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Memorandum of Understanding signed by TRB and Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) International |
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On January 7, 2018, TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) International Board Chair Diane Woodend Jones. Founded in 1977, WTS is an international organization dedicated to building the future of transportation through the global advancement of women. TRB and WTS...
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Memorandum of Understanding signed by TRB and the Council of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) |
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On January 10, 2018, TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Council of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) President and Chief Executive Officer A. Bradley Mims. Founded in 1971, COMTO provides a forum for minority professionals in the transportation industry. COMTO's mission is to ensure...
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Managing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the Vicinity of Airports |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released a draft document titled, "Managing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the Vicinity of Airports" that provides guidance for airport operators and managers to manage UAS operations and related activities in and around airports. UAS operations that occur near airports may impact current and ...
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NCHRP Seeks Oversight Panel Nominations for Environment and Sustainability Tasks: Nominations Due March 15, 2018 |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is currently seeking individuals with relevant expertise to serve on oversight panels for five upcoming research tasks for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Environment and Sustainability, formerly the Standing Committee on the...
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TRB Webinar: Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities for Airport Operators |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Synthesis 84: Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities for Airport Operators.
This webinar will discuss how transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Uber and...
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TRB Webinar: Standardizing Truck GPS Data to Evaluate Truck Freight Bottlenecks |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, January 29, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Report 854: Guide for Identifying, Classifying, Evaluating, and Mitigating Truck Freight Bottlenecks.
This webinar will discuss a guidebook that examines truck freight...
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TRB Webinar: Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements State-of-the-Practice |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that will provide an overview about the state-of-the-practice for roller-compacted concrete (RCC) pavements. RCC is placed with conventional or high-density asphalt paving equipment, and then compacted with rollers. This webinar will focus on information in
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TRB Webinar: TRID Searching |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will discuss how to get the most out of the TRID database when searching from your desktop or mobile device. This webinar will explore recent updates to the TRID interface, as well as provide practical tips when using the database.
TRID is the world's...
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Climate Communications Initiative: Advisory Committee Announced |
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have launched a major initiative to more effectively enable its extensive body of work on climate science, impacts, and response options to inform the public and decision makers. The Climate Communications Initiative (CCI) aims to coordinate efforts across the Academies to successfully...
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Transportation Research Board 2017 Annual Report |
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The 2017 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB. The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that...
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Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web Only Document 241: Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals documents the research approach and methodology to develop NCHRP Research Report 865: Guidance for Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals. The...
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Guidance for Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 865: Guidance for Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals provides guidance for the development and management of effective Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs) at state departments of transportation. EIPs have become key tools for...
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Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2018 |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 402: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems provides a 2018 update on current knowledge and practice, in a compact format, without the detailed directions usually found in handbooks or design manuals. Each report in the series provides a...
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Position Available: Director, Office of Preconstruction, Construction, and Pavements |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking to fill the position of Director, Office of Preconstruction, Construction, and Pavements. The director serves as a national leader and champion for deploying engineering innovations in pavement design and construction to accelerate project delivery. The incumbent provides leadership and...
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Position Available: Director, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking to fill the position of Director, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division. This division is responsible for providing executive leadership and oversight in the development of national programs, business plans, and strategic initiatives to improve transportation systems and infrastructure...
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Fly Ash AEA Adsorption Capacity Estimation as Measured by Fluorescence or Foam Index |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a technical brief that examines the feasibility of using the fluorescence method to quantitatively determine the adsorption capacity of fly ash. This report also compares the efficiency of air-entraining agents (AEAs) in the fluorescence method to the efficiency of AEAs in the more traditional...
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Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data with Mechanistic-Empirical Design and Analysis, Volume III: Guidelines for Deflection Testing, Analysis, and Interpretation |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that investigates the use of the falling weight deflectometer as part of mechanistic-empirical pavement design and rehabilitation procedures incorporated within the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. This volume, the last in a three-volume report, recommends practices and...
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Review of Infrastructure Resilience for Emergency Relief Projects at U.S. FHWA |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that assesses the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s processes for incorporating resilience improvements into emergency relief projects when rebuilding damaged highway infrastructure. The FHWA Emergency Relief Program provides funds for the...
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UTC Spotlight: January 2018 |
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation has released the latest edition of its newsletter that highlights recent accomplishments and products from university transportation centers (UTCs). This edition features Morgan State University with consortium members University of Maryland...
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Pocket Guide to Transportation |
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The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the Pocket Guide to Transportation, which serves as a quick reference guide to transportation statistics. It provides key information and highlights major trends on the U.S. transportation system and can be downloaded as a mobile app. This year’s new Pocket Guide includes enhanced...
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Seven Year Performance of City of Shoreview's Pervious Concrete Project |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that assesses the seven year performance of Shoreview’s pervious concrete pavements using pavement performance metrics, including sound absorption, hydraulic conductivity, and ride quality. Shoreview’s local roads were built with pervious concrete pavements in order to mitigate...
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Implementation of a Refined Shear Rating Methodology for Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that implements a screening tool and shear rating methodology for prestressed concrete girder bridges. This research was conducted in order to increase the shear rating of a prestressed concrete beam via a refined live load distribution factor, considering the location-based load...
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Low Vertical Clearance Truss Bridges: Risk Assessment and Retrofit Mitigation Study |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates the risks of oversized vehicle impacts to existing truss bridges with low vertical clearances. The goal of the study is that it may be used as an asset management tool for programming future retrofit projects and for procuring the necessary funding of said...
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Societal Costs of Traffic Crashes and Crime in Michigan: 2017 Update |
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The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has released a report that estimates monetary losses from traffic crashes and crimes, including vehicle theft, in Michigan. This report also examines vehicle crash costs associated with alcohol, unrestrained occupants, teen drivers, and crashes involving motorcycles or large...
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METRANS News: Fall 2017 |
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The METRANS Transportation Center at the University of Southern California has released the latest issue of its newsletter that highlights METRANS research, education, and outreach activities. This edition features information about:
- Research on home deliveries
- Pacific Southwest Region research awards
- Research conferences and...
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Electric Road Systems: A Solution for the Future? Call for Proposals |
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The World Road Association (PIARC) has released a request for proposals to establish strategies that will lead to the development and implementation of electric road system technologies. Proposals are due January 31, 2018.
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European Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Cost-Effectiveness of Fuel-Efficiency Technologies for Long-Haul Tractor-Trailers in the 2025-2030 Timeframe |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes the future costs of advanced long-haul tractor-trailer technologies. Other markets – the United States, Canada, China, Japan, and India – have adopted heavy-duty vehicle CO2 standards, and the European Union is looking to these policies to increase fuel...
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Understanding and Improving Safe System Intersection Performance |
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Austroads has released a report that identifies key factors in intersection severe injury crashes and develops initiatives to improve the design of intersections. The goal of this research is to minimize deaths and serious injuries at intersections by aligning with the Safe System approach.
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SHRP2 Webinar on Improving Asphalt Uniformity through R06C’s Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiler Technology |
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 31 from 2:00 PM-3:30 PM ET on the use of paver-mounted thermal profiler technology to improve asphalt uniformity, which ultimately leads to stronger, more durable roads. The...
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Crash Risk of Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Case-Crossover Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Data |
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The AAA Foundation has released a report that investigates the relationship between cell phone use and crash risk using data from the Second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study (SHRP2). This research quantifies the relationship between a driver’s cell phone use and crash involvement by comparing that driver’s cell phone...
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Utility Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Key Regulatory Considerations |
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The Georgetown Climate Center has released a report that provides an overview of the accelerating electrification of the transportation sector and the role of utility regulators in ensuring widespread transportation electrification. This report also focuses on options for investments in plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and...
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Young Novice Driver Collision Types |
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IAM RoadSmart has released a report that measures the number of young drivers involved in injury collisions and explores young driver accident trends. The goal of this report is to understand whether young drivers learn more or less quickly than experienced drivers to reduce certain types of collisions.
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ITS America 27th Annual Meeting – Now Accepting Papers |
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The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) is now accepting papers for its 27th Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan.
This year’s Program Committee is looking for high-quality papers for the Annual Meeting technical program to narrate this year’s theme, “Transportation 2.0.”
Papers should be related to ...
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