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 2012 TRB 91st Annual Meeting: A Paper Submission Record-Get Ready to Register
More than 4,300 papers were submitted to TRB for acceptance as part of the TRB 91st Annual Meeting program and/or publication in the 2012 Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Record series. This breaks the previous record of 3,800 set last year. If the paper submission is any indication, the 2012 meeting could be one of the biggest TRB Annual Meetings ever. Registration for the Annual Meeting will open by the beginning of September.
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Incorporating Truck Analysis into the Highway Capacity Manual
TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop nationally accepted capacity and level of service techniques suitable for incorporation into the Highway Capacity Manual that improve transportation agencies' abilities to plan, design, manage, and operate streets and highways to serve trucks; and to better evaluate the effects of trucks on other modes of transportation and vice versa. Proposals are due October 6, 2011. [More]
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 Design Fires in Road Tunnels
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 Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2011, Volume 3
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2209 contains 9 papers that explore shear bond characteristics of tack coats, estimating material-specific moisture damage characteristics of binder-aggregate interface, specifications for aggregate frictional qualities in flexible pavements, design optimization of permeable friction course mixtures, and macrotexture measurement tests for pavement preservation treatments.
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 Background Report: Guidance for Roadway Safety Data to Support the Highway Safety Improvement Program
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that provides background information on why and how 2011 FHWA guidance was developed on the fundamental roadway and traffic data elements that states should be collecting and incorporating into their safety analyses. The report also estimates of the costs of data collection, safety analysis tools and methods, and performance measures that may be implemented to achieve quality safety data. [More]
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 Market Analysis of Collecting Fundamental Roadway Data Elements to Support the Highway Safety Improvement Program
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that explores a market analysis of the potential cost to states in developing a statewide location referencing system and collecting roadway and traffic data elements in all public roadways. The report also examines potential methodologies that could be applied to estimate the benefits in terms of safety of collecting this additional roadway information. [More]
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Transportation Services Index: June 2011
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 1.7 percent in June, the latest month available, to 110.3. The TSI June 2011 level of 110.3 was 3.8 percent higher than the June 2010 level. 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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 Proceedings of the Marine Safety and Security Council, the Coast Guard Journal of Safety at Sea: Summer 2011
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the latest issue of this quarterly journal, which is described as the voice of the Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Security Council. This issue has a focus on the value of the nation's marine transportation system. [More]
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 Road Safety Audits Newsletter: Spring/Summer 2011
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its newsletter that highlights road safety audit activities taking place throughout the United States. [More]
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 FHWA Focus Magazine: July 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]
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 Innovator: July/August 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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Implementation Plan and Cost Analysis for Oregon's Online Crash Reporting System
The Oregon Department of Transportation has released a report that defines the main features, functions, capabilities and system architectures that may be incorporated into an online citizen crash reporting system to complement (and eventually replace) the paper-based Oregon Traffic Accident and Insurance report. [More]
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In-Vehicle Decision Support to Reduce Crashes at Rural Thru-Stop Intersections
The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that explores two in-vehicle decision support systems designed to help drivers safely navigate rural thru-stop intersections. [More]
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University of Minnesota's CTS Research E-Newsletter: July 2011
The latest issue of the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Research E-Newsletter is now available. The newsletter is designed to highlight the center's latest research project milestones, published reports, and seminar coverage. [More]
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| Assessing the Perceived Safety Risk from Quiet Electric and Hybrid Vehicles to Vision-Impaired Pedestrians
The UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has released a report that explores the accident risk posed by quite electric/hybrid vehicles and compares it with that for equivalent vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines. The report also examines whether electric/hybrid vehicles are audibly more difficult to detect. [More]
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Distracted Driving: What Research Shows and What States Can Do
The Governors Highway Safety Association has released a report that discusses what distracted driving is, how often drivers are distracted, how it impacts driver performance and crash risk, and what countermeasures may be most effective. The report also includes recommendations for states that may help reduce distracted driving. [More]
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 Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update: Summer 2011
The TRB Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail has released the latest issue of its Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in intercity rail passenger systems. Articles in this issue highlight a discussion with the new U.S. House of Representatives Railroads Subcommittee chairman, obstacles to new intercity passenger service, a Caltran's federal waiver, the use of portable electronic technology among travelers, and more. [More]
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Falling Apart and Falling Behind
Building America's Future Educational (BAF Ed) Fund has released a report that lays out the economic challenges posed by our ailing infrastructure, provides a comparative look at the smart investments being made by our international competitors, and suggests a series of recommendations for crafting new innovative transportation policies in the United States. [More]
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