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| Warning: Annual Meeting Mailing List Solicitations |
| If you receive a solicitation to purchase the TRB Annual Meeting attendee mailing list, it is not coming from TRB. TRB recommends that you do not click on any links in the email and that you delete it immediately. TRB also recommends that you do not request to be removed from the mailing list as that likely would confirm to the sender that your ... |
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| TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in the news |
| The January 2021 TRB Annual Meeting is generating headlines from press and participants alike. From trade publications to universities sharing the work of their students, we've got the full picture. Catch up on your reading, watching, and listening! |
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| New Mobility Services Combined with Transit Show Potential to Further Accessibility, Efficiency, Equity, Safety, and Sustainability |
| The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has undeniably changed our normal routines and established practices. These changes, along with ongoing advancements in technology, may present opportunities to offer better mobility options to a wider segment of the American population than ever before. If carefully combined with public transit and ... |
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| TRB Webinar: Centering Seams Maintaining Centerline Joints in Asphalt Pavements |
| Deteriorating centerline joints are a maintenance challenge for many highway agencies. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern to explore centerline joint practices used by transportation agencies. Presenters will identify ways to reduce the need for maintenance and improve the maintenance activity... |
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| TRB Webinar: A Two-Way Ticket Collaborative Planning Among Airports & Public Agencies |
| How important is it for airports and public agencies to collaborate? TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss these collaboration efforts. Public-use airports, metropolitan planning organizations, and local land-use/ transportation planning agencies all have independent yet interrelated ... |
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| TRB Webinar: Developing Airport Emergency Plans |
| Emergencies can happen in airports. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss a tool to create a plan for dealing with airport emergencies. The online Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) Development Tool produces airport-specific AEPs in a format consistent with the Federal Aviation Administration... |
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| TRB Webinar: Chemical Treatments on Low-Volume Roads |
| Chemical treatments are a cost-effective way of improving unpaved road performance. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will provide guidance for road agencies looking to use chemical treatments in their unpaved road management programs. The presenter will explain the benefits of using a chemical... |
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| TRB Webinar: Transportation Impacts in Managing Retreat from High-Risk Areas |
| With the increase in occurrence and severity of natural disasters including wild fires, flooding, heat waves, and hurricanes, managed retreat has gained the attention of risk managers and public officials in high-hazard areas. What social and economic changes will affect the community or region where the relocated infrastructure, housing, and... |
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| National Academies Workshop on Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains with Emerging Technologies |
| Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for workshops on sustainable and resilient supply chains February 17 and 18, 2021. The discussions will explore the feasibility of introducing advanced manufacturing, logistics and decision-making under alternative supply chain scenarios in different sectors, with a view of... |
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| Road Safety and Mobility - Planning for the Future from the U.S.-China Mobility Management Meeting Series |
| China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS), DiDi, International Road Federation in Geneva, the World Road Association (PIARC), Tongji University, and TRB's International Coordinating Council are offering "Road Safety and Mobility - Planning for the Future." The event will be held online February 24 at 7 AM Eastern. Traffic crashes are the ... |
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| 2021 Innovations in Freight Data - accepting abstracts through February 22 |
| Convened by TRB, Innovations in Freight Data will be held September 21-23, 2021 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. 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, and... |
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| Propose New Topics for the 2022 NCHRP Synthesis Program: Submissions due February 17 |
| TRB's National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2022 NCHRP Synthesis Program. In the coming year, NCHRP will fund 18 new synthesis topics. A new Synthesis Topic Outline offers guidance in creating a topic. Topics must be submitted through the NCHRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal by ... |
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| Submit TCRP Research Problem Statements for FY 2022: Submissions due June 18 |
| Research problem statements are now being accepted for Transit Cooperative Research Program's (TCRP) Fiscal Year 2022. To submit a problem statement, first review and follow the format in this outline. Problem statements may be submitted electronically. Previously submitted proposals may be resubmitted. The deadline for consideration is June... |
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| RFP: Implementing and Leveraging Machine Learning at State Departments of Transportation |
| TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to advance the understanding and use of machine learning tools and techniques at state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies. Proposals are due March 25, 2021 by 5:00 PM Eastern. |
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| National Academies - Advising the Nation on COVID-19 |
| The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National Academies are providing timely, actionable advice to inform the new administrations efforts on these... |
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| Guide for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety at Alternative and Other Intersections and Interchanges |
| Alternative Intersections and Interchanges (A.I.I.s) are designs that improve operations and safety for motorized traffic by strategically adjusting the geometric features at a given location, working on the general principle of redistributing motor vehicle demand at an intersection in an attempt to limit the need to add capacity with new lanes to ... |
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| 2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop |
| The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) provides key data for many state and federal freight planning activities. The CFS is a shipper survey used to gather freight flow information including commodity shipped, origin and destination, value and weight, and mode. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C269: 2020 Commodity Flow Survey Workshop... |
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| Entrained Air-Void Systems for Durable Highway Concrete |
| Laboratory testing and field experience have shown that highway concrete should be properly air entrained to resist the action of freezing and thawing, particularly in wet climates. Several gaps in the state of the knowledge still exist. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 961: Entrained Air-Void... |
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| Proposed Modification to AASHTO Cross-Frame Analysis and Design |
| Cross-frames are important structural components that serve many functions throughout the service life of steel I-girder bridges. Under repetitive load cycles caused by heavy truck passages, cross-frames and their connections can be susceptible to load-induced fatigue cracking if not properly designed. The TRB National Cooperative Highway... |
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| Deploying advanced vehicle technologies |
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| Designing vehicles with automated driving systems |
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| Rebuilding infrastructure |
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| Investigating emission control strategies |
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| How using climate action plans can mitigate emissions with on-demand mobility |
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| Designing equitable bikeshare systems |
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| Hearing: Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps |
| On February 4, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held a hearing about protecting transportation workers from coronavirus (COVID-19). |
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| Analyzing teen driver fatalities |
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| Scientist Show & Tell |
| The National Academies of Sciences LabX program has launched a new weekly social media feature called Scientist Show & Tell. Scientist Show & Tell is all about scientists sharing the most interesting, strange, and/or meaningful (non-science) objects they own. Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences, who shared ... |
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