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| 6th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium
TRB is sponsoring 6th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium on August 20-23, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. The symposium is designed to highlight improving technologies and methods, feature case studies or successful practices, and illuminate the expanding role of visualization in transportation planning, design, construction, maintenance, and data management and analysis. Early bird registration expires July 1, 2011. [More] | [Share]    
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 Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change: State of the Practice 2011
TRB Transportation Research E-Circular E-C152: Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change: State of the Practice 2011 focuses on transportation adaptation practices that can be implemented to yield potential benefits now and in the longer term. The document highlights what climate change adaptation means for the transportation industry.
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 Renewal Project R26: Preservation Approaches for High-Traffic-Volume Roadways
TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that highlights a new tool to help highway agency managers and engineers preserve high-volume roadways in serviceable condition for longer periods of time, at a lower cost, in a safer manner, and with limited disruption to the traveling public.
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 2009 State Traffic Data Traffic Safety Fact Sheet
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that provides data on traffic fatalities for the United States and individually for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. [More]
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Review of NHTSA Auto Safety Defect Recall Process
The Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the extent of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) role in the auto safety defect recall process, and how its authorities compare to those of selected federal and foreign agencies that oversee recalls. The report also examines the benefits and challenges of the recall process for NHTSA and manufacturers, and highlights options for improving the recall process. [More]
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Synthesis of Literature Relating to Cellular Telephone/Personal Digital Assistant Use in Commercial Truck and Bus Operations
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that investigates the effects of mobile communication devices such as cellular telephones or personal digital assistants on commercial truck and bus driver distraction and operations. [More]
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Traffic Volume Trends: April 2011
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of Traffic Volume Trends, which is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the states. According to the report, travel on all roads and streets decreased by 2.4 percent (-6.1 billion vehicle miles) in April 2011 as compared with April 2010. Travel for the month is estimated to be 250.5 billion vehicle miles. Cumulative travel for 2011 is down by 0.8 percent (-7.1 billion vehicle miles). The cumulative estimate for the year is 939.2 billion vehicle miles of travel. [More]
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The Refinement of Drivers' Visibility Needs During Wet Night Conditions: Wet Visibility Project Phase III
The Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, a partnership of the Virginia Department of Transportation and the University of Virginia, has released a report that describes development of a specification for the minimum retroreflectivity of pavement markings in wet nighttime conditions. [More]
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Investigating Longevity of Corrosion Inhibitors and Performance of Deicer Products Under Storage or After Pavement Application
The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates the longevity of corrosion inhibitors and the performance of inhibited deicer products under storage or after pavement application. [More]
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Pilot Study to Assess Sustained and Multifaceted Traffic Safety Activity on North Dakota's Rural Roads
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has released a report that measures the effectiveness of alternative levels of individual and coordinated safety interventions designed to heighten awareness and safety on rural roads in a targeted corridor. [More]
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Evaluation of Performance of Solar Powered Flashing Beacons at Severe Temperature Conditions
The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has released a report that contains the results of 34 tests for JSF and 26 tests for Carmanah solar-powered flashing beacons operating in mild cold temperature (-6.6 oC), severe cold temperature (-20 oC), and hot temperature (+70 oC) conditions. [More]
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