeping, pothole filling,...
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Rural Transit Fact Book 2017 |
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The Upper Great Plains Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that provides information about transit service availability and cost to help the transit industry in the United States meet rural community mobility needs. The information in this report may help managers and lawmakers with policy making, planning, managing...
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Lightening Up: How Less Heavy Vehicles Can Help Cut CO2 Emissions |
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The International Transport Forum has released a report that examines how reversing the trend towards heavier light-duty vehicles could impact CO2 emissions from road transportation. Additional mass consumes more energy and results in higher CO2 emissions, and therefore a reduction in vehicle mass could contribute to achieving emissions reduction...
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Electric Vehicle Capitals of the World: What Markets are Leading the Transition to Electric? |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a briefing that provides an update on the global electric vehicle capitals, defined as the cities leading the transition to electric drive with greater sales and more sales shares than other markets. This report assesses electric vehicle sales through 2016, identifies electric vehicle...
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From Laboratory to Road: A 2017 Update of Official and “Real-World” Fuel Consumption and CO2 Values for Passenger Cars in Europe |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that focuses on the real-world performance of new European passenger cars and compares on-road and official CO2 emission values, and is the latest report in the From Laboratory to Road series. This report includes an additional year of data, one new country, one new data...
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Mixing of Foamed Bitumen Stabilised Materials |
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Austroads has released a report that describes the procedure for adding foamed bitumen to a granular material to produce foamed bitumen stabilized material. The method described is applicable to materials with a maximum nominal particle size of 40 mm. The report is available for no fee after logging into the site .
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Compaction of Test Cylinders of Foamed Bitumen Stabilised Materials Part 1: Dynamic Compaction using Marshall Drop Hammer |
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Austroads has released a report that describes the procedure for compacting cylindrical test specimens suitable for use in the determination of physical properties. The method described is applicable to materials with a maximum nominal particle size of 40 mm. The report is available for no fee after logging into the site.
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A Framework for Infrastructure Funding |
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released a report that describes the current state of infrastructure and current highway funding levels. This report also includes an analysis of transportation revenue options. It serves as an update to ATRI’s 2007 highway funding analysis, recognizing the need to reassess current highway...
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Preserving Maine’s Bridges: The Condition and Funding Needs of Maine’s Aging Bridge System |
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TRIP has released a report that examines the condition and use of Maine’s bridges, funding needs, and the future mobility needs of the state. A significant number of Maine’s bridges have surpassed or are approaching 50 years old, which is typically the intended design life for bridges. The cost of repairing and preserving bridges increases as they ...
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