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| 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Early Bird Registration Ends November
30 |
|  | Register and make hotel reservations today for the TRB 98th
Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Early Bird Registration
rates end November 30, 2018. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting
attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend
the exhibit hall, career fair, or any workshops. ...
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| Giving Tuesday: TRB's November Centennial Anniversary Fundraising
Goal is Within Reach with Your Support |
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is about $3,000 away from meeting its goal of securing $20,000 by Giving
Tuesday, November 27. Funding raised will be used to help support various
activities being developed to commemorate TRB's centennial--November 11, 2020.
Contributing to the Century Club ensures that you are linked with TRB forever
through the inclusion of your... |
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| TRB Volunteer Profile: Dr. Robert Gallamore |
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E. Gallamore, principal consultant at The Gallamore Group, is a featured
volunteer in the TR News. He has written “American Railroads: Decline and
Renaissance in the Twentieth Century” and has more than 40 years in policy and
leadership positions in various sectors, including government, private, and
academia. Dr. Gallamore has taught at... |
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| RFP: An Update of the Green Book Design Vehicles |
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to develop design vehicle material for critical vehicles that
influence geometric designs. Proposals are due January 10, 2019.
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| RFP: Algorithms to Convert Basic Safety Messages into Traffic
Measures |
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to develop and validate algorithms that will use Basic Safety Message
data to estimate selected traffic measures that could be used for performance
monitoring, traffic control, and traveler information. Proposals are due January
15, 2019. |
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| RFP: Evaluating the Traveler's Perspective to Improve the Airport
Customer Experience |
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Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released a request for proposals
to provide guidance for the airport operator from the perspective of the airport
traveler through his/her entire journey to address current and evolving
experiences and expectations and identify future customer service-related trends
and developments. Proposals... |
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| RFP: MPO and SHSO Coordination on Behavioral Traffic
Safety |
| | TRB's
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) has released a
request for proposals to develop guidance for metropolitan planning
organizations and state highway safety offices to improve coordination on local
and regional behavioral safety efforts to reduce the frequency and severity of
traffic crashes. Proposals are due... |
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| RFP: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways |
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program has released a request for
proposals to provide information on implementing tailored programs to maximize
the potential to improve insect pollinator habitat. Proposals are due January
17, 2019. |
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| RFP: Implementation of Life-Cycle Planning Analysis in a
Transportation Asset Management Framework |
| | TRB's
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to develop guidance to support life-cycle planning and decision-making
that applies life-cycle cost analysis as a component of a system-wide
transportation asset management program. Proposals are due January 24, 2019.
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| RFP: Workforce 2030--Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the
Transportation Workforce: Design, Construction, and Maintenance |
| | TRB's
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to produce a roadmap of human capital strategies for state departments
of transportation in order to identify how to attract, retain, and develop a
sustainable, qualified transportation design, construction, and maintenance
workforce beyond 2030.... |
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| RFP: Determining the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicle
Technology on State DOT Maintenance Programs |
| | TRB's
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to estimate the current and future effect of dynamic connected and
automated vehicle technologies on roadway and transportation systems management
and operations (TSMO) asset management programs. Proposers are also expected to
develop guidance on... |
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| RFP: Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset
Management |
| | TRB's
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for
proposals to develop enhanced techniques to consider and evaluate asset
management-related risks as part of investment decision-making practices,
including qualitative, quantitative, and analytical methods. Proposals are due
January 31, 2019. |
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| Research to Improve Estimates of Impacts of Changes in Truck Size
and Weight Regulations |
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Truck Size and Weight Limits Research Plan Committee has issued its second and
final report to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The report presents a
research plan to reduce the major sources of uncertainty in projections of the
consequences of proposed changes in truck size and weight limits. The report
defines a program of 27... |
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| Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance
Measurement System |
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E-Circular 240: Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance
Measurement System explored emerging tracking and measurement technologies,
including blockchain, and examples of multisector data sharing to capture
multimodal freight performance as discussed during a September 2018 conference.
Performance of the freight transportation ...
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| TR News November-December 2018: Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Interventions and Research |
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November-December 2018 edition of the TR News explores a study conducted by
NASEM about alcohol-impaired driving. This edition also features articles about
the U.S. Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
program, TRB's Inclusion and Diversity Initiative, and information about recent
TRB reports. The TR News is... |
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| TR News July-August 2018: Transportation Project Delivery:
Alternative Contracting Methods Research |
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full edition of the July–August 2018 TR News is now available. This edition
examines 20 years of research and TRB activities on alternative contracting
methods (ACM) and success stories from implementing research innovations.
Explored are pioneering tools and contracting techniques used by state
departments of transportation such as Georgia...
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| UTC Spotlight: November 2018 |
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S.
Department of Transportation has released the latest edition of its newsletter
that highlights recent accomplishments and products from university
transportation centers (UTCs). This edition features the Intelligent
Coordination and Logistics Laboratory at Carnegie...
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| Develop an Improved Selection Methodology for Safety Improvements
at Public Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings Project |
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Iowa Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the
current benefit-cost analysis methodology for prioritizing highway-rail grade
crossing safety improvement projects. This report seeks to determine if better
data are available to identify and prioritize grade crossing improvements
throughout Iowa. |
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| Examining the Development Effects of Modern-Era Streetcars: An
Assessment of Portland and Seattle |
| | The
Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a
report that examines the effects streetcar investments in Portland, Oregon, and
Seattle, Washington have on development. The goal of this report is to better
understand the nature of development activity around streetcar systems, as well
as the policy and program... |
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| Development of Integrated Vehicle and Fuel Scenarios in a National
Energy System Model for Low Carbon U.S. Transportation Futures |
| | The
National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California
at Davis has released a report that describes the development and use of an
energy system optimization model in order to analyze reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions. This report also identifies policies that may reduce emissions,
including technology investments... |
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| Automated Vehicle Scenarios: Simulation of System-Level Travel
Effects Using Agent-Based Demand and Supply Models in the San Francisco Bay
Area |
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National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California
at Davis has released a report that explores the effects of fully automated
vehicles on the current transportation system. This report aims to identify the
long-term effects of automated vehicles on congestion, vehicle miles traveled,
greenhouse gas emissions, and... |
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| C-ITS Compliance Assessment Framework for Australia and New
Zealand |
| | Austroads
has released a report that summarizes the key findings from a literature review
and stakeholder consultations on a compliance assessment framework (CAF) for
cooperative intelligent transportation systems (C-ITS). This report sets out the
options for developing a C-ITS CAF for Australia and New Zealand. It is
available for no fee after... |
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| Evaluation of the ACT Government’s Safer Cycling
Reforms |
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Center for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide in Australia
has released a report that evaluates the two major components of the Australian
Capital Territory (ACT) government’s safer cycling reforms trial: a minimum
passing distance when overtaking cyclists, and cyclists remaining on their bikes
at pedestrian crossings.... |
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| The Potential for Low-Carbon Renewable Methane as a Transport Fuel
in France, Italy, and Spain |
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International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that
assesses the potential of renewable methane in the transport sector by 2030 in
France, Italy and Spain. These countries have demonstrated a particular interest
in promoting renewable methane as part of their post-2020 transportation
decarbonization strategies. |
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| Technological Maturity Level and Market Introduction Timeline of
Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Vehicles |
| | The
Institute of Transport Economics in Norway has released a report that examines
the technological maturity level and expected market introduction for vans,
buses and lorries with zero emission technology. It also discusses related
infrastructure for filling and charging. While the phasing-in of
battery-electric passenger cars and buses speeds...
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| Innovative Action Travel Solutions and Their
Evaluation |
| | The
Future of Transport (TRL) has released a report that identifies recent
developments in active travel modes and determines their impacts on health. This
report defines bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and electrically assisted
vehicles as modes of active travel. The goal of this report is to provide a
starting point for identifying ways to... |
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