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| Paths to biking, walking improvements supported by wealth of research |
 | In the Twin Cities metro area, during the first five weeks of the governors coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stay-at-home order, people were biking and walking 51 percent more than usual, according to an analysis by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. And Minneapolis-St. Paul is not alone. Were seeing anywhere from three to eight... |
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| 2020 Forum on COVID-19, AVs, and Shared Mobility |
 | The National Academies/TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, May 13 at 2:00 3:30 PM Eastern to focus on the role of AV and Shared mobility in light of COVID-19. The online event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Speakers include: |
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| Tell Us Our Story by Ken Murray |
 | According to Ken Murray, Sr. Landscape Architect, California Department of Transportation "TRB allows for expanding your influence and connections throughout the transportation world nationally. You're able to connect with fellow peers from different states and share experiences, discuss strategies for difficult situations, and solutions to issues ... |
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| History Highlights: Advising Government - The Story of TRB's Consensus and Advisory Studies |
 | Coincidental to TRB's 1982 promotion to a stand-alone unit within the NRC and its acceptance of the responsibility to oversee consensus studies, Congress was working on an update to surface transportation legislation. The timing meant that TRB was not going to be able to ease into its new responsibilities. To learn the whole story, check out the |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - TRBs Role in Transportation Infrastructure Protection and Resilience |
| Standing Technical Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure got its start as the Task Force on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Security tied directly in response to the Presidential Decision Directive 63, Critical Infrastructure Protection (PPD-63). Soon after the task force was established, as a way to bring awareness to this... |
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| TRIDGET Update |
| Help those searching for transportation research on your site. If you have already implemented the TRIDGET (TRID Widget) on your website or LibGuide, it will now take you to a result list in TRID based on the keyword(s) you entered into the TRIDGET keyword box.It is a widget that can be embedded on your own web platform and allows your... |
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| Active TRB Volunteer Paul Jablonski passes away |
 | The transit community and TRB are deeply saddened by the passing of Paul Jablonski. The CEO of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System was also serving as the Chair of TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Oversight and Project Selection Commission (TOPS). "Paul has been a terrific friend to TRB. He honored us by serving as chair of... |
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| TRB Webinar: Designing Landscapes to Enhance Roadside Water Management |
| How do transportation agencies apply principles of green infrastructure (GI) to roadside water management? TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, May 18, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that aims to answer this question. Presenters will identify how GI may be used to mitigate impacts of flooding, drought, and temperature extremes that affect... |
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| TRB Webinar: How to Certify and Verify Pavement Surface Condition Data |
| Does your organization know how to measure and verify pavement surface condition data based on mapping sensor technologies? TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern to discuss the challenges and solutions from experience on actual projects. In pavement management systems, accurate and precise... |
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| TRB Webinar: How To Use Self-Consolidating Concrete in Bridge Applications |
| Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a highly flowable, nonsegregating concrete that is placed without any mechanical consolidation. TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, June 11, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern to discuss how SCC may be used to fill heavily congested or irregularly shaped members in bridge applications more easily while... |
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| Bridging Transportation Researchers Online Conference: Papers due May 15* |
| The University of Texas at Austin is hosting Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference on August 11-12, 2020. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. This zero-carbon, zero-cost conference will host multiple Zoom-based tracks to virtually and globally unite transportation engineers, planners, and policymakers to discuss a... |
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| 2020 Conference on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technology - 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.... |
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| Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields* |
| In collaboration the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, AVINOR, and BaneNor are hosting Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields on June 29-July 1, 2021 in Trondheim, Norway. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The conference will... |
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| Tenth International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure* |
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| RFP: Practitioner's Guide to Bus Operator Workforce Management |
| TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a comprehensive, evidenced-based guide for bus operator workforce management from pre-employment through retirement. The guide should present both best practices and innovative practices that enhance and sustain public transit and support bus operators... |
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| Guidance to Improve Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety at Intersections |
 | Intersections are challenging locations for all road users, but they can be especially difficult for people walking and biking. Between 2014 and 2016, 27 percent of pedestrians and 38 percent of bicyclists killed in crashes were struck at intersections. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 926: Guidance ... |
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| Advancements in Use of Geophysical Methods for Transportation Projects |
 | Geophysical methods provide a means to rapidly and economically characterize subsurface conditions and infer soil properties over a spatial extent that is not possible with conventional methods. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 547: Advancements in Use of Geophysical Methods for Transportation Projects... |
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| Development and Use of As-Built Plans by State Departments of Transportation |
 | Sixty-eight percent of the states who responded to a survey indicated their agency has a documented process for as-built development. They said handwritten notes were the most commonly used method to capture as-built data (86%), followed by electronic notes (76%), and then photographs (33%). Some states use more than one option to capture as-built ... |
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| TR News 326: March-April 2020 table of contents now online |
 | The March-April 2020 issue of TR News (#326) - including a cover feature on TRB's "century of progress and foundation for the future" of transportation research - is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Other feature articles in the issue include ones on ... |
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| TRANSED 2018 |
 | TRANSED is the International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Older Adults and People with Disabilities. Transportation Research Circular E-C262: TRANSED 2018 is a sample of current research and practice in the field of accessible transportation for older adults and people with disabilities. The research was presented at TRANSED on... |
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| Position available: Director of field services, Mid-America |
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| Multimodal transportation investments |
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| Drug and alcohol testing programs for the rail industry |
| A report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation |
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| Different types of traffic control towers |
| A report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation |
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| Local actions toward global climate change |
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| Reasons behind the truck driver shortage |
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| Stormwater pollution prevention plan |
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| Data to improve roadway safety analysis |
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| Determining rubber content in concrete |
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| Freight transportation in Argentina |
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| Implementing efficient, safe road traffic management |
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| NAM COVID-19 Conversations Webinar Series Toward the 'New Normal' Protecting Public Health as America Reopens - May 13, 2020 |
| The National Academy of Medicine's seventh COVID-19 Conversations webinar, Toward the 'New Normal' Protecting Public Health as America Reopens, will be held on May 13, 2020 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM Eastern. The webinar will explore how public health, economic, and workforce priorities can be balanced to ensure a safe reopening of the country;... |
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| COVID-19 transport and logistics task force formed |
| The World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) has formed a task force to address the devastating transport- and logistics-related impacts of COVID-19 on society and the global economy. The group of leading academics and experts have completed recommendations to the policymakers responsible for deciding when to end the COVID-19... |
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| Trucking operational impacts from COVID-19 |
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| Hearing: The State of the Aviation Industry: Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on May 6, 2020. |
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