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| | | |  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Begin Now to Secure Your Visa
If you will require a visa to enter the United States to attend the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C., begin planning for the application process now. Even if you didn't need a visa for a previous Annual Meeting, you are encouraged to double-check the current requirements . In addition, U.S. regulations now require security checks for most visitor visas, resulting in a process that may take more than three months. Citizens of certain countries must have an invitation in hand before they can obtain a passport from their government, and then apply for a U.S. entry visa. A link to the online form to create an Annual Meeting invitation letter is available on the International Participation portion of the Annual Meeting website. [More] 
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| | | | | | | TRB Webinar: Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety 101: A Primer on Grade Crossing Safety
TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT that will explore ways for municipal, county, and regional planners to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings. Participants must register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More]
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| | | | | | |  PLANSAFE: Forecasting the Safety Impacts of Socio-Demographic Changes and Safety Countermeasures
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) CRP-CD-78 provides safety forecasting software and accompanying guidance that is designed to help independently forecast the safety impacts of changes in socio-demographics and safety investments, both engineering and behavioral. [More]
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| |  Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems - Collection C: Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 (Tutorials 4, 5, 6), 23 (Updated), 24, 25, 26 (Updated)
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 600C, Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems, Collection C--including Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 (Tutorials 4, 5, 6), 23 (Updated), 24, 25, 26 (Updated)--explores human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The report is designed to help the nonexpert in human factors to consider more effectively the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities. NCHRP Report 600A (Chapters 1 through 5, 10, 11, 13, 22 [Tutorials 1 and 2], 23, and 26); and NCHRP Report 600B (Chapters 6, 22 [Tutorial 3], and 23 [Updated]) are available online. Additional chapters, to be developed under NCHRP Project 17-41 according to the priorities established by the project panel, are expected in late 2010. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | | Closing the Data Quality Assurance Gap in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that examines the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data re-coding process, which was undertaken to ensure the quality of FARS data. [More]
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| | | | | Traffic Volume Trends: May 2010
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of Traffic Volume Trends, which is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the states. According to the report, travel on all roads and streets increased by 0.1 percent (0.3 billion vehicle miles) in May 2010 as compared with May 2009. Travel for the month is estimated to be 260.6 billion vehicle miles. Cumulative travel for 2010 was down by 0.1 percent (-1.6 billion vehicle miles). The cumulative estimate for the year is 1,206.2 billion vehicle miles of travel. [More]
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| | | | | | | Public Roads: July/August 2010
The latest issue of the Federal Highway Administration's Public Roads magazine has been released. The magazine highlights developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. [More]
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| Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse e-Newsletter: Summer 2010
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Crash Modification Factors (CMFs) Clearinghouse has released the latest issue of its electronic newsletter. The CMF Clearinghouse was established to provide transportation professionals with a regularly updated, online repository of CMFs, a mechanism for sharing newly developed CMFs, and educational information on the proper application of CMFs. [More]
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| | | | Development of a Data Framework for the Florida Standard Urban Transportation Modeling Structure (FSUTMS)
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that examines the development of a data framework for FSUTMS that sets standards for all input data elements, including file folders, file names, table names, field names, and the associated metadata files. [More]
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| | | Evaluation of Concrete Inlay for Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the use of concrete inlay for pavement rehabilitation on Wisconsin roadways. [More]
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| | | Greenroads: A Sustainability Performance Metric for Roadway Design and Construction
The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that examines a method used to quantify sustainable practices associated with roadway design and construction. [More]
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| | | Roadside Vegetation Management Research Annual Report: 2010
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released its annual report on an ongoing cooperative research project that is exploring several aspects of roadside vegetation management. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | Advanced CMS
The Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University has released a report that examines a new standard and specification for Caltrans Changeable Message Signs (CMS). [More]
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| | | | | Rail Safety and Standards Board Research and Development E-Newsletter: June 2010
The U.K. Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has released the latest issue of its monthly electronic newsletter that provides information on current projects as well as access to completed research. RSSB manages a program of research and development on behalf of government and the railway industry. The program is funded by the Department for Transport and is designed to assist the industry and its stakeholders in improving performance (in terms of health and safety, reliability, and punctuality), increasing capacity and availability, reducing cost, and delivering a sustainable future for the railway. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | Hearing on the Oversight of the Highway Bridge Program and the National Bridge Inspection Program
On July 21, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing to examine oversight by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the Federal Highway Bridge Program (HBP) and the National Bridge Inspection Program (NBIP). A summary of the subject matter, witness testimonies, and a video of the hearing are available online. [More]
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