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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. Anyone can view the nearly 2,200 papers available in the online compendium prior to the Annual Meeting. In addition, TRB Annual Meeting registrants may view and download papers now. The new online compendium replaces the compact disc version that has been produced in the past. [More] | [Share]    
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2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Register Online Throughout the Meeting
For the first time, TRB's online registration site will remain open during the meeting. The site will close when the Annual Meeting registration desks close at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26. To help ensure fast processing when you pick up your name badge and program, please bring a copy of the confirmation email or the confirmation number with you to any of the Annual Meeting Registration desks at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington Hilton, or Omni Shoreham hotels. [More] | [Share]
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| 10th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
TRB is sponsoring the 10th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads on July 24-27, 2011, in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida. The conference, held every four years, is designed to foster communication about new and innovative ways of building, maintaining, and managing low-volume road systems between practitioners worldwide in local, state, and federal agencies; universities; private firms; and international organizations. Papers from authors wishing to present at the conference are due by March 31, 2010. Papers are sought which offer a pragmatic perspective that can be applied by practitioners. Case studies, best practice reviews, and experience-based reports of innovative practices that may not be research, per se, are welcome at this conference. The preliminary program is now available, and the registration and hotel reservations processes are now open. [More] | [Share]
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| Improving Highway Safety Programs Through University-Agency Partnerships: A Conference
TRB is sponsoring Improving Highway Safety Programs Through University-Agency Partnerships: A Conference on November 2-3, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The focus of this conference will be university-transportation agency partnerships for safety and the role these partnerships can play in helping to develop the analytical and workforce expertise needed to support new highway safety analysis, research, programs, and cultural tools. For additional information, contact Thomas Palmerlee or Richard Pain of TRB. [More] | [Share]
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 Emerging Answers, SHRP 2 Annual Report: 2009-2010
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 Guide to the Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating Passenger Self-Tagging
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 41: Guide to the Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating Passenger Self-Tagging provides the information and tools, included on accompanying CD-ROM, necessary for an airport or airline to determine the appropriateness of pursuing passenger self-tagging should it be allowed in the United States in the future. [More] | [Share]
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 Appendix A: Research Documentation for ACRP Report 41
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 10 is Appendix A: Research Documentation to ACRP Report 41: Guide to the Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating Passenger Self-Tagging, which provides the information and tools, included on accompanying CD-ROM, necessary for an airport or airline to determine the appropriateness of pursuing passenger self-tagging should it be allowed in the United States in the future. [More] | [Share]
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 Structures 2010
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2172 contains 22 papers that explore grouting materials and methods, barge-bridge collisions, fire hazard in bridges, wind gusts on sign support structures, neoprene bearing pads, retrofit bridge rail, I-girder stability during erection of steel bridges, cast-steel joints for special-shape bridges, erection guidelines for double I-girder systems, and staged posttensioning of concrete bridges. [More] | [Share]
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 Intelligent Soil Compaction Systems
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 676: Intelligent Soil Compaction Systems explores intelligent compaction, a new method of achieving and documenting compaction requirements. Intelligent compaction uses continuous compaction-roller vibration monitoring to assess mechanistic soil properties, continuous modification/adaptation of roller vibration amplitude and frequency to ensure optimum compaction, and full-time monitoring by an integrated global positioning system to provide a complete GPS-based record of the compacted area. [More] | [Share]
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 Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010)
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 150: Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010) provides an introduction to accessible pedestrian signals (APS) and highlights issues related to the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of APS. [More] | [Share]
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 Traffic Safety Facts 2009: Early Edition
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the Early Edition of its Traffic Safety Facts 2009 report. The report includes current 2009 data and final 2008 data. The report contains exposure data and other data points that customarily are not available until later. Instead of withholding the entire report until those data are available, the Early Edition is produced to allow access to the statistics that are currently available. [More]
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Characteristics of Law Enforcement Officer's Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that summarizes the characteristics of law enforcement officers' fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes using the Fatality Analysis Report System data from 1980 to 2008. [More]
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| State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that includes estimates of alcohol involvement in fatal crashes for the United States and individually for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for calendar year 2009 and for calendar year 2000 as a comparison. [More]
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Transportation Services Index: November 2010
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 0.1 percent in November, the latest month available, to 102.1. The TSI measures the movement of freight and passengers. The index, which is seasonally adjusted, combines available data on freight traffic, as well as passenger travel, that have been weighted to yield a monthly measure of transportation services output. [More]
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Review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Transportation Oversight System
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General has released a report that examines the FAA's Air Transportation Oversight System used to conduct surveillance of nearly 100 airlines. [More]
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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2009
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released its annual statistical report on the U.S. transportation system. The report includes information on the system's physical components, safety record, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impacts. [More]
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| Guidebook for Using Automatic Passenger Counter Data for National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that offers guidance for transit agencies on the use of data from their automatic passenger counters for reporting to the National Transit Database. [More]
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The Intercity Bus: America's Fastest Growing Transportation Mode
DePaul University has released a report that examines ridership of intercity bus service in the United States. [More]
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Rural Safety News: December 2010
The Center for Excellence in Rural Safety at the University of Minnesota has released the latest issue of its rural safety electronic newsletter, which highlights research and resources concerning rural safety. [More]
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Development of a Portable Work Zone Traffic Information System with DSRC based V2I or V2V Communication and BT Cell Phones -FY10 NATSRL
The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that examines a traffic information system that is portable to work zones and that promises to improve safety conditions for U.S. highway workers. [More]
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Road Safety Effect of Speed Cameras Established in 2006 - Analysis of Injuries in 2007-2008
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that explores the implementation of automatic traffic safety controls in 2006, and the effect that it had on traffic safety and traffic-related injuries and fatalities. The report is written in Swedish with an English summary. [More]
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Understanding and Reducing Off-Duty Vehicle Crashes Among Military Personnel
RAND has as issued a report that explores traffic safety in the United States, with specific reference to military personnel, focusing on safety interventions and attempts to change driver behavior and decisions. [More]
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IIHS Status Report: Vol. 45, No. 13, December 2010
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released the latest issue of its Status Report magazine. The issue explores the IIHS' top safety pick of 2011 cars. [More]
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Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies Newsletter: December 2010
The Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies has released the latest issue of its periodic newsletter that reports on the domestic and international infrastructure, transportation, and safety implications of commercial freight movements. [More]
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