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| Telework transportation research in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
 | If youre fortunate enough to still be working during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, you are likely to be doing so from home. Teleworking (or telecommuting) has been suddenly and widely adopted. For example, Caltrans reports that over 8,700 of their office employees were telecommuting on April 1 as opposed to 235 Caltrans employees who... |
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| Planning for health disasters in the transportation industry |
 | With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hitting the transportation industry hard, TRBs catalog of research on infectious disease and other biological threats to people and transportation systems is crucial in helping to advise transportation professionals. Transportation officials must be prepared to know how to minimize the... |
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| Submit a Research Needs Statement about transportation and pandemics |
 | As all aspects of transportation deal with the unfolding effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are research needs, gaps, and potential ways to leverage innovation revealing themselves across all modes, systems, and disciplines in transportation. In keeping with the mission of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to... |
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| New TRID Feature: Keyword Highlighting |
| Are you looking for specific phrases in transportation research? When submitting keywords or keyword phrases as part of any search in TRID, those words are now highlighted in yellow in both the results list and in individual records. You can turn this feature off in the Advanced Search Filters with the toggle just below the Keywords field. |
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| TRB 2021 Paper Review Updates |
 | TRB 2021 Committee Paper Review will go on as scheduled. The submission site will open June 1 and the deadline is August 1. We have learned a lot during this years transition to the TRR Editorial Board workflow for publication papers and have listened to your feedback. Important improvements this year include: Committee review comments will... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - The History of Impaired Driving and the Role of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation |
| The Alcohol and Other Drugs Committee's Centennial Paper to review what it has accomplished since its inception in the early 1970s, how it has evolved along with the field, and what challenges and opportunities it confronts going forward. To learn more about the history of impaired driving and the Standing Technical Committee on Alcohol, Other... |
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| Tell Us Our Story: What impact do you hope to have on the world and how is the Transportation Research Board helping you make that impact? |
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| Over 60 People Helped "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in April: What drew you to the transportation community, and what keeps you here? |
 | Susan Heap, the Director of Operations at Ferrovial Services says that "Transportation is meaningful across all societies, for many different reasons. I chose a career that connected me to things that matter to all of us. I stay in this industry because of the variety of people and projects that I get to work with every day. There is always a new... |
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| TRB Straight to Recording for All: Landscape Design Practices for Roadside Water Management |
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| TRB Webinar: Staying Connected Improving your Airports Communication Strategies |
| Rapid and accurate communication is vital to an airports ability to manage and recover from a disruptive event or situation. TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, May 11 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how airport practitioners can develop and implement effective programs for delivering routine notifications, as well as those related ... |
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| TRB Webinar: Attracting the Future Construction Workforce Case Studies |
| The asphalt materials and construction communities are constantly trying to attract workers who will be productive and positively engaged in their career. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern that will present case studies demonstrating innovative ways that the construction community is fulfilling demand... |
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| TRB Webinar: Data Sharing Tips for Public Transportation Agencies |
| Data is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity for public transportation agencies. TRB is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how public transportation agencies can benefit from data sharing. The presenters will document models for sharing public transportation agency data and... |
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| TRB Webinar: Performance-Based Management of Traffic Signals |
| Traffic signal operation depends upon many factors. TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 28, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will describe performance-based approaches that many agencies have adopted to operate their traffic signals. The presenters will identify current practices in planning, designing, installing, and operating these... |
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| Workshop on Traffic Simulation and CAV Modeling: Extended abstracts due May 8 |
| Convened by Transportation Research Board, the Workshop on Traffic Simulation and CAV Modeling will be held on November 16-18, 2020 in Irvine, CA. Traffic simulation is widely used to support the business processes of transportation agencies, and supports the planning, design, operation, and management requirements of increasingly complex traffic... |
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| 2021 Innovations in Freight Data |
| Convened by TRB, Innovations in Freight Data will be held on June 2-3, 2021 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California. 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,... |
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| 17th National Tools of the Trade Conference: Early bird registration through June 26 |
| Convened by Transportation Research Board, the 17th National Tools of the Trade Transportation Planning Conference will be held from August 26-28, 2020 in Boise, ID. The conference will share research and best professional practices in the planning, development, and implementation of multimodal transportation for small- and medium-sized... |
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| International Symposium on Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020* |
| University of California Pavement Research and National Center for Sustainable Transport have postponed the International Symposium on Pavement Life Cycle Assessment from June 3-6, 2020 to January 13-15, 2021 in Sacramento, CA. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The symposium will focus on the implementation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for ... |
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| RFP: Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation |
| TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guide for public transportation agencies and concerned stakeholders on effective approaches and best practices that are responsive to people who are experiencing homelessness. This project is intended to help public transportation agencies preserve... |
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| Business Models for Mobile Fare Apps |
 | Five different business models for mobile fare payment apps are examined, as the world of apps used by transit agencies in the United States and Canada continues to steadily grow. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 148: Business Models for Mobile Fare Apps documents current practices and experiences of transit... |
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| Specifications for Demand-Responsive Transportation Development of Transactional Data |
 | Demand-responsive transportation (DRT) can produce benefits fewer empty seats, lower cost per passenger, less delay for customers to both passengers and transportation service providers, particularly the public and private nonprofit agencies that finance DRT services with public funds. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP... |
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| Buy America Requirements for Federal Highway Projects |
 | The Federal Highway Administration's Buy America Act requires federally funded highway projects to use only steel, iron, and manufactured products produced in the United States. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP LRD 80: Buy America Requirements for Federal Highway Projects summarizes the intent and application of... |
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| TR News November-December 2019: Climate Change Resilience |
 | Issue 324 of TRB's magazine (November-December 2019) focuses on climate change resilience. Along with several explorations within that topic, a shot history of TRB is offered as well as all the usual standing features of the magazine. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and... |
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| Proposed AASHTO Seismic Specifications for ABC Column Connections |
 | Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) utilizes rigorous planning, new technologies, and improved methods to expedite construction. Prefabricated columns and their connections to adjoining bridge members (cap beams, footings, pile caps, and pile shafts) are the most critical components of ABC in moderate- and high-seismic regions. The TRB... |
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| Road travel toolkit during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) |
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| Improving soil stabilization |
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| Maintenance cost savings for pavement surface treatments |
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| Measuring successes of Complete Streets programs |
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| The effect of charging facility locations on electric vehicle life-cycle |
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| Controlling thermal development in mass concrete |
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| Designing lap splices for bridges |
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| Monash University: World Transit Research Newsletter: April 2020 |
| Bimonthly newsletter released by the Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University |
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| Mapping cyclist injury rates across Australia |
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| Managing roads with hazardous grades and alignments |
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| Resources about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for road administrators |
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| The effect of hardened-centerline treatment on left turns |
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