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The January 2021 TRB Annual Meeting is generating headlines from press and participants alike. From trade publications to universities sharing the work of their students, we've got the full picture. Catch up on your reading, watching, and listening!
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has undeniably changed our normal routines and established practices. These changes, along with ongoing advancements in technology, may present opportunities to offer better mobility options to a wider segment of the American population than ever before. If carefully combined with public transit and ...
Snap Searches provide a succinct summary of TRB resources and activities on a given topic. Now featuring over 60 topics, the newest Snap Searches are on:
Deteriorating centerline joints are a maintenance challenge for many highway agencies. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern to explore centerline joint practices used by transportation agencies. Presenters will identify ways to reduce the need for maintenance and improve the maintenance activity...
How important is it for airports and public agencies to collaborate? TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss these collaboration efforts. Public-use airports, metropolitan planning organizations, and local land-use/ transportation planning agencies all have independent yet interrelated ...
Emergencies can happen in airports. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss a tool to create a plan for dealing with airport emergencies. The online Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) Development Tool produces airport-specific AEPs in a format consistent with the Federal Aviation Administration...
Chemical treatments are a cost-effective way of improving unpaved road performance. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will provide guidance for road agencies looking to use chemical treatments in their unpaved road management programs. The presenter will explain the benefits of using a chemical...
With the increase in occurrence and severity of natural disasters including wild fires, flooding, heat waves, and hurricanes, managed retreat has gained the attention of risk managers and public officials in high-hazard areas. What social and economic changes will affect the community or region where the relocated infrastructure, housing, and...
Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for workshops on sustainable and resilient supply chains February 17 and 18, 2021. The discussions will explore the feasibility of introducing advanced manufacturing, logistics and decision-making under alternative supply chain scenarios in different sectors, with a view of...
China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS), DiDi, International Road Federation in Geneva, the World Road Association (PIARC), Tongji University, and TRB's International Coordinating Council are offering "Road Safety and Mobility - Planning for the Future." The event will be held online February 24 at 7 AM Eastern. Traffic crashes are the ...
Convened by TRB, Innovations in Freight Data will be held September 21-23, 2021 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The workshop will bring together freight data users and decision makers to learn and share the latest applications of traditional and emerging freight data sources, development of value-added features, integration of data sets, and...
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 ...
Research problem statements are now being accepted for Transit Cooperative Research Program's (TCRP) Fiscal Year 2022. To submit a problem statement, first review and follow the format in this outline. Problem statements may be submitted electronically. Previously submitted proposals may be resubmitted. The deadline for consideration is June...
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to advance the understanding and use of machine learning tools and techniques at state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies. Proposals are due March 25, 2021 by 5:00 PM Eastern.
The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National Academies are providing timely, actionable advice to inform the new administrations efforts on these...
Alternative Intersections and Interchanges (A.I.I.s) are designs that improve operations and safety for motorized traffic by strategically adjusting the geometric features at a given location, working on the general principle of redistributing motor vehicle demand at an intersection in an attempt to limit the need to add capacity with new lanes to ...
The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) provides key data for many state and federal freight planning activities. The CFS is a shipper survey used to gather freight flow information including commodity shipped, origin and destination, value and weight, and mode. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C269: 2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop...
Laboratory testing and field experience have shown that highway concrete should be properly air entrained to resist the action of freezing and thawing, particularly in wet climates. Several gaps in the state of the knowledge still exist. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 961: Entrained Air-Void...
Cross-frames are important structural components that serve many functions throughout the service life of steel I-girder bridges. Under repetitive load cycles caused by heavy truck passages, cross-frames and their connections can be susceptible to load-induced fatigue cracking if not properly designed. The TRB National Cooperative Highway...
On February 4, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held a hearing about protecting transportation workers from coronavirus (COVID-19).
The National Academies of Sciences LabX program has launched a new weekly social media feature called Scientist Show & Tell. Scientist Show & Tell is all about scientists sharing the most interesting, strange, and/or meaningful (non-science) objects they own. Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences, who shared ...
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.
