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TRB News
Using innovative and incentivizing programs to build and maintain community air service
Airports play an important role in our local economic activity and connect us to the wider world. Even before coronavirus disease (COVID-19) created havoc with the airline industry, changes were underway that have affected how U.S. airports and communities can work together to address air service challenges. TRBs Airport Cooperative Research...
 
Remembering the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the Gulf region faced the worst environmental disaster in United States historythe Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern to reflect on the...
 
TR News: Volunteer Profile of Deborah Flint
Deborah Flint, the current President and CEO of Greater Toronto Airports Authority, is a featured volunteer in Issue 324 (November-December 2019) of TRB's magazine TR News. "Be flexible... Be a sponge, open to everything," she says. At TRB, Ms. Flint served on an Airport Cooperative Research Program panel and was previously a member of the ACRP ...
 
Tell Us Our Story by Oscar Daniel Galvis Arce
Oscar Daniel Galvis Arce, University of Texas at Austin said that "during my teenager years, I always loved to play games where you can build cities. It was fascinating. Then, during my undergrad in Civil Engineering I discovered that designing transportation systems was a real career. I felt motivated by the idea of contributing on people's life...
 
Featured Centennial Paper: Structure Performance - A Century of Measurements
The Standing Technical Committee on Testing and Evaluation of Transportation Structures got its official start in 1962 as the Field Testing of Bridges Subcommittee, one of six subcommittees formed in that year under the Committee on Bridges which itself was formed twelve years earlier in 1950. The six subcommittees included the Bridge Dynamics...
 
2021 Traffic Control Device Student Challenge: Apply by October 1
In collaboration with American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), TRB's Standing Committee on Traffic Control Devices announces the annual Traffic Control Device Student Challenge (TCD Challenge). Individuals or teams of students are challenged to devise an innovative traffic control device for speed management on limited access...
 
Marine Board call for nominations by June 15
The Marine Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) is seeking nominations for new members to be appointed to three-year terms that would commence on November 1, 2020. There will be five (5) vacancies on the Board in 2020 and there is particular interest in candidates with expertise in the...
 
TRB Webinar: The intersection between health and transportation
Is your community fully invested in improving public health in regards to infrastructure, services, and access to jobs? TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, April 27 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that will explore how transportation networks impact public health. The presenters will discuss how the federal government and state departments of...
 
TRB Webinar: Sustainable highway construction
Decision makers may consider sustainability when planning, programming, and designing phases of highway construction. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, April 28, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how the construction industry can contribute to sustainability. Presenters will describe a guidebook that offers ideas to better leverage ...
 
TRB Webinar: What Role Does Ecology Have in Sustainable Transportation?
For transportation to be sustainable, it is critical that the entities responsible for developing sustainable transportation all understand it to mean the same thing, understand how to do implement it, and understand how to measure whether their implementations were effective. TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 30, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM...
 
TRB Webinar: Designing landscapes to enhance roadside water management
How do transportation agencies apply principles of green infrastructure (GI) to roadside water management? TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, May 18, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that aims to answer this question. Presenters will identify how GI may be used to mitigate impacts of flooding, drought, and temperature extremes that affect...
 
8th International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) - Will not be held as scheduled
TRB has been closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our volunteers, sponsors, meeting guests, staff, and the greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the current situation, we have decided that the event cannot be held as scheduled. Any...
 
Transportation, Environment, and Energy: An Integrated Research Symposium - Will not be held as scheduled
TRB has been closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our volunteers, sponsors, meeting guests, staff, and the greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the current situation, we have decided that the event cannot be held as scheduled. Any...
 
Bridging Transportation Researchers Online Conference: Papers due May 15*
In collaboration with The University of Texas at Austin, TRB is cosponsoring Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference on August 12-13, 2020. This zero-carbon, zero-cost conference will host multiple Zoom-based tracks to virtually and globally unite transportation engineers, planners, and policymakers to discuss a wide range ...
 
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Recently Released TRB Publications
Infectious Disease Mitigation in Airports and on Aircraft
The risk of disease transmission at airports and on aircraft is similar to the risks associated with other densely populated places. There are also unique factors related to the interaction of individuals from geographically diverse regions with differing immunity and endemic diseases. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Report ...
 
Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making
The use of performance measures and data is informing transportation decision making. Transportation Research Circular E-C263: Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making summarizes many presentations from the conference, which attracted more than 350 professional transportation planners, consultants,...
 
Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies
Public-use airports, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and local land-use/ transportation planning agencies all have independent yet interrelated planning processes bound by legal and policy requirements to ensure compatibility. This means that they should work cooperatively to solve joint transportation challenges in the most effective...
 
Deicing Planning Guidelines and Practices for Stormwater Management Systems, second edition
The first edition of this report, in 2009, established an industry standard reference for the management of airport deicing runoff. In the decade that followed, the industry has gained experience in managing deicing programs. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Research Report 14: Deicing Planning Guidelines and Practices for...
 
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Federal Research News
COVID-19 resources for transportation workers
Resources for Businesses and Employers: Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019, released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
A list of transportation safety improvements
A report about the U.S. National Transportation Safety Boards Most Wanted safety improvements, released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office
 
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State Research News
Evaluating materials for steel structures
Welding of ASTM A709 50CR Using Austenitic Filler Wires With Varying Heat Inputs and Maximum Interpass Temperatures, released by the Virginia Department of Transportation
 
Current method of grade control at culverts
Documenting the Design and Use of Different Types of Grade Control at Culverts, released by the Iowa Department of Transportation
 
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University Research News
Analyzing transit accessibility
Accessibility Evaluation of Transitways in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region, released by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota
 
Accurately reporting distracted driving
Distracted Driving: A Literature Review, released by the Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 
How coronavirus/COVID-19 affects traffic crashes in California
Impact of COVID19 on California Traffic Accidents, released by the Road Ecology Center at University of California, Davis
 
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International Research News
Different collaborative procurement strategies
Collaborative Infrastructure Procurement in Sweden and the Netherlands, released by the International Transport Forum
 
Managing travel demand worldwide
Travel Demand Management: Strategies and Outcomes, released by the New Zealand Transport Agency
 
Increasing resilience to pandemics
Pandemic-Resilient Community Planning, released by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute
 
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In The Know
NAM COVID-19 Conversations Webinar Series - Testing: What Do We Know, and How Can We Move Forward? - April 22, 2020
The National Academy of Medicine's fifth COVID-19 Conversations webinar held on April 22 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM Eastern. The webinar will feature a panel of expert speakers and will cover the state of testing for COVID-19, what data different tests will provide, how we can use that data to inform plans to ease physical distancing, and the equity ...
 
Estimating emissions reductions
Clean Energy Standard for Industry: Scoping Analysis, released by Resources for the Future
 
Economic effects of emissions allowances
Managing Investment Revenues and Costs in the Transportation Climate Initiative Region, released by Resources for the Future
 
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