Transportation Research Board (Highways)
Research Day - Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development - Will not be held as scheduledWe have been closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our volunteers, sponsors, meeting guests, staff, and the greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the current situation, we have decided that the event cannot be held as scheduled. Any decision regarding whether to reschedule the event or to hold it in some other format, will be made at a later date. Please visit the conference website for more details... |
A message from TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen regarding TRB and COVID-19Dear Colleague, As a valued member of the TRB community, I wanted to update you on: the National Academies’ and TRB’s actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic TRB resources that are available to the transportation community TRB’s plans going forward, and impacts of the pandemic on TRB’s finances and staff. COVID-19 has had a profound impact on both the transportation system and the transportation professional community. TRB’s first priority is, and always will be, the safety and health of the members... |
History Highlights - Celebrating the 100th Synthesis of Highway Practice, Setting a Model for Transit and AirportsThe Transportation Research Board (TRB) paused in 1983 to honor reaching the 100th National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis of Highway Practice in less than 15 years. To celebrate, TRB shared an insider view in TR News of how synthesis reports came to be and reviewed the impacts of numbers 1 through 100. To learn the whole story, check out the latest release in the TRB History Highlights series. As part of the Centennial Celebration, TRB has initiated the History Highlights series ... |
Featured Centennial Paper - Meeting the Information Needs of the Road UserFor more than 40 years, the TRB Standing Technical Committee on User Information Systems has been involved with every challenge, technology, and evolution of user information systems and has been engaged and involved in some of the world’s most pressing transportation challenges. Despite the many changes in roadway design, technological innovations, research methodologies, and even road users themselves, AND20 has remained focused on understanding the needs and requirements of the road user and supportin... |
TRB Centennial and Women's History Month - Research Profiles - Julie Fee"Every day more problems are identified than resources are available to solve, but some effort must address the future. This visionary aspect is important if we are to advance as a society. The trade-offs that must be made in the allocation of resources pose a serious problem for research management. How to achieve an effective balance is certainly a great challenge for budget decision makers." This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the Profiles section of the February 1977 issue of the TR News... |
“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story” - What drew you to transportation community, and what keeps you here?TRB's “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" challenge is now looking into the future. What drew you to transportation community, and what keeps you here? What impact do you hope to have on the world and how is the Transportation Research Board helping you make that impact? What is your vision for the Transportation Research Board 100 years from now? TRB welcomes all stories: small or large, profound or light-hearted, sobering or humorous. In addition to posting responses to these questions on its website and publicizing... |
New resources available from TRB on transportation and pandemicsTRB, through our partnership with Sage Publishing, has created a free online collection of articles from the Transportation Research Record about transportation and pandemics . In addition to existing TRB publications, library resources, and this recently published collection , TRB’s Technical Activities Division and Sage have created the TRB Practical Pipeline: Impacts of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) web platform , a searchable collection of research results, best practices, lessons learned, in... |
Self- Deicing LED Signal for Railroads and Highway IntersectionsLED signal lights may get too cold on the signal lens to deice or melt snow and could cause accidents in snowy conditions. The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Program's Rail Safety IDEA Final Report 29: Self- Deicing LED Signal for Railroads and Highway Intersections aims to develop and demonstrate a new type of self-deicing LED signals for highway and railroad intersections as a replacement for the existing LED signal lights. |
RFP: Operational Performance and Safety Effects of Arterial Weaving SectionsTRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a deterministic method for evaluating the operational performance of weaving sections on arterials. The safety effects of varying geometric, volume, and traffic control conditions in weaving sections on arterials will also be identified. Proposals are due May 14, 2020 at 4:30 PM Eastern. |
TR News: Radical logistics in the heavy traffic of the Burning Man FestivalEach summer, tens of thousands of people journey to the Nevada desert by land and by air to participate in a unique event. For one week, the volume of traffic on nearby desert roads and at an otherwise sleepy airport rivals the operational volume at some of the largest highways and commercial airports in the country. A modern-day Brigadoon—the mythical Scottish town that magically appears and disappears once every 100 years—the event is known as the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. It's the subject of the... |
