Registration is now open for the TRB 2021 Annual Meeting! The 100th Annual Meeting is completely virtual, and registration is required. Register by November 30 to take advantage of early bird rates! Registration fees increase on December 1. Registration includes:
In recognition of her outstanding service to TRB and safety-critical systems research, Martha Grabowski is the 2020 recipient of the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Grabowski is the McDevitt Distinguished Chair in Information Systems and Professor and Director of the Information Systems Program at Le Moyne College, as well as a...
Reduced pollution and clearer skies are benefits of the reduction in travel due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Fortunately, there are other far less disruptive ways to significantly reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions. One way is through the zero-emission bus (ZEB) market, including Battery Electric Buses and Fuel Cell...
As part of its commitment to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in transportation, the TRB Minority Student Fellows Program funds students from select minority-serving institutions to attend and present their research at the TRB Annual Meeting and help them engage in TRBs network of transportation professionals. In 2021, 16 undergraduate...
The Transportation Research Boards Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) today announced winners of its annual Graduate Research Awards. The prestigious awards focus on applied research on airport and related aviation system issues to help the public sector continue to improve the quality, reliability, safety, and security of the U.S. civil ...
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is seeking ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2020 Legal Studies Program. The closing date for submission of topics for the FY 2020 program is November 30, 2020. Topic idea submission may be submitted online or via e-mail to tcrp@nas.edu with an attachment to the e-mail in Microsoft Word.
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2021 Legal Studies Program. The closing date for submission of topics for the FY 2021 program is December 1, 2020. Topic idea submission may be submitted online.
Problem statements are now being accepted for the FY 2022 NCRP through the AASHTO Special Committee on Research and Innovation (R&I). Please review and follow the outlined format before submitting. Submit problem statements electronically by November 2, 2020. For more information, please contact Lori Sundstrom, NCHRP Manager, at
Lily Elefteriadou, Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Florida says that "through my participation at TRB and the Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee I learned consensus building and the importance of collaboration and collegiality in developing a product essential to the profession."ACRP Graduate Research...
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...
The Standing Technical Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design was created in 1932 and is the oldest Standing Committee of the Transportation Research Board. Throughout its history the Committee has produced numerous publications, proposed nationally significant research, and identified emerging issues such as highway drainage, roadside...
The Standing Technical Committee on Pavement Maintenance is concerned with all aspects of reactive maintenance of both asphalt and concrete pavements, including their deterioration and the subsequent means and methods used to treat the resulting deficiencies. Pavement design has progressed from empirical methods based on observations of what...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are pleased to introduce the U.S. National Committee for the Ocean Decade. Comprised of the experts who regularly advise the National Academies Ocean Studies Board and joined by experts who advise the National Academies Science and Technology for Sustainability Roundtable, Marine...
Historically, transportation has not served everyone equally. What is the industry currently doing to right these wrongs? TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will identify current research and practices in transportation equity. Presenters will synthesize past research from existing TRB reports and...
Small businesses in the U.S. are facing extraordinary ongoing difficulty in light of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Because of this, more individuals may want to apply for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification through an individualized showing of disadvantage. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 15, 2020 from ...
The importance of safety cannot be overstated and requires continued shifts in the approach to safety management within the public transportation industry. TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, November 2, 2020, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will describe the characteristics of Employee Safety Reporting (ESR) programs, which are required by...
The ongoing loss of wetlands and other water resources poses a great concern. As such, federal, state, and local jurisdictions have enacted regulations to avoid or minimize these impacts and compensate for unavoidable losses. TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss water resources on...
Truck driver training schools and Commercial Drivers License (CDL) testing agencies face pressure to keep up with the perennial driver shortages. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, these pressures are exacerbated by social distancing rules that increase the time and manpower demands for CDL road tests. TRB is hosting a webinar on Friday, ...
What is the future of transportation research and what is TRBs role in that future? Learn from our panel of experts about how the scale and scope of TRBs activities expanded steadily over the last 100 years, and what we might expect in the transportation field during the next 100 years. Join us on Thursday, November 12 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM ET...
Convened by Transportation Research Board in partnership with the U.S. Maritime Administration Coast Guard, the Maritime Education, Training, Research & Innovation (METRI) Virtual Summit will focus on "Implications for Education, Workforce Development, and Training". The summit will look at potential impacts of future automation, digital...
Most laws, ordinances, and rules concerning truck routes are established for through trucks, but that trucks with local origins or destinations may use other roads and streets to travel to and from the established truck routes. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 943: Design and Access Management...
Managers of airports of all sizes face a perennial dilemma: how to efficiently train operations personnel to meet Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 requirements and ensure a safe and secure airport environment. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis 112: Airport Operations Training at Small Airports focuses...
Gating allows guardrails to form a plastic hinge, and a portion of that guardrail will swing open, like a gate, and allow the vehicle to pass behind. Before now, gating was a feature of all guardrail terminals. The TRB Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program's Non-Gating Guardrail Terminal is the final report for the...
Satisfactory pavement performance can only be assured with appropriate process controls to ensure compacted materials meet proper density and stiffness requirements. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 933: Evaluating Mechanical Properties of Earth Material During Intelligent Compaction details the...
Failure to Act: Current Investment Trends in our Surface Transportation Infrastructure Preliminary Findings, released by the American Society of Civil Engineers
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