View this week's full newsletter on TRB's website.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Subscribe
2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Many Opportunities to Hear from Minority Student Fellows The TRB Minority Student Fellows Program, now in its twelfth year, promotes minority participation in transportation and in TRB. The program welcomes 25 students from 17 minority-serving institutions. Students in this cohort represent a range of engineering, planning, and social science majors and will present their research on a similar range of...   2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are Available Resource pages for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting are available. Visit this page for information about how to participate in the virtual meeting, the the online program, mobile app (available in late December), and other information. The TRB 100th Annual Meeting will be conducted as a virtual event throughout January 2021. Exact dates...   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...   2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Watch What We Have Planned 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...   How We Move Matters: Exploring the Connections between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health-- Abstracts due April 15, 2021 Convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Technology, How we Move Matters: Exploring the Connections between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health workshop will be held virtually in July 2021. Presenter abstract submissions are now welcome through April 15, 2021....   RFP: Guidebook for PFAS Management at Airports TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook to help airports of various levels of activity, resources, and subject matter expertise develop a plan to manage per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at their facilities. Proposals are due February 2, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern.   RFP: Development of PFAS Source Differentiation Guidelines for Airports TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop: (1) a guidebook of recommended practices for determining the source(s) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) detected in soil and water on or near an airport and (2) a primer for airport practitioners describing PFAS source attribution...   RFP: Transitioning Fuel Tax Assessments to a Road Usage Charge TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to evaluate and present viable paths and strategies for implementing road usage charging at the state, multi-state, and regional levels that generate revenues that could supplement, and/or may ultimately replace, motor fuel taxes as the primary funding...   Back To Top   NCHRP 2020 Annual Report TRBs National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released its annual report. This Annual Report provides a concise list of research published in 2020 and a list of all active projects, projects completed in 2020, and projects that were approved in 2020 but are not yet under contract. The Annual Report also presents detailed...   BTSCRP 2020 Annual Report The 2020 Annual Report for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) is now available. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP Annual Report highlights current and pending projects,...   Back To Top   Lessons from a seatbelt enforcement program Buckle Up Owensboro: Implementation and Evaluation of the 2015-2016 Seat Belt Campaign in Owensboro, Kentucky, released by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration   How DUI laws affect interlock use Alcohol Ignition Interlock Use Rates Following Changes in Interlock Legislation, released by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration   Public Roads: Autumn 2020 Latest edition of the Public Roads magazine, released by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration   HEP research quarterly newsletter: Fall 2020 The latest issue of the HEP research quarterly newsletter, released by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration   Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report, October 2020 The most recent update of the Clean Cities initiative, released by the U.S Department of Energy   Back To Top   How to increase the use of zero emission vehicles in freight Developing Markets for Zero Emission Vehicles in Short Haul Goods Movement, released by the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis   New hybrid electric vehicle emissions models Instantaneous Hybridization Factor (IHF) Development for HEV Energy-Emissions Analyses Using Real-World, On-Board Data, released by the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis   What makes a street complete? A video by SafeTrec at the University of California, Berkeley   Predicting pavement material prices Development of a Statistical Model to Predict Materials Unit Prices for Future Maintenance and Rehabilitation in Highway Life Cycle Cost Analysis, released by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University   Back To Top   Perspectives on accessibility Accessibility and Transport Appraisal Summary and Conclusions, released by the International Transport Forum   How to accurately measure accessibility Measuring Accessibility: Methods and Issues, released by the International Transport Forum   Differences in renewable energy strategies between Norway and Sweden The Ambitious and the Ambivalent: Swedens and Norways Attitudes Towards Domestic New Renewable Energy Sources, released by the Institute of Transport Economics in Norway   Back To Top   Identifying and addressing high-risk impaired drivers High-Risk Impaired Drivers: Combating a Critical Threat, released by the Governors Highway Safety Association   Back To Top	Remember you can update your interests at any time to help us deliver only the most relevant information to you each week. Update my interests Email Us Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Aviation Highway Marine Transportation Motor Carriers Pedestrians and Bicyclists Pipelines Public Transportation Rail
The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies of Sciences. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Transportation Research Board. 500 Fifth St. NW Washington, DC 20001 USA © 2020. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Unsubscribe   |  Update Profile   |  Privacy Statement