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| | | |  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Young Professional Registration Category
TRB is committed to fostering the professional development of young professionals in transportation. The Young Professional registration category for the Annual Meeting, just $260 before November 30, is for practicing transportation professionals aged 35 years or younger. Education sessions and networking opportunities at the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C., provide an ideal way for young transportation professionals to become more involved in TRB and to help further their careers. Registration discounts also available for full-time students. [More] 
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| | | 3rd International Conference on Roundabouts
TRB is sponsoring the 3rd International Conference on Roundabouts on May 18-20, 2011, in Carmel, Indiana. The conference will focus on research, design, operation, safety, evaluation, and practical experience related to the roundabout form of intersections. [More]
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| | | Improving the Quality of Motorcycle Travel Data Collection
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to identify, analyze, and recommend the most effective and efficient detection methodologies to obtain more accurate motorcycle volume and vehicle-miles traveled-related data. Proposals are due November 10, 2010. [More]
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| Guidelines for Certification and Management of Flexible Rockfall Protection Systems
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook that provides guidance on testing, certification, contract specification, inspection, and maintenance for drapery and flexible fence rockfall protection systems. The project should also explore long-term performance characteristics of drapery and flexible fence rockfall protection systems and metrics for tracking and evaluating system performance in an asset management program. Proposals are due November 11, 2010. [More]
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| | | | | | | | |  Railways 2010
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2159 includes 14 papers that explore high-speed rail projects, emissions and energy consumption of high-speed trains, passenger rail crew scheduling, railway infrastructure charging, appraisal of rail freight projects, risk analysis of transporting hazardous materials by rail, and optimizing train network routing. [More] | [Share]
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| | | | | | |  Data Systems and Travel Survey Methods 2010
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2160 includes 17 papers that focus on an evaluation of highway safety hardware improvements using benefit-cost analysis, transportation asset management, road inventory data collection and integration, multipurpose location-based services, travel time estimation algorithms, and travel data collection with Bluetooth sensors. [More] | [Share]
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| | |  Distracted Driving 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released an updated version of its Traffic Safety Fact Research Note that explores the dangers of distracted driving. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | | | Crash Factors in Intersection-Related Crashes: An On-Scene Perspective
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that examines general characteristics of motor vehicle traffic crashes at intersections by examining several crash factors such as a driver's gender and age, traffic control devices, critical pre-crash events, and atmospheric conditions. [More]
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| Distracted Driving and Driver, Roadway, and Environmental Factors
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that explores the roles of distraction from sources within the vehicle and non-driving cognitive activities as associated factors in distracted driving events. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Improving Mature Driver Safety The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has released a report that explores ways to build on the department's existing safety programs in order to enhance older driver safety and mobility. [More]
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| Sensing Technology for Damage Assessment of Sign Supports and Cantilever Poles
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has released a report that explores a finite element model for the prediction of fatigue life of sign supports and a low-cost sensing technology to detect damage in sign support structures. [More]
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| | | Quantifying the Benefits of Coordinated Actuated Traffic Signal Systems: A Case Study
The Virginia Transportation Research Council, a partnership of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the University of Virginia, has released a report that explores ways to quantify the benefits of coordinated actuated traffic signal systems. [More]
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| | TechPlan: Planning and Policy for Intelligent Transportation Systems
The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies has released a report that explores the results of research on how technology affects decisions about roads, transportation funding, emergency response, and more. The report explores how collaborative agreements can be reached on technology-intensive transportation projects, the effect of technology on gathering public opinion about land use decisions, how social networks affect job-finding (and, therefore, commuting decisions), how school choice decisions impact travel and pollution, and whether online purchasing will replace shopping trips or simply stimulate more visits to the store. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Protecting Teen Drivers: A Guidebook for State Highway Safety Offices
The Governors Highway Safety Association has released a guidebook that examines six strategies-legislative/policy, enforcement, parental, education, peer education, and general strategies--that have been proven to be effective or have demonstrated significant promise in addressing teen driver safety. [More]
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| | | | Hold the Wheel Steady: America's Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make Our Roads Smoother
TRIP, a national transportation research group, has released a report that examines the condition of major roads in the nation's most populous urban areas, recent trends in urban travel, the latest developments in repairing roads and building them to last longer, and the funding levels it believes are needed to address the condition of America's urban roadways. [More]
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