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| | | |  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Debra L. Miller, 2010 W. N. Carey, Jr. Award Recipient
In recognition of her exceptional service to TRB, the 2010 W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Debra L. (Deb) Miller, Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation. Miller has provided outstanding leadership in policy and strategic planning for the Board, served with distinction on study committees and technical project panels, and championed research and policy analyses that address long-term challenges faced by transportation agencies at all levels of government. [More] | [Share] 
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|  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: A. Keith Turner, 2010 Roy W. Crum Award Recipient
The 2010 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award will be presented to A. Keith Turner, Emeritus Professor of Geological Engineering, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, in recognition of his outstanding achievement in transportation research. Turner has made important, wide-ranging contributions in the application of computer and spatial information technologies to geological and environmental issues, and his research illustrates how such new applications can influence society at large. [More] | [Share]
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|  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Now Accepting Associated Groups' Function Space Requests
TRB is taking requests for function space from non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like to hold meetings in conjunction with the TRB 90th Annual Meeting January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, DC. Qualifying organizations wishing to hold meetings, and food and beverage events at the Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, and Hilton Washington hotels must agree to follow the TRB Request for Function Space Guidelines and complete the online Request for Function Space Form. Only requests submitted via this form will be accepted and the priority processing deadline for forms is October 8, 2010. [More] | [Share]
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| TRB Webinar: Institutional Architectures to Advance Systems Operations and Management
TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT that will explore a project developed by TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2). The findings of this project will enable organizations to perform self assessments to determine the maturity of business processes, in order to better streamline highway system operations. 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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| TRB Webinar: A Simple Procedure for Selecting Mixing and Compaction Temperatures
TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT that will explore enhanced test methods for determining the laboratory mixing and compaction temperatures of unmodified and modified asphalt binders, as addressed in TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 648: Mixing and Compaction Temperatures of Asphalt Binders in Hot-Mix Asphalt. 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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| | | Fourth International Transportation Systems Performance Measurement Conference
TRB is sponsoring the Fourth International Transportation Systems Performance Measurement Conference on May 18-20, 2011, in Irvine, California. Featuring expert practitioners, researchers, and academicians from around the world, the program will highlight key issues, major advances, and best practices that demonstrate how transportation systems and services are benchmarked, tracked, measured, and evaluated in different countries. The conference organizing committee has issued a call for posters. Individuals or groups must submit posters or poster ideas by November 30, 2010. [More]
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| | | | | | |  Traffic Flow Theory 2010: Simulation Modeling
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2161 includes six papers that explore a lane-changing model based on driver behavior, a lane-changing model of multiclass vehicles under heavy traffic conditions, simulation-based traffic prediction for incident management, traffic simulation using data archives of intelligent transportation systems, the macroscopic fundamental diagram using simulation data, and ex post evaluation of calibrated simulation models of future systems. [More] | [Share]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Noteworthy Practices: Addressing Safety on Locally-Owned and Maintained Roads - A Domestic Scan
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores planning, programming, and implementation practices designed to improve local road safety in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Washington. [More]
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| Booster Seat Effectiveness based on CDS and State Data
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that explores the safety consequences of early graduation of children from child restraint seats to booster seats and of early graduation from booster seats to lap and shoulder belts. [More]
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| | |  Traffic Safety Facts: Children 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that explores traffic safety related facts related to children. The information is based on 2009 data. [More]
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| | The 2009 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report explores a results of a probability-based nationwide child restraint survey. The survey is based on observed restraint use and interviews with occupants to collect race, ethnicity, and other data. [More]
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|  Highway Safety Improvement Program: Assessment Toolbox
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a toolbox that compiles commonly used evaluation techniques that are available to support a state's review of its highway safety improvement program in order to help dentify noteworthy safety practices and opportunities for improvement. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | More Projects and Paychecks: Transportation's Summer of Recovery
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has released a report that explores the impact of investments made in transportation as a result of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [More]
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| Hearing on the Impacts of Recovery Act Transportation and Infrastructure Projects on Local Communities and Businesses
On September 29, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to examine progress to date on implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The hearing addressed implementation efforts related to highways, bridges, public transportation, rail, aviation, waterways, and more. Additional information and a video of the hearing are available online. [More]
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| | | Hearing on Pipeline Safety
On September 23, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing to explore recent pipeline safety incidents and examine proposals for reauthorization or reform of the pipeline safety statute. Additional information, submitted testimony, and a video of the hearing are available online. [More]
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| Measuring Urban Transportation Performance: A Critique of Mobility Measures and a Synthesis
CEOs for Cities has released a report that explores the role that land use and variations in travel distances play in determining how long Americans spend in peak hour travel. [More]
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