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| COVID-19 transportation website is available from TRB and the National Academies |
 | Next steps for practitioners to take. Impacts on managed lanes. Security planning. Travel behavior and telework trends. Those are just a handful of the resources now available on the COVID-19 transportation resources website available from TRB and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. |
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| Share your feedback by June 30 to help TRB prepare for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting |
 | TRB is committed to holding its 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021. We are closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and its potential impacts on the meeting. We are evaluating how to hold the meeting in a way that continues the important convening value and ensures the health and safety of... |
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| Completing the 2020 U.S. Census is key for local transportation improvements |
 | With all the news justifiably vying for your attention, has the 2020 United States Census flown under your radar? Searching National Academies Press or the Transportation Research Record (TRR) for reports that cite Census or ACS data yields thousands of results. Census data is the basic building block for transportation analysis, says... |
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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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| Tell Us Our Story by Susan Shaheen |
 | According to Dr. Susan Shaheen, Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering; and Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, UC Berkeley, "Transportation is arguably experiencing its most transformative evolution since the introduction of the automobile. Concerns about climate change, the global pandemic, an economic recession,... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - The Future of Urban Data |
 | The Standing Technical Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems, formally recognized as a committee by TRB is interested in the design, collection, analysis, and reporting of transportation supply and demand data and the information systems needed to support the application of that data in urban and metropolitan... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - Landslides and Beyond: A History of the Standing Committee on Engineering Geology |
| Although the Standing Technical Committee on Engineering Geology was established in 1970, it evolved from an earlier Committee on Landslide Investigations established in 1951. AFP10 has an extensive record of activities concerning the application of geological science principles to assess the influence of earth materials on civil engineering works ... |
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| Seeking Panel Nominations for FY 2021 National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Topics: Nominations due June 30, 2020 |
| NCHRP is seeking nominees for the FY 2021 synthesis program. The project numbers, titles, and preliminary scopes of work for 19 new FY2021 Synthesis Topics are available. Please nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels that oversee the technical content of these studies online at MyTRB: : |
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| Panel Members for FY 2020 Synthesis Study Topics in the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Nominations due June 30, 2020 |
| TCRP is seeking nominees for the FY 2020 synthesis program. The project numbers, titles, and preliminary scopes of work for seven new FY2020 Synthesis Topics are available. Please nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels that oversee the technical content of these studies. Nominees should be knowledgeable in the topic ... |
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| TRB Webinar: A Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health |
| States and localities are beginning to recognize and act on the connection between health and transportation. TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, June 29, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern that will discuss how to leverage transportation projects to support positive health outcomes. New opportunities are developing within transportation agencies... |
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| TRB Webinar: Forecasting Zero Emission Vehicles Fleet Scenarios & Emissions Implications |
| How will future vehicle Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) fleet scenarios affect emissions of criteria pollutants, mobile source air toxics, and greenhouse gases? TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, June 30 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM that will discuss research on future vehicle fleet scenarios effect on emissions. Presenters will review literature and ... |
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| TRB Webinar: Transportation Asset Management in a COVID-19 World |
| Over the past two decades, transportation asset management principles have become key tools in investment decisions. With the greatly constrained revenues suddenly realized due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the orderly implementation of these principles has been disrupted. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM... |
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| TRB Webinar: How Performance and Data Informs Transportation Decision Making |
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| TRB Webinar: Strategic Issues Affecting Highway Preservation, Maintenance, and Renewal |
| The transportation industry faces a wide range of plausible future scenarios that may affect standard practices over the next 30 to 50 years. Because the range of possibilities over such a long-term period is quite broad, making a focused prediction of the implications for highway infrastructure preservation, maintenance, and renewal (PMR) is... |
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| TRB Webinar: Human Trafficking and Mobility of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women |
| Thousands of Native American women and girls disappear or are killed each year. These women and girls vanish from tribal lands, rural communities, and cities with no official accounting. TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will explore the unique mobility patterns of Native Americans as they... |
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| Automated Vehicles Symposium 2020 |
| In collaboration with Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), TRB is jointly hosting the Automated Vehicles Symposium from July 27-30, 2020. Originally scheduled for San Diego, the event will now be held online. This symposium will provide updates on the current research and development, advanced engineering progress,... |
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| 59th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law - Will not be held as scheduled |
| TRB has been closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our volunteers, sponsors, meeting guests, staff, and the greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the current situation, we have decided that the event cannot be held as scheduled. Any... |
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| Guidebook for Managing Data from Emerging Technologies for Transportation |
 | With increased connectivity between vehicles, sensors, systems, shared-use transportation, and mobile devices, unexpected and unparalleled amounts of data are being added to the transportation domain at a rapid rate, and these data are too large, too varied in nature, and will change too quickly to be handled by the traditional database management ... |
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| Guidebook for Deploying Zero-Emission Transit Buses |
 | The zero-emission bus (ZEB) market, including Battery Electric Buses and Fuel Cell Electric Buses, has seen significant growth in recent years. ZEBs do not rely on fossil fuels for operation and have zero harmful tailpipe emissions, improving local air quality. The increase in market interest has also helped decrease product pricing. The TRB... |
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| Practices for Fabricating Asphalt Specimens for Performance Testing in Laboratories |
 | Performance testing of asphalt mixtures is becoming more widespread for a variety of reasons and with a variety of testing devices. The tests results are sensitive to the procedures used in preparation of the specimens. Guidelines exist for conducting the tests; however, they do not all provide uniform or comprehensive direction for fabricating... |
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| BIM Beyond Design Guidebook |
 | The complexity of airport management has grown dramatically in recent years, with increased security requirements, a focus on sustainability, increased competition, new technologies, and traffic growth. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Research Report 214: BIM Beyond Design Guidebook gives airport owners the basic knowledge... |
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| Practical Resources for Recruiting Minorities for Chief Executive Officers at Public Transportation Agencies |
 | Considering diversity issues in corporate recruitment of CEOs is the focus of the TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Report 148: Practical Resources for Recruiting Minorities for Chief Executive Officers at Public Transportation Agencies. The report provides strategies to recruit minorities for CEO positions and offers resources to... |
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| Safety of child passengers |
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| Considering a replacement for the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act |
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| The role of culverts in altering physical habitat and community structure of water creatures |
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| Testing pressure build up in tank cars |
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| Feasibility of ethanol fuel in Jamaica |
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| Identifying locations with high crash incidence |
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| Optimal lighting levels at night |
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| Effect of rumble strips on crash frequency |
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| Societal and economic benefits of Minnesota transit services |
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| Rates of drivers yielding at pedestrian crossings |
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| How local expenditures affect state and regional transportation facilities |
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| The relationship between urban environments and physical activity |
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| Different scenarios of state-generated transportation revenues for economic recovery from COVID-19 |
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| The potential of automated vehicles reducing parking demand |
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| Adapting to new transportation technologies |
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| Will parking reforms result in policy goals? |
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| Would roadside testing deter drivers from using drugs? |
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| Designing transportation regulations |
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| COVID-19 rapid response workshop scheduled for Black doctors, engineers, and scientists |
| The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting a virtual workshop on June 23, 2020, titled COVID-19 and Black Communities. To register for this event, please visit the registration page. To learn more information, including the agenda, please visit the web page. The workshop will also be recorded for those unable to... |
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| NAS President Marcia McNutt offers a framework to deliver the science that society needs during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| An editorial by Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, in the latest edition of Issues in Science and Technology magazine, offers lessons from sciences role in the response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster that can guide research during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. McNutt writes, "Employing actionable,... |
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| Hearing: Examining the Federal Aviation Administrations Oversight of Aircraft Certification |
| The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on June 17, 2020. |
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