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TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter - 11-02-2010

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November 11, 2010 Customize   |  Search   |   Contact Us   |   Subscribe Registration & Housing  | Program  |  Exhibits & Marketing | Announcements [Share]  TRB News 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Interactive Program Now Available Create your personal itinerary for the TRB 90th Annual Meeting January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C., with the online Interactive Program . Search sessions by title, paper title, keywords, author, and subject area. Registering for the meeting enables enhanced features of the Interactive Program, including access to meeting room names. Please plan to use the Final Program received onsite to double-check event details, which are subject to change. [More] | [Share]  TRB Webinar: America's Climate Choices: Adaptation Issues and Transportation Agencies TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT that will explore the impacts of climate change and methods that can be used by transportation agencies to adapt to a changing environment. 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] | [Share]    TRB Webinar: Tools to Evaluate Carbon Emissions from Transportation Agencies/Multipollutant Effects of Emission Control Strategies TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST that will explore a tool that could assist transportation agencies in evaluating their carbon emissions.  The webinar will also examine information about air quality control strategies that could be employed by transportation agencies.  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] | [Share]   TRB Webinar: Safety and Operation of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons (HAWKs) TRB will be conducting a web briefing or "webinar" on December 2, 2010, from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST that will explore the origin, installation, and operational experience of the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon or HAWK. 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] | [Share] 2012 International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather TRB is sponsoring the 2012 International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather on April 30-May 3, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. The meeting is designed to help improve snow removal and ice control operations and the application of weather information in transportation agencies by providing a forum for the exchange of information on the state of the art and state of the practice in winter maintenance research and technology applications. For additional information contact Frank Lisle of TRB. [More] | [Share]  Legal Issues Surrounding the Use of Digital Intellectual Property on Design and Construction Projects TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to explore the unique legal aspects of sharing digital information through the use of building information models (BIMs). The project will also examine ways to apportion the associated risks in sharing digital information as the use of BIMs expands. Proposals are due December 1, 2010. [More] | [Share] Recent Publications Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process between Highway Agencies and Railroads TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R16-RR-1: Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process between Highway Agencies and Railroads examines the process by which highway agencies and railroads develop agreements for highway projects which interact with railways. The report examines the underlying causes of delay in the project-agreement process and developed model processes to address them. [More] | [Share]   Geomaterials 2010 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2167 includes 8 papers that explore red mud-based geopolymers, reclaimed asphalt pavement, recycled concrete materials, use of limestone screenings in roadway construction, unbound aggregate performance, and shakedown limit from multistage permanent deformation tests. [More] | [Share]  Recommended Procedures for Testing and Evaluating Detectable Warning Systems TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 670: Recommended Procedures for Testing and Evaluating Detectable Warning Systems explores a set of recommended test methods for evaluating the durability of detectable warning systems. These methods address exposure regimes, test procedures, and evaluation criteria to help select detectable warning systems that provide long-term performance and durability while meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. [More] | [Share]    Travel Behavior 2010, Volume 1 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2156 includes 18 papers that explore time-dependent utility in activity and travel choice behavior, probit-based discrete-continuous model of activity choice, strategic thinking and risk attitudes in route choice, the impact of immigrant status on household auto ownership, experimental economics in transportation, process-oriented analysis of route choice decision making, and more. [More] | [Share]   Federal Research News Key Transportation Indicators - October 2010 The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has updated its report that examines transportation indicators that provide context about the economy and society in which transportation functions, or that convey information about system-wide or specific aspects of transportation. [More]      Freeway Geometric Design for Active Travel Management in Europe Executive Summary The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Office of International Programs has released a summary report on a June 2010 scanning study to England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain that examined active traffic management design practices used in these countries to improve the operational performance of congested freeway facilities without compromising safety. [More]  State Research News Summary Report: Alabama School Bus Seat Belt Pilot Project The Alabama State Department of Education has released a report that explores the implementation of lap/shoulder belts on newly purchased large school buses in Alabama. Issues examined include the rate of seat belt use, the effects on bus discipline, the attitudes of stakeholders, the loss of capacity attributable to seat belts, the cost effectiveness of the belts, and more. [More]   In The Know IIHS Status Report: Vol. 45, No. 10, September 2010 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released the latest issue of its Status Report magazine. The issue explores the impact of laws that ban texting while driving. [More]   Roadway Safety E-Reporter The Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has released the latest issues of its periodic newsletter that highlights recent activities of the foundation. RSF is an educational organization dedicated to improving roadway design to help reduce the number of highway and road fatalities. [More]   The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies. Unsubscribe To unsubscribe from this email list please go here or reply to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To manage your subscriptions and account preferences go here. Copyright © 2010. Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20001. Privacy Statement