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| Is your organization sending four or more people to the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting? Consider being a patron. It pays! |
 | Consider leveraging your TRB Annual Meeting registration budget to maximize your organizations visibility, by becoming an Annual Meeting Patron. Each patron package includes at least four complimentary registrations for your employees and a virtual exhibit boothcollectively a $3,000 valuein addition to the special recognition and exposure that... |
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| TRB Offers a Running Start to Transportations Next Generation |
 | School feels a little well, maybe a lot different this year. Educators are finding new methods to prepare and inspire the next generation of transportation experts due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Fortunately, TRB can continue to work with future practitioners through its various programs. Students as young as high school through to... |
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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: "Which TRB Meeting, Report, or Product has been Most Influential in Your Work and Why?" |
| 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 - Congestion Pricing: Driving Efficiency Through Innovation, Research, and Deployment |
 | Initially formed as a joint subcommittee the Standing Technical Committee on Congestion Pricing received full standing committee status in September 2005, reflecting the broad and growing interest in research, education and outreach in congestion pricing and related market-based transportation issues. Congestion pricing and related... |
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| Featured Centennial Paper - Geotechnical Engineering Section and Committees Contributions to 100 Years of Transportation |
| TRB's Geotechnical Engineering section is primarily concerned with all matters related to the design and construction of infrastructure on all types of ground conditions, which often need some sort of compaction and stabilization by various means; need foundations of different types; and employ subsurface drainage conditions to mitigate soil... |
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| TRID enhancements improve transportation research |
| Your search results in TRID will now be even more robust. TRID provides access to more than 1.25 million records of transportation research worldwide including projects from TRBs Research in Progress (RIP) Database, federal and state DOT technical reports, university transportation center reports, journal articles and conference... |
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| Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop explores PFAS exposure |
| The first workshop of the Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) focused on understanding, controlling, and preventing human exposure to PFAS. More than 100 experts from the government, industry, academia, and exposed communities attended and shared their perspectives. Per- and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large... |
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| TRB Webinar: Tools of the Future - Printing Cement-Based Materials in 3D |
| How can 3D printing be used to advance the transportation industry? TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will explore the recent advancements, potential challenges, and future opportunities of 3D printing. Presenters will provide an overview of current knowledge about concrete additive... |
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| TRB Webinar: Protection Detection Making Roads Safe for Drivers and Wildlife |
| Drivers and wildlife can be protected simultaneously. TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss Roadside Animal Detection Systems (RADS). These systems use sensors to detect animals, classify potential threats, and trigger driver warning systems. Presenters will describe emerging... |
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| TRB Webinar: Paving the Way - Smart and Multifunctional Pavements |
| Pavements occupy valuable real estate, and there is a need to move beyond simply designing pavements for their traditional purpose of carrying traffic loads. Smart pavements allow for real-time sensing applications, and multifunctional pavements can serve multiple roles within larger infrastructure systems, including energy harvesting and... |
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| TRB Webinar: Finding the Path--Messaging Before, During, and After Weather Events |
| Extreme weather events can have significant impacts on the safety, mobility, and productivity of road users and transportation infrastructure. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern that will discuss Pathfinder, a collaborative strategy for proactive transportation asset management ahead, during, and... |
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| TRB Webinar: Make it Count--Estimating Market Values for Small Airports |
| Staff from smaller airports may not be experienced or have specialized expertise regarding the negotiation and development of airport property or airport staff may lack the resources to hire consultants. TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how to estimate market value for small... |
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| NTI Webinar: TCRP Synthesis 149: Transit Signal Priority: Current State of the Practice* |
| Buses can be slowed by traffic congestion and get repeatedly caught at traffic lights, slowing buses down and delaying both passengers on board and passengers waiting at stops farther along the route. Transit signal priority (TSP) can be an important tool to help increase bus speeds and reliability. TRB is collaborating with the National Transit... |
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| RFP: Mechanical Properties of Laboratory Produced Recycled Plastic Modified (RPM) Asphalt Binders and Mixtures |
| TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to evaluate the impact of post-consumer recycled plastic waste, including, but not limited to, low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), and polypropylene (PP), on the performance properties of asphalt mixtures when added using a ... |
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| Highway Capacity Manual Methodologies for Corridors Involving Freeways and Surface Streets |
 | The procedures detailed in the 6th Edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) estimate capacity and several operational measures, including those determining Level of Service, for freeway facilities as well as surface streets. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 290: Highway Capacity Manual... |
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| Using Light to Reduce Fatigue and Improve Alertness in Railway Operations |
 | With the advent and increasing prevalence of driverless train operation, dispatch centers are becoming more central to reliable and safe transportation worldwide. Dispatchers are, however, highly susceptible to the detrimental effects of sleepiness and related impairment of work performance. The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory... |
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| Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access |
 | Around the United States and Canada, both transit agencies and the unions representing operators have recognized the serious impact of limited restroom access and begun to negotiate ways to address this problem. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Research Report 216: Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit... |
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| Non-Contact Scour Monitoring System for Railroad Bridges |
 | Although researchers have developed instrumentation for scour detection around bridge piers, the current state-of-the-art practice relies upon visual inspection by divers. As a potential alternative to the traditional methods, this research explored the possibilities of using non-contact and remote sensing-based laser ranging technique for scour... |
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| TRR: Accessibility or Innovation? Store Shopping Trips versus Online Shopping |
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| Are speed and red light cameras effective? |
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| Requirements of the geospatial data act |
| A report from the U.S. Department of Transportations Office of the Inspector General |
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| Support and criticism of Russias new pipeline |
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| NTSB Safety Compass Newsletter: September 2020 |
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| How is the United States responding to automated vehicles? |
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| Planning urban growth to improve the community |
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| Analyzing behavior to prioritize transportation planning investments |
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| Measuring pavement surface deflections |
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| Investigating microcracks |
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| Fostering transit innovation: TRBs Transit IDEA Program |
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| How does transportation affect well-being? |
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| How to value resilience |
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| Measuring binder aging performance |
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| Submit abstracts and tutor nominations for 2021 European Young Researcher Seminar by October 31 |
| Held bi-annually, the Young Researchers Seminar is convened by ECTRI, the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), in partnership with Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) and Forum of European Road Safety Institutes (FERSI). A unique European-based training event, which allows for participation of... |
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