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| 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Content available online for registrants |
| For sponsors and those who registered for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting, held in January, content from the conference is available online. To access it, please make sure you are logged into MyTRB, then click on the Online Program. Multimedia content can be located by clicking on "More Details" under individual events. Content includes... |
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| Laws and Safety Efforts Can Prevent Distracted Driving |
| When a person reads a text while driving, their eyes are off the road for an average of five seconds. At 55 miles per hour, that is like driving the length of a football field while blindfolded. Distracted driving continues to be an increasing problem. Crashes involving a distracted driver killed 3,142 people in 2019, up nearly 10 percent from... |
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| TRB Webinar: The Day of the Drones: Airports and Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Part 1 |
| The rapid introduction of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) affects the national airspace system and its existing stakeholders. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will address the range of new safety, economic, operational, regulatory, community, environmental, and infrastructure challenges to... |
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| TRB Webinar: Navigating Environmental Compliance for Public-Private Partnerships |
| Public-private partnerships (P3s) are often used to build, operate, and maintain transportation projects. But environmental compliance issues can sometimes slow down or complicate these projects. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how to effectively integrate private sector involvement... |
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| TRB Webinar: Hydrodemolition for Bridge Rehabilitation |
| How do you know if hydrodemolition is the right method for your bridge deck replacement? TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern to explore when it is most appropriate. Presenters will go over the pros and cons of using hydrodemoliton, provide insight into best practices, discuss the different forms of... |
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| TRB Webinar: Senior Leaderships Role in Embedding Transportation Resilience |
| It is crucial that executive management and emergency response planners at state transportation agencies (DOTs) work together. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will provide guidance for DOT senior executives about how to embed resilience into transportation planning. Presenters will share ways they... |
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| Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity |
| Convened by Transportation Research Board and supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity will be held on September 8-10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature all areas of transportation practice and research, including those that address links between transportation and... |
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| RFP: COVID-19 and Transit Air Quality Protections |
| TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to assist in conducting an Insight Event to understand how air quality inside transit vehicles might contribute to the spread of infections. Proposals are due June 3, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern. |
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| RFP: Legal Issues Surrounding Disasters and Evacuations |
| TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a request for proposals to identify and address legal issues related to resilience planning at the federal, state, and local levels. Proposals are due June 3, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern. |
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| RFP: Liability Insurance Issues for Transit Lawyers: A Primer |
| TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to produce a primer on insurance issues for transit agencies that may operate bus, rail, paratransit, and other types of transit service. The primer will include best practices regarding the types of insurance that a public transit agency should purchase to ensure ... |
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| A Pandemic Playbook for Transportation Agencies |
| Understanding pandemics, their impacts to transportation, and potential effective response has become more important, not only for the response to COVID-19, but also if, as the World Health Organization warns, we are now living in a time of viruses. TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program and Transit Cooperative Research Program... |
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| Evaluation of an Automatic, Individual Computer-Based Driver Education and Training Program |
| Safety technologies and programs aimed at reducing or eliminating risky driving behaviors may prevent a large number of crashes. The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Program's Transit IDEA Final Report 88: Evaluation of an Automatic, Individual Computer-Based Driver Education and Training Program analyzes a software... |
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| Long-Term Aging of Asphalt Mixtures for Performance Testing and Prediction: Phase III Results |
| The accurate characterization of the in situ aging of asphalt pavement materials over the service life of the pavement is of utmost importance to the implementation of mechanistic empirical (ME) pavement design and analysis methods. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's pre-publication draft of NCHRP Research Report 973: ... |
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| Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals |
| Airports and their support industries have changed significantly over the past several decades. It is imperative that academic programs continue to evolve with these changes to better prepare the next generation of airport industry professionals. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Research Report 230: Enhancing Academic... |
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| Commercial Space Vehicle Emissions Modeling |
| Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require the licensing of spaceports and launch vehicles, which includes the assessment of environmental impacts. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Programs ACRP Web-Only Document 51: Commercial Space Vehicle Emissions Modeling presents a user-friendly tool for practitioners to estimate the... |
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| TR News November-December 2020: Recycled Material Web Map |
| The SeptemberOctober 2020 issue of TRB's magazine is now available in full online. Issue 330 includes the cover story, Recycled Material Web Map, and features articles on topics including incorporating resiliency into freight mobility, living with transformational technologies, and pollution-reducing highway barriers. TR News is TRB's... |
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| Effects of seat belts in school buses |
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| Commuter rail in less urbanized communities |
| A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office |
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| Public Roads: Spring 2021 |
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| Measuring pavement layers |
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| Assessing bridge load rating |
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| Workforce shortages in Minnesotas transportation industry |
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| Assessing infection risk on buses |
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| Securing the supply chain |
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| Fly ash performance |
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| National Academies Climate Conversations: The Cost of Carbon |
| Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a conversation about the social cost of carbon and environmental justice in the United States. Register for Climate Conversations: The Cost of Carbon, which will be April 15 from 3-4 p.m. EST. The social cost of carbon is a metric used for incorporating the economic impacts ... |
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| Coronavirus (COVID-19) effects on New Jersey supply chains |
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| The Bridge: Spring 2021 |
| The most recent issue of The Bridge, released by the National Academy of Engineering |
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