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 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: TRB Minority Student Fellows Program 2010-2011
TRB congratulates Ruby Arellano, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kyle Green, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro; Sara Land, Texas Southern University, Houston; and Anita Narh-Dometey, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, on their selection as participants in the 2010-2011 TRB Minority Student Fellows Program. The pilot program, funded this year by TRB, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and Parsons Brinckerhoff, is intended to promote minority participation in transportation and in TRB. The program provides financial assistance for minority students from a number of historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions to attend and present a research paper at the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C. [More] | [Share]   
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2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Exhibits and Additional Marketing Opportunities
TRB is offering four opportunities-commercial exhibits, exhibitor presentations, final program advertising, and the Annual Meeting Patron program-for businesses and other organizations to showcase their products and services, and to show their support for transportation research and innovation at the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C. [More] | [Share]
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| TRB Webinar: Long-Life Concrete Pavements: Design and Construction Concepts, and State Experiences
TRB will be conducting a web briefing or "webinar" on December 8, 2010, from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EST that will explore ways to design and construct long-life concrete pavements (LLCP), state experiences implementing LLCPs, and incremental costs of LLCPs. 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]
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| TRB Webinar: Pavement Backcalculation Basics
TRB will conduct a web briefing or "webinar" on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EST that will explore the basics of collecting data, analyzing backcalculation, building the pavement model, and evaluating the results. 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]
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 Statistical Methods and Visualization
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2165 contains 11 papers that explore modeling injury severity of multiple occupants of vehicles; methods to estimate crash counts by collision type; spatial correlation in multilevel crash frequency models; predicting rear-end crashes at unsignalized intersections; using incident management data to identify hot spots; and regression to the mean in before-and-after speed data analysis. [More] | [Share]
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 Social, Environmental, and Economic Sustainability, Including 2010 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2163 includes 15 papers that explore issues related to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. This issue of the TRR also includes Martin Wachs' 2010 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture, which considers the history and future of transportation policy as it relates to poverty and sustainability. [More] | [Share]
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 Pedestrian Forum - Fall 2010
The latest edition of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Pedestrian Forum Newsletter is now available. The newsletter highlights the DOT's bicycle and pedestrian policy statement, pedestrian road safety audits, an international scan on pedestrian and bicycle safety and mobility, and more. [More]
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Video and Tutorial Help Data Users Prepare for Launch of Census Bureau's New American FactFinder
In January 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau plans to launch a revamped version of its data delivery tool, American FactFinder. The new American FactFinder offers a new look, new tools, and easier access to Census Bureau information. In order to prepare users for this change, the Census Bureau has developed an online video, the American FactFinder Virtual Tour, and a tutorial to demonstrate the enhanced features and functions of the new and improved FactFinder. [More]
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The Urban Congestion Report (UCR): July-September 2010
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released its quarterly report that is designed to characterize emerging traffic congestion and reliability trends at the national and city levels. The UCR utilizes archived traffic operations data gathered from state departments of transportation and a private traffic information company. The UCR is currently using data from 23 urban areas in the United States. [More]
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Review of the FAA's Certification and Approval Processes
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the extent of variation in the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) interpretation of standards for safety certification and approval decisions related to such things as new aircraft, the design and production of aircraft parts and equipment, and new air operators. The report also examines the views of key stakeholders and experts on how well these certification and approval processes work. [More]
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The Effectiveness of Underride Guards for Heavy Trailers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that explores the effectiveness of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards-compliant underride guards at preventing fatalities and serious injuries in crashes where a passenger vehicle impacts the rear of a tractor-trailer. [More]
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| Increasing Carpooling in Vermont: Opportunities and Obstacles
The University of Vermont Transportation Research Center has released a report that examines potential obstacles and opportunities to increase carpooling for the journey���to���work commute in Vermont. [More]
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Zone of Intrusion Study
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores an analysis using LS-DYNA (an advanced general-purpose multiphysics simulation software package) to investigate the zone of intrusion (ZOI) of an NCHRP Report 350 2000 pound pickup truck when impacting a 40-in. high F-shape parapet. [More]
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Texting While Driving
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has released an Issue Brief that explores issues related to the safety impact of texting while driving. [More]
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M-CASTL Messenger: October 2010
The Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL) at the University of Michigan has issued the latest issue of its newsletter that reports on the research, education, and technology transfer activities of the center. [More]
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University of Minnesota's CTS Research E-Newsletter: October 2010
The latest issue of the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Research E-Newsletter is now available. Policy and planning; intelligent transportation systems; and transit, bicycling, and walking are among the topics addressed in this issue of the CTS Research E-News. [More]
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Texas Transportation Researcher (Vol. 46, No.3)
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University, College Station, has released the latest version of its periodic magazine that highlights TTI's research, professional, and service activities. [More]
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| Proper Seat Placement of Children Aged 12 or Younger Within Vehicles: A Rural/Urban Comparison
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has released a report that explores whether rural/urban differences in child seat placement exist. [More]
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Balancing Traffic Density in a Signalised Network
Austroads has released a report that summarizes expert opinions on the practice of balancing traffic density or distributing traffic evenly in a road network. The report also examines whether these practices can be implemented in a systematic manner with the use of an area traffic control system on surface streets. [More]
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Design of the In-Vehicle Driving Behavior and Crash Risk Study: The SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study