TR News: Data's Critical Role in Transportation Decisions

One of the most time-honored of the technical activities that TRB performs, state visits revealed lots of interesting issues in 2019, including a lot around the important role state Departments of Transportation increasingly have around data needs.

The TRB staff summary of the visits, each of which last one or two days and typically consist of meetings with various levels of DOT management; discussions with DOT staff involved in various topic areas; exchanges of issues and ideas; and, often, a visit to DOT facilities or to project sites, is the subject of a feature in TR News magazine, Number 325, January-February 2020.