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2017 Officers and New Members of the TRB Executive Committee Announced
Malcolm Dougherty, director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), will assume the role of chair of the TRB Executive Committee, and Katherine Turnbull, executive associate director of Texas A&M Transportation Institute will become the Executive Committee’s vice chair. Dougherty and Turnbull will serve one-year terms in...
TRB Webinar: Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements
TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, January 23, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET on roller-compacted concrete (RCC) pavements, which has not been widely used by U.S. highway agencies, but may provide benefits like cost-effectiveness and ease of construction. This webinar will focus on information in Technical Brief FHWA-HIF-16-003.* The presenters ...
RFP: Deploying Transportation Resilience Practices in State DOTs
TRB's National Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to assist state transportation departments and other entities in achieving a resilience-focused culture in their organization. The project will develop a Transportation Resilience Guide and Toolkit (with associated model curricula) and a national summit and peer ...
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Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2017
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 401: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems is a digest of the progress and status of NCHRP Project 20-5, “Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems.”
Guidebook for Developing Ramp Control Facilities
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 167: Guidebook for Developing Ramp Control Facilities provides guidance to airport operators considering providing ramp control services. An accompanying
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assists users through most considerations before providing ramp control services, including...
Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices: 2017
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 26: Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices is a digest of the progress and status of ACRP Project 11-03, Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices.
ACRP 2016 Annual Report of Progress
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released its annual report that reflects on the achievements of the past 11 years, as well as ACRP’s strategic outlook of providing responsive, relevant, and innovative solutions to the challenges and opportunities within the airport industry.
TR News July-August 2016: Flight Plans for Aviation Research
The full edition of the TR News is now available. The July-August 2016 edition addresses key issues in aviation: the workforce of the future—the needs to be filled and the sources of personnel; addressing the challenges of civil aviation safety; airline consolidation, competition, and the evolution of air service; optimizing cybersecurity for...
Travel Behavior, Volume 2
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2566, includes 11 papers that explore information related to travel behavior, including:
Shifts in Long-Distance Travel Mode Due to Automated Vehicles: Statewide Mode-Shift Simulation Experiment and Travel Survey Analysis
Longitudinal Vehicle...
Planning
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2568 consists of 13 papers that explore transportation planning, including:
Improving Decision Making for Transportation Capacity Expansion: Qualitative Analysis of Best Practices for Regional Transportation Plans
Signals from the Crowd: Strategic...
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Innovator: January/February 2017
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly Innovator newsletter, which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built. Articles in this issue feature:
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State of the Practice on Data Access, Sharing, and Integration
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that outlines current data sharing and integration practices among state and local agencies, example data environments, technical integration formats, and business rules for integration and sharing.
Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study: Experiment 1— Workload, Distraction, Arousal, and Trust
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that examines how drivers respond to specific issues when using cooperative adaptive cruise control through a driving simulator.
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An Assessment of Traffic Safety Culture Related to Engagement in Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety
The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes the results of a survey conducted to understand the behaviors that impact the traffic safety of others.
Development of Guidelines for Transportation of Long Prestressed Concrete Girders
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that investigates the behavior of two long prestressed concrete girders during lifting and transportation from the precast yard to the bridge site, with a particular focus on cracking concerns during transport.
Damage to ITS, Traffic Control and Roadway Lighting Equipment From Transient Surge and Lightning Strikes
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has released a report that seeks to collect the knowledge needed for the FDOT to either confirm or improve the adequacy of the FDOT’s existing minimum standards for lightning/surge protection, including devices used and installation procedures.
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Driving Simulator Study of J-Turn Acceleration/Deceleration Lane and U-Turn Spacing Configurations
The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that describes a study that was conducted to analyze the parameters of lane configuration, U-turn spacing, and signage.
Bridge Design Effort and Cost Estimation Models – Phase I
The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that introduces a model that aims to more accurately estimate design and cost efforts for bridges.
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Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Venice
The International Transport Forum has released a report that aims to assess the impacts of cruise shipping on urban development in the case of the city of Venice, Italy.
Overcoming Obstacles to Implementing SMS
The International Transport Forum has released a report that discusses obstacles faced in implementing Safety Management Systems and uses concrete examples to show how to overcome them across various modes of transportation.
White Paper: Safety Performance of TeenSMART
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation in Canada has released a report that assesses the veracity and strength of the available evidence that the TeenSMART training program reduced teen driver crashes.
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Dangerous By Design: 2016
Smart Growth America has released a report that ranks the largest metro areas and every state by Pedestrian Danger Index, which is a calculation of commuters who walk to work. The report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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