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| 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Mobile App Now Available |
| Download the TRB Annual Meeting mobile app before the 100th Annual Meeting. To download the app, search TRB 2021 in the Apple Store or Google Play. When opening the app for the first time, enter the same email address used to register for the Annual Meeting to unlock the app. The app provides registered attendees with the ability to search... |
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| 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are Available |
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| See What to Expect from a Virtual TRBAM |
| Are you curious about what a virtual TRB Annual Meeting might look like? Hear from TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen, TRB Technical Activities Division Director Ann Brach, and TRB volunteer Sandra Larson of Stanley Consultants. From sessions to keynotes and everything in between, they give you the highlights of what's coming throughout January... |
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| A Special "Thank You" to ITS America |
| In a normal year, ITS America hosts a member cocktail reception one evening during the TRB Annual Meeting. Since the in-person meeting has gone virtual next month, the organization used part of what it budgets for the TRBAM event instead as a contribution to the TRB Minority Student Fellows Program. The TRB program seeks to increase the number... |
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| Warning: Annual Meeting Mailing List Solicitations |
| If you receive a solicitation to purchase the TRB Annual Meeting attendee mailing list, it is not coming from TRB. TRB recommends that you do not click on any links in the email and that you delete it immediately. TRB also recommends that you do not request to be removed from the mailing list as that likely would confirm to the sender that your ... |
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| Tell Us Our Story - Last Chance to Participate: What are Some of the Value-Adding Ideas That TRB has Delivered to You? |
| The TRB Tell Us Our Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRBs volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories, which are our stories. The Tell Us Our' Story centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - Construction Quality Assurance Accomplishments and Outlook for the Next Century |
| The body of academic, agency, and industry experts now known as TRBs Standing Technical Committee on Quality Assurance Management was originally formed in 1968 as the Quality Assurance and Acceptance committee. It was constituted to help focus increased awareness of the need for a more scientific approach to developing construction and material... |
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| Which of Your Colleagues Have Contributed to TRB's Centennial Activities? Join Them Today! |
| TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. You are invited to join your colleagues listed below who have contributed to the TRB Century Club to support activities that will mark the anniversary; promote the value of transportation research; and celebrate the achievements of TRBs volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and staff. Details on the Century... |
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| Propose New Topics for the 2022 NCHRP Synthesis Program - Submissions due February 17, 2021 |
| TRB's National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2022 NCHRP Synthesis Program. In the coming year, NCHRP will fund 18 new synthesis topics. A new Synthesis Topic Outline offers guidance in creating a topic. Topics must be submitted through the NCHRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal by ... |
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| RFP: Developing Alternative Aircraft Arresting Systems |
| TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to (1) Identify and develop potential viable systems, configurations, and technologies for arresting aircraft at all types and sizes of airports that are not covered by existing patents. Solutions could consider but should not be limited to technical... |
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| RFP: Utilizing Cooperative Automated Transportation Data to Enhance Freeway Operational Strategies |
| TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to assess operational scenarios and use cases where freeway operations strategies could be improved through the transmission of data between a Traffic Management System and the larger Cooperative Automated Transportation system (either directly or... |
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| How We Move Matters: Exploring the Connections between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health-- Abstracts due April 15, 2021 |
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| 18th Biennial National Harbor Safety Committee Conference |
| Convened by Transportation Research Board in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, the 18th Biennial National Harbor Safety Committee Conference will be held from June 13-15, 2022 in Boston, MA. Titled "Maritime Strong: Navigating Diverse Growth and Change," the event focuses on promising practices, innovation, and technology to address critical ... |
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| National Aviation System Planning Symposium |
| Convened by Transportation Research Board, the Tenth National Aviation System Planning Symposium will be held May 16-19, 2022 in Irvine, California. Industry experts will have an opportunity to exchange ideas and information relative to ways to improve existing aviation planning processes to address the critical issues in the coming decades. |
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| Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation |
| In comparison to the levels of public interest and attention, there is little research to help understand the major obstacles and constraints encountered by women travelers and women working in transportation industries. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C268: Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in... |
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| Introduction to Blockchain and Airport Operations in a COVID-19 Environment |
| In the airport industry, potential applications for blockchain include security and identification, flight data management, safety and maintenance, baggage and cargo tracking, regulatory compliance, and more. Promising blockchain applications specific to COVID-19 include passenger health verification and contact tracing, facilitating a contactless ... |
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| Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation |
| The importance of safety cannot be overstated and requires continued shifts in the approach to safety management within the public transportation industry. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Research Report 218: Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation compiles ... |
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| Analyzing crashworthiness of buses |
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| Practices in testing crashworthiness of buses |
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| Tariffs on airplanes |
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| How to complete streets effect different travel modes? |
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| Understanding Californias long-term energy storage needs |
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| Feasibility of automated fleets solving first-mile last-mile mobility |
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| Measuring walkability more accurately |
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| Shifting transportation planning |
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| Solving accessibility issues |
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| Linking the built environment to train, tram, and bus use |
| Most recent podcast episode from the Public Transport Research Group at Monash University |
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| When will electric vehicles enter the long-term market? |
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| Tribal crash reporting kit |
| A toolkit for reporting tribal crashes, released by Tribal Safety |
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