There is a lot to TRB! Watch to learn more about all the aspects that can help advance transportation systems and your career as well as ways for you to get more involved to move research forward. 

Watch the chat from the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting between TRB Executive Committee chair Leslie Richards and Seval Oz, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research (OST-R) and Technology, USDOT on personal and administrative visions of transportation.

Submit a public comment to the OST-R regarding a five-year transportation research and development strategic plan to guide future federal transporation research and development activities. Comments are due February 12.

Pictured Roland Bürgmann (l) and Ilya Sutskever (r)

Congratulations to the National Academy of Sciences 2026 Award winners. Roland Bürgmann will receive the Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship. He pioneered the use of precise geodetic measurements to combine with geological and seismological measurements to advance earthquake hazard assessment and improve understanding of plate boundary processes. These tools have also enabled studies of the dynamics of landslides, land subsidence, and volcanic processes. Ilya Sutskever will receive the NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science. He co-founded OpenAI and led research breakthroughs resulting in large language models and to the launch of ChatGPT.

The wayfinding process for people who are blind or visually impaired can be challenging when cues like detectable pavement edge treatments or the sound of accelerating traffic may be inconsistent or missing. Learn more in TR News about tactile walking surface indicators as explored in TCRP Research Report 248: Tactile Wayfinding in Transportation Settings for Travelers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Volume 1: Conduct of Research.

TR News magazine features articles on innovative and applied research and practice across transportation.