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TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter - 04-19-2011

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April 19, 2011

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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]  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 


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. [More] | [Share]  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter ShareThis 


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] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 


2011 National Summit for Rural Traffic Safety Culture

TRB is cosponsoring the 2011 National Summit for Rural Traffic Safety Culture on July 11-13, 2011 in Big Sky, Montana. The theme for the summit is Telling a New Prevention Story. Attendees will learn more about the positive community norms model and how it can help practitioners engineer a fundamental and enduring change in driver behavior within the nation's transportation systems.  Early registration prices expire June 13, 2011.  Full-time undergraduate or graduate student reduced registration rates are available. [More] | [Share]  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 

HCM2010 Webinar Series: Changes to Unsignalized Intersection Methodologies

TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on April 26, 2011, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT, which is being conducted by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), that will examine updates to the Highway Capacity Manual 2010's (HCM2010's) methodologies for unsignalized intersections, most notably the new roundabout methodologies. The webinar will explore example problems to provide a better understanding of the application of these updated methods. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] | [Share] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis


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]  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter   ShareThis


TRB Webinar: Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects

 

TRB will be conducting a web briefing or "webinar" on May 4, 2011, from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT that will explore effective tools and techniques for practitioners and decision makers to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation projects.  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] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis

TRB Webinar: A Community Visioning Approach to Support the Collaborative Decision-Making Framework for Transportation Investments

TRB will be conducting a web briefing or "webinar" on May 25, 2011, from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT that will explore ways to incorporate community visioning into collaborative planning of new highway capacity projects.  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] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis


Safety and Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) : Funding Proposal Deadline Extended

The due date for TRB's Safety and Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs has been extended to May 2, 2011. The Program Announcement for TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) explains the IDEA programs, describes the two types of eligible projects and their funding structures, suggests general areas for which IDEA proposals can be submitted, and provides guidelines and forms for submitting proposals. [More] | [Share] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 


Improving the Safety and Sustainability of Stray Current Control of DC-Powered Rail Transit Systems

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook on design and sustainability of stray current control and control of railcar-to-earth and rail-to-earth voltages for DC-powered rail transit systems. Proposals are due June 2, 2011. [More] | [Share] Facebook  Delicious  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 


Improving Transit Bus Operator Health, Wellness, and Retention

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop best practice guidelines and industry tools to address some of the health and safety issues common throughout the transit industry. Proposals are due by June 8, 2011. [More] | [Share] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter ShareThis 


Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to prepare a practitioner's strategy guide to enable and promote the use of fixed-route services by people with disabilities. Proposals are due by June 15, 2011. [More] | [Share] Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter  ShareThis 


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]  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitter ShareThis 
Federal Research News

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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 
University Research News

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] ShareThis 

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] ShareThis 


International Research

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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 

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] ShareThis 


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] ShareThis 


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.

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