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| 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are Available |
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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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| Protecting Wildlife Habitat is a Robust Slice of Transportation Planning |
 | Monarch butterfly migration is so impressive that there is an entire tourism industry around seeing them in their natural winter habitats in Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to decide in December 2020 if the monarch butterfly will be classified as a federally endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. But what... |
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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 - Strategic Research Needs in the Area of Utilities |
 | In 1977, TRB established a committee with the mission to focus on the interrelationships between transportation systems and utilities, including the accommodation of utilities in transportation corridors and rights of way. The Standing Technical Committee on Utilities is stepping up its efforts to identify current, emerging, and cross-cutting... |
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| TRB Participating in PIARC Webinar on the "International Superhighway" |
 | Key U.S. accomplishments from 2016 to 2019 will be discussed, along with future trends, during a webinar Thursday, December 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET titled, "U.S. Leadership on the International Superhighway: Benefits and Accomplishments from U.S. Participation in the World Road Association - 2019 Cycle." TRB Executive Director Neil... |
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| Register for UC ITS and TRB Webinar on COVID-19, Transit, and Shared Mobility |
| A study focused on scenario planning for public transit and shared mobility and undertaken during the midst of the COVID-19 crisis will be published soon by the University of Californias Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) and the TRB Executive Committee, with funding support from ClimateWorks. The study's findings will be the... |
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| RFP: 3D Modeling Guide for Construction Inspection |
| TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to (1) identify what 3D digital information construction inspectors need to collect and document construction; and (2) identify the core competencies for construction inspectors related to the use of 3D digital information. Proposals are due January 15,... |
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| RFP: Guidelines for the Maintenance and Construction of Rumble Strips |
| TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop guidelines for the maintenance and construction of rumble strips on flexible and rigid pavements. Mumble strips are considered a form of rumble strips and should be included. For purposes of this research, the safety aspects of rumble strips... |
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| Advancing the Marine Transportation System through Automation and Autonomous Technologies: Trends, Applications, and Challenges |
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| IDEA Program Announcement 2021 |
 | The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Program's IDEA Program Announcement 2021 describes the IDEA programs and how they are administered, provides instructions and documents for submitting proposals for funding, and lists general research topics derived from program goals. |
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| Permissible Uses of Airport Property and Revenue |
 | Understanding the permissible use of airport revenue is one of the most common legal issues faced by airport management. While there are some clear lines, there are several categories (such as utility fees) of potential expenditures of airport revenue that are not as clearly defined. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Legal... |
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| Advanced Ground Vehicle Technologies for Airside Operations |
 | Recent advancements in automated and advanced driving technologies have demonstrated improvements in safety, ease and accessibility, and efficiency in road transportation. There has also been a reduction in costs in these technologies that can now be adapted into the airport environment. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP... |
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| New IDEAS for Transit: Transit IDEA Program Annual Report - December 2020 |
 | TRBs Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has issued its New IDEAS for Transit:Transit IDEA Program Annual Report, which summarizes recent investigations conducted under the Transit IDEA program. The Transit IDEA Program is designed to foster innovative concepts that have the potential to enhance security, increase... |
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| New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Progress Report - December 2020 |
 | TRBs Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has released the latest issue of its New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Progress Report, which summarizes projects active or completed during the 2020 program year. A project of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the NCHRP Highway IDEA program seeks... |
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| Proposed AASHTO Guides for Bridge Preservation Actions |
 | Many transportation departments have significant practical experience with bridge preservation and have developed conclusions regarding the effectiveness of bridge preservation actions based on those experiences. However, limited efforts have been made to identify, measure, evaluate, and document the short- and long-term performance of specific... |
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| Maintenance Planning for Rail Asset ManagementCurrent Practices |
 | The occurrence of rail defects, broken rails, and broken rail derailments is consistent with the rate of development found in other studies that look at larger populations of rail defects. Likewise, the larger and more heavily used transit systems develop increased levels of defects, which is again consistent with what is seen in the railroad... |
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| Federal highway fund swapping |
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| Limiting long-distance flights |
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| Making it easier for the visually-impaired to cross at an intersection |
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| Governing states product approval programs |
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| How has the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affected city trends? |
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| Safely maintaining public transportation services during the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) |
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| Estimating an airports economic impact |
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| Maneuvering emergency vehicles |
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| Identifying unknown steels |
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| Accessibility benefits versus user benefits |
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| Running trials of automated vehicles |
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| Reporting data, management, and performance indicators |
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| Could new shipping routes along the Arctic become available? |
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| Test methods for road materials |
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| National Academies Gulf Research Program accepting fellowship applications |
| The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program is now accepting applications for both the Science Policy Fellowship and Early-Career Research Fellowship positions. With a fresh perspective and unique ideas, fellows work in the Gulf to improve lives and the environment by connecting science and action. The |
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| How much does operating trucks cost? |
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