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| 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) |
 | At TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021, more than 30 Spotlight Sessions will focus on this year's theme, "Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life." Specific sessions about COVID-19 will focus on: - preparing for the next global pandemic,
- rapid repurpsing of urban streets,
- supply chain disruptions,
- mobility...
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| MyTRB Users Must Create a New Password |
 | With a need to increase security, MyTRB users will be required to create a new password the next time they log in to the system. This is a one-time change designed to protect data and personal information even more than is already the case. |
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| Improving Health Care through Transportation |
 | Most healthcare news in 2020 has been focused, rightfully, on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Meanwhile, many routine or non-emergency health care procedures have been postponed, and as these procedures make their way back onto our personal schedules, its worth remembering that many people delay non-emergency but necessary medical procedures all... |
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| Cristian Alvarez Tuta Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in November's Responses |
 | Cristian Alvarez Tuta, Civil Engineer - Project Developer, New York City Department of Transportation let us know that says that presenting at the 2019 Annual Meeting "on alternate regulation on truck loading zones in one important Avenue of Queens, New York, gave me momentum and experience to apply for my first job as a recent grad civil... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - Freight Rail: On Track to the Future |
 | The genesis of the Standing Technical Committee on Freight Rail Transportation dates back at least to the 1970s, when the future of light density railroad branch and secondary lines concerned many state and local governments. The Committee is concerned with the spectrum of strategic, operational, technical and planning issues related to rail... |
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| Seeking project panel nominations for FY 2021 Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Nominations due February 5, 2021 |
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| RFP: A Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas |
| TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a toolkit that will help an airport establish their unique catchment area. The toolkit should include a guide to utilizing resources, in addition to providing analytical methods and approaches that would best map a catchment area. Proposals are due... |
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| Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the Practice |
 | Third rail systems provide traction power to electrified rail systems in many parts of the world, including the United States, and encounter problems such as failures that need to be investigated and remediated. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 150: Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the... |
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| Position Available: Chief Innovation Officer |
| The U.S. Office of the Secretary of Transportation has an opening for a position that closes December 16, 2020. |
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| Essential skills for the aviation workforce |
| A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office |
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| Design processes for small airplanes |
| A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office |
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| Selecting bicycle facilities |
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| Effective rehabilitation techniques for older concrete pavements |
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| Evaluating bridges |
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| Improving traffic volume data |
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| How would drivers react to an AV-only lane? |
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| Constructing thin asphalt overlays |
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| Vehicle interactions with mailboxes |
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| How the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) can lead to transportation policy changes |
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| Testing aggregate mixtures |
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| Mixtures in aggregates |
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| Public transport research partnerships in Sweden |
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