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| 2011 TRB Joint Summer Meeting
Join more than 400 transportation professionals expected to participate in the TRB Joint Summer Meeting, July 10-13, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. Transportation professionals specializing in planning, finance, policy, economics, freight, data systems, transportation security, ferry transportation, and ports and waterways will share information in open committee meetings, joint collaborative discussions, and general sessions. Early Bird registration expires May 1, 2011. [More] | [Share]    
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| 4th International Transportation Systems Performance Measurement Conference
TRB is sponsoring the Fourth International Transportation Systems Performance Measurement Conference on May 18-20, 2011, in Irvine, California. Featuring expert practitioners, researchers, and academicians from around the world, the program will highlight key issues, major advances, and best practices that demonstrate how transportation systems and services are benchmarked, tracked, measured, and evaluated in different countries. Special TRB hotel rates still available. [More] | [Share]
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| 2011 National Summit for Rural Traffic Safety Culture
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 HCM2010 Webinar Series: New Multi-Modal Urban Streets Methodology-Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Methods
TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on April 28, 2011, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT, which is being conducted by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), that will explore the Highway Capacity Manual 2010's (HCM2010's) multimodal level-of-service analysis methods and their potential applications. The webinar is designed to provide an emphasis on understanding enhanced multimodal analysis as it relates to bicycle, pedestrian, and transit users. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] | [Share]
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Highway Capacity Manual 2010 (HCM2010) Is Now in Stock
The fifth edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM2010), which updates HCM2000, will significantly enhance how engineers and planners assess the traffic and environmental effects of highway projects. Order your copy of the HCM 2010 today and it will be shipped within 24 hours. Rush order received by 12:00 p.m. Eastern will be shipped the same day. [More] | [Share]
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| FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement: Intervention Model in Fiscal Year 2007
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released a report that explores the results from its roadside intervention model for fiscal year 2007. The model estimates the number of crashes avoided as a result of the agency's roadside inspection program. [More]
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Transportation Services Index: February 2011
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 1.3 percent in February, the latest month available, to 108.2. 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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 Innovator: March/April 2011
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Innovator newsletter, which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built. [More]
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Rural Safety News: April 2011
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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Texas Transportation Researcher (Vol. 47, No.1)
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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Using Behavioural Measures to Evaluate Route Safety Schemes: Detailed Guidance for Practitioners
The U.K.'s Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) has released a report that explores guidance on the evaluation of route safety schemes. The report identifies and offers suggestions on how to measure potential behaviors that are known to be related to collision risk, examines the design of route safety evaluation studies, and highlights examples of good evaluation study practices. [More]
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Test of Traficon SafeWalk and C-Walk Pedestrian Detectors
The U.K.'s Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) has released a report that assesses the performance of new crosswalk detection systems. TRL tested the Traficon C-Walk pedestrian on-crossing detector and the SafeWalk kerbside detector. [More]
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Innovative Road Safety Measures to Address Fatigue: Review of Research and Results from a Treatment Trial
Austroads has released a report that explores the potential effectiveness and placement of innovative roadway treatments as countermeasures to driver fatigue. [More]
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Drink Driving Monitor: April 13
The European Transport Safety Council has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly newsletter that provides updates on transport safety matters in the European Union and on policy developments in individual Member States. [More]
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Fatal Road Crashes in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s: Crash Types and Major Factors
The Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Economics has released an information sheet that provides a statistical snapshot of the characteristics of fatal road crashes in Australia in the last two decades. [More]
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Puffin Pedestrian Crossing Accident Study
The U.K.'s Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) has released a report that explores the safety benefits of puffin pedestrian crossing facilities. Puffin facilities were developed to replace Pelican crossings at mid-block sites and farside pedestrian signals at junctions. [More]
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