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TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter - 04-26-2011

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April 26, 2011 Customize   |  Search   |   Contact Us   |   Subscribe Annual Meeting Online Portal Home of the 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting papers, visual aids, and recordings of high-profile sessions. [More] | [Share]   Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation Nominations Due by August 31, 2011 [More] | [Share]        TRB News Developing an ITS Technology Web Portal for Transit System Leaders TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop content and structure for a web-based knowledge portal for transit system leaders that will be hosted on the American Public Transportation Association's website. Proposals are due June 6, 2011. [More] | [Share]        Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program: FY 2011 Topics Solicitation The Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) is soliciting ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2011 Synthesis Program. The CTBSSP initiates a number of synthesis projects annually that summarize existing practice in areas that address commercial truck and bus safety.  Syntheses do not undertake new research, nor do they contain policy recommendations.  Synthesis reports are most valuable when they are focused on issues or problems common to many organizations.  The primary users of the reports are the practitioners who work on those issues or problems using diverse approaches in their individual settings.  This program is administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in cooperation with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the sponsoring agency. Suggestions for new topics are due by July 15, 2011. [More] | [Share]        Recent Publications Implementing Race-Neutral Measures in State Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 416: Implementing Race-Neutral Measures in State Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs explores race-neutral strategies being used effectively by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to meet their Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) participation goals. It also reviews and synthesizes problems faced by state DOTs in the administration of their DBE programs and identifies race-neutral remedies used to overcome these challenges. [More] | [Share]        Speed Reduction Techniques for Rural High-to-Low Speed Transitions TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 412: Speed Reduction Techniques for Rural High-to-Low Speed Transitions explores techniques for lowering traffic speeds in rural transition zones. Transition zones are those portions of high-speed roads that have lower posted speed limits as the roadway approaches a settlement. [More] | [Share]       Federal Research News National Summary File of Redistricting Data The U.S. Census Bureau has released a data set that includes the same population, housing unit counts, and demographic characteristics that were provided to the states in February and March. This national file provides tables for the United States and other cross-state geographies, such as regions; divisions; metropolitan areas; and American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian areas. The data set includes population counts by race, origin, the voting age population, and housing unit counts by occupancy status. [More]   Commercial Motor Vehicle Driving Simulator Validation Study: Phase II The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that examines the effectiveness of a driving simulator for entry-level commercial motor vehicle driver training and testing. [More]   FHWA Focus Magazine: April 2011 The Federal Highway Administration has released the latest version of its Focus magazine, which highlights efforts designed to accelerate infrastructure innovations in order to build better, safer roads. [More]   State Research News Use of a Double Chip Seal to Correct a Flushing Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement in Washington State The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the design and construction of the double chip seal and provides information on its initial performance. [More]   University Research News Travel Behavior of the Lone Rangers: An Application of Attitudinal Structural Equation Modeling to Intercity Transportation Market Segmentation The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has released a report that explores the segmentation of travel behavior information into smaller market groups using structural equation modeling. [More]   Analysis of Crash Data to Estimate the Benefits of Emerging Vehicle Technology The Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide, Australia, has released a report that explores the potential benefits of some of the safety technologies emerging for passenger vehicles, trucks, and motorcycles. The focus of the report is on systems that actively prevent crashes, but some passive safety features are also examined. [More]   Transportation Injury Mapping System The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley, has launched a website that provides access to information on 130,000 serious and fatal crashes in California. Users can view the history of crashes from 2000 to 2008, the most recent years for which data are available, by county, city, neighborhood, or along specific routes. [More]   International Research Effect of Vehicle Defects in Road Accidents The U.K.'s Transport Research Laboratory has released a report that examines the likely impacts to road safety from changes to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) test frequency by vehicle age and time since last inspection. The MOT test checks that vehicles meet road safety and environmental standards. [More]   Licensed to Skill: Contributory Factors in Accidents The U.K. Institute of Advanced Motorists has released a report that explores the top ten crash contributory factors for a range of road, vehicle, and driver types. [More]   Slow Zones: Their Impact on Mode Choices and Travel Behavior The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that explores the potential impact of traffic management measures on mode choice and travel behavior. [More]   In The Know Alcohol Interlocks: Harmonizing Policies and Practices - Proceedings of the 11th International Alcohol Interlock Symposium The Traffic Industry Research Foundation has released the proceedings from its 11th International Alcohol Interlock Symposium, which focused on harmonizing policies and practices across jurisdictions and across disciplines. The report compares similarities and differences that exist, and explores opportunities for harmonization to streamline program delivery. It also examines the implementation of first offender programs and the development of benchmarks of progress. [More]   Urban Bikeway Design Guide The National Association of City Transportation Officials has released a guide designed to help cities that are seeking to enhance bicycle transportation in places where competing demands for the use of the rights-of-way present unique challenges. The guide covers bike lanes, cycle tracks, intersections, signals, and signs and markings. [More]   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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Good Morning Omss LATEST NEWS Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces have arrested some 500 pro-democracy sympathizers across Syria after the government sent in tanks to try to crush protests in the city of Deraa, the Syrian rights organization Sawasiah said on Tuesday. | Full Article Ukraine marks Chernobyl anniversary, eyes Fukushima April 26, 2011 04:53 AM ET CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine marked the 25th anniversary on Tuesday of the world's worst nuclear accident at its Chernobyl power plant as Japan pressed on with efforts to control the crisis at its Fukushima plant. | Full Article Stock index futures higher ahead of Fed vote April 26, 2011 05:20 AM ET (Reuters) - At 0909 GMT (5:09 a.m. ET) futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq futures were 0.1 to 0.3 percent higher. | Full Article Sony unveils its first tablet computers to take on Apple April 26, 2011 05:26 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony launched its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab the second spot in the market more than a year after Apple's iPad revolutionized mobile computing. | Full Article Giffords cleared to attend shuttle launch: husband April 24, 2011 10:18 PM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronaut Mark Kelly says doctors have cleared his wife, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, now recovering from a gunshot wound to the head, as healthy enough to attend his space shuttle launch on Friday. | Full Article No end to NFL labor dispute even after court ruling April 25, 2011 09:50 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NFL's players claimed an early points victory in their fight with team owners on Monday, but there was still no immediate end in sight to the long and increasingly bitter row over how to carve up the $9 billion empire. | Full Article U.S. surpasses UK in online coverage of Will and Kate April 25, 2011 04:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - America's romance with royalty is blooming, just four days away from Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. | Full Article Top executive demoted after booze binge April 25, 2011 01:08 PM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese oil refining giant Sinopec has demoted a top executive who bought 1.6 million yuan ($245,900) of wine and spirits after details of the purchase leaked onto the Internet and sparked an uproar over extravagance at the state-owned firm. | Full Article RELATED VIDEO Toyota still stalled by quake Leaked Guantanamo files condemned by White House Madonna's Malawi lawsuit, "Rio" number one A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend