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2016 TRB Annual Meeting: Register Now
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Register and make your hotel reservations for the TRB 95th Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including those who plan to attend any workshop, visit the exhibits, or take advantage of onsite programming and services. Registration also includes full access to:
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TRB Webinar: Methods to Identify and Map State Freight Economic Corridors Based on Freight-Intensive Land Uses
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, from 1:00 PM to 2:30PM ET that will provide a case study about State Freight Economic Corridors (SFEC). This webinar will present a case study about how a state worked with freight shippers, receivers and carriers, both locally and regionally, to develop and identify SFEC. This webinar…
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TRB Webinar: Cold Central Plant Recycling – A Proven Paving Approach Using 100% Recycled Materials
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, September 3, 2015 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET about cold central plant recycling (CCPR). CCPR is a paving technique that uses 100% recycled materials, which allows contractors to process the recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) material they already have. Traditionally, this technique has not been frequently used in …
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TRB Webinar: Bridging the Gap – Pillars to Build a New Future
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that will discuss women’s issues in transportation, including transport policy, patterns, and mobility; health, safety, and personal security; sustainability; and transportation impacts on careers. This webinar is based on the Fifth Conference on Women’s Issues in …
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15th National Tools of the Trade
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TRB is sponsoring the 15th National Tools of the Trade September 12-14, 2016, in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference will focus on economical, ready-to-use, and practical tools and techniques designed to help transportation professionals in planning and programming multi-modal transportation facilities in small- and…
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Freight Systems Volume 1: Economics, Planning, Logistics
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2477 consists of 11 papers covering the following topics relating to freight systems:
- Effects on Voter Participation and Unionization Activity from Changes in Railway Labor Act Election Rules
- Estimating Link Travel Time with Sparse GPS Data on Highway…
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Research Pays Off: Enhanced Tank Car Design Improves the Safety of Transporting Crude Oil and Alcohol by Rail
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The latest edition of Research Pays Off explores how research was used to inform the development of the enhanced tank car safety design features proposed by the rail industry for transporting petroleum and alcohol not otherwise specified. This new tank car is expected to reduce the average probability of a release caused by the impacts of an…
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U.S. Gulf Ports Harbor the Changing Energy Supply
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The feature article in the June-July-August 2015 edition of the TR News explores the critical role of Gulf of Mexico ports and terminals for production and exploration of U.S. energy. While petroleum dominates the region’s energy sector, other industries like natural gas and coal, as well as renewable energy sources are…
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Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report provides guidance on adaptation strategies to the likely impacts of climate change through 2050 in the planning, design,…
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Review of Efficacy of FAA’s Air Traffic Control Towers
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that assesses the extent to which efficiency of U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control Towers vary and potential cost impacts of any inefficiencies in tower operations.
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Train Braking Simulation Study
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released a report that documents the calculated stopping performance capability of different train braking systems for a nominal car net braking ratio of 10 percent as a means of comparing the effect of different brake signal propagation rates.
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FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement: Roadside Intervention Effectiveness Model Fiscal Year 2011
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The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) has released a report that describes an analytic model to measure the effectiveness of roadside inspections and traffic enforcements in terms of the number of crashes avoided, injuries prevented, and lives saved.
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Review of FAA’s Progress Toward Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration into the National Airspace
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that addresses the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) progress toward integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) into the national airspace, research and development support for UASs, and other countries’ progress toward UAS integration.
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The Transportation Planning Process Briefing Book: Key Issues for Transportation Decisionmakers, Officials, and Staff
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides an overview of transportation planning, and includes a description of basics and key concepts of metropolitan and statewide transportation planning, and references to additional information.
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Development of Local Calibration Factors and Design Criteria Values for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that compares the performance of asphalt and continuously reinforced concrete pavements to their performance as predicted by AASHTOware Pavement ME Design.
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The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Road Construction and Maintenance
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The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California-Riverside has released a report that explains how life cycle assessments can be used to estimate the energy consumed and resulting environmental effects from different road construction and maintenance efforts.
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Light Rail Transit and Residential Density in Mid-Size Cities
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Canberra Urban and Regional Futures at the University of Canberra in Australia has released a report that considers possible economic, social, and environmental benefits of aligning transportation-oriented land-use planning to transformations in urban environments.
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UNCTAD Transport Newsletter: Second Quarter 2015
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released the latest edition of its quarterly Transport Newsletter is now available. UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.
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Harnessing Shared Mobility for Compact, Sustainable Cities
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The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has released a report that addresses how shared mobility is affecting the urban transportation landscape and suggests ways governments can guide the industry’s growth toward supporting a sustainable, people-centered city.
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A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation
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The Transit Center has released a report that highlights strategies and stakeholder groups that have brought about recent innovations in urban transportation and considers how several cities have been implementing “people-oriented” transportation.
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