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| | | |  2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Compendium of Papers Now Available Online!
The TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers is now available online and can be accessed by all registered attendees. The new online Compendium of Papers replaces the CD-ROM version that has been produced in the past. The compendium is part of the "TRB Annual Meeting Online" portal that will be supplemented after the meeting with links to the slides and posters of the more than 3,000 program presenters and videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions. The slides, posters, and videos will be available on the portal by the end of February. [More] | [Share]    
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| | | 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Attend an Exhibitor Presentation
For the first time, exhibitors will make presentations on their products and services on Monday and Tuesday, January 24-25, 2011, in the Hall C Exhibitor Theater during the TRB 90th Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The presentation schedule is available on TRB's online Interactive Program and will be included in the printed Final Program. Slots for presentations are still open for confirmed TRB Annual Meeting exhibitors. For pricing and time availability information, please contact Julie Miller of TRB at JMiller@nas.edu or 202-334-2362. [More] | [Share]
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| | | | 2011 Officers and New Members of the TRB Executive Committee Announced
Neil J. Pedersen, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration, has been named the 2011 Chairman of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee. Sandra Rosenbloom, Professor of Planning, University of Arizona, is the Committee's 2011 Vice Chair. Pedersen and Rosenbloom will serve one-year terms in these offices, beginning January 27, 2011. Newly appointed members of the Executive Committee are James M. Crites, Executive Vice President, Operations Division of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; Lawrence A. Selzer, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conservation Fund; Kumares C. Sinha, Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, and Director, Joint Transportation Research Program, Purdue University and Indiana Department of Transportation; and Carolann D. Wicks, Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation. Reappointed members of the Executive Committee are Larry L. Brown, Sr., Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation; Deborah H. Butler, Executive Vice President, Planning, and Chief Information Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation; William A.V. Clark, Professor of Geography and Adjunct Professor of Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles; and Susan Martinovich, Director of the Nevada Department of Transportation. All were appointed to three-year terms, beginning January 27, 2011. [More] | [Share]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  TR News November-December 2010: TRB 90th Anniversary Perspectives
The Transportation Research Board is celebrating its 90th Anniversary, and the November-December 2010 TR News inaugurates the occasion with a feature article by former Executive Director Thomas B. Deen, who reviews the organization's history and characteristics while focusing on developments and trends in the past 15 years. Supplementary features and sidebars include selected major milestones in TRB's evolution, a look forward to the next 10 years and TRB's centennial, summary comments from some of TRB's significant players, and a review of the first 5 years of the Airport Cooperative Research Program. Other features present state department of transportation experiences with public communication through social networking media, policy lessons for today from medieval bridge builders, and more. TRB's 2010 Annual Report is also included in this issue of the TR News as a special insert. [More] | [Share]
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|  Trends and Fundamentals: Guiding TRB to Its 2020 Centennial-and Beyond
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| The Transportation Research Board at 90: Everyone Loves It, but No One Can Explain Why
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| | | | |  Guidance for Developing a Freight Transportation Data Architecture
TRB's National Freight Cooperative Research Program (NCFRP) Report 9: Guidance for Developing a Freight Transportation Data Architecture explores the requirements and specifications for a national freight data architecture to link myriad existing data sets, identifies the value and challenges of the potential architecture, and highlights institutional strategies to develop and maintain the architecture. [More] | [Share]
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|  Highway Capacity and Quality of Service 2010
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2173 contains 16 papers that explore the effects of wait time and rain intensity on driver left-turn gap acceptance behavior, left turns from major streets with shared short lanes at two-way stop-controlled intersections, level of service, arrival flow profiles and platoon dispersion for urban street segments, modified critical movement analysis approach for signalized intersections, and signalized intersections with short left-turn pockets. [More] | [Share]
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| | | | | | | | | Improving Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck Ergonomics to Reduce Fatigue and Improve Driver Health and Performance
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that examines truck cab design factors that may influence the health and performance of long-haul freight truck drivers. [More]
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| Older Driver Program Five-Year Strategic Plan
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a report that explores ways for NHTSA to address the safety needs of older drivers over the next five years. [More]
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| | | Key Transportation Indicators: December 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]
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| | | | | Assessing Air Quality Impacts of Managed Lanes
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the impacts of managed lanes on transit bus performance and air quality. [More]
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| | | Advanced LED Warning Signs for Rural Intersections Powered by Renewable Energy
The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that explores driver behavior at an intersection that uses the Advanced Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Warning System at a rural intersection. [More]
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| | Development and Field Demonstration of DSRC-Based V2I Traffic Information System for the Work Zone
The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that examines the architecture, functionality, and field demonstration of a communication system that can be used to improve traffic efficiency and safety in work zones. [More]
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| | | | | | | | | OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group Annual Report: 2010
The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis (IRTAD) Group has released its annual report, which explores information from more than 30 countries on roadway safety trends and highlights progress on specific safety issues such as speeding, drunk driving, and safety belt and helmet use. In addition, the report reviews recent measures implemented in various countries to improve roadway safety. [More]
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