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Caltrans Director Dougherty named TRB executive committee chair

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has named California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Director Malcolm Dougherty as chairman of its executive committee. Dougherty will begin serving his one-year term in the position Jan. 12, but will first become vice chairman of the executive committee Nov. 29. Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences […]

December 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

National Operations Center of Excellence, TRB sponsor transportation student video contest

The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) are sponsoring a “Why Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO)” contest for students in the field or considering entering the field. The organizations are seeking submissions from students of a 30 to 60 second video explaining why TSMO matters them as future […]

November 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board adds 14 to Future Interstate Study Committee

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board (TRB) has named 14 to a committee working on its Future Interstate Study, a 30-month project aimed at determining actions needed to upgrade and restore the U.S. interstate highway system. Section 6021 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act called for the TRB […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT engineer wins TRB highway design and construction award

Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) engineer W. Griffin Sullivan is a co-winner of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2015 Best Practice Ready Paper Award for research on highway design and construction techniques. TRB’s Design and Construction Group selected the paper detailing methods for improving highway base layer design and construction. The organization will present the […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT Director Steudle to receive TRB distinguished service award

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has selected Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Director Kirk Steudle to receive its 2015 W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award. TRB is recognizing Steudle because he has provided “outstanding service in transportation research, including being a national leader in the development of connected vehicle technology, and service to TRB”. The […]

September 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB webinar to cover roundabout design and effectiveness

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has scheduled a webinar to cover roundabout construction and illumination, in addition to a review of 20 years of roundabout design research and practice. The webinar is set for June 1, 1-3 p.m. eastern. “Webinar presenters will highlight how international research and practice influenced United States designs and design heuristics, how […]

May 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB webinar to focus on protecting transportation infrastructure from hackers, data loss

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is hosting a webinar to review ways to protect transportation infrastructure from cyber “incidents” May 13, 2-4 p.m. eastern. The program will review materials recently developed by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). “Cyber incidents (intentional and unintentional) may likely occur in transportation systems due to the increasing convergence and […]

April 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Webinar to cover rigid pavement preservation research results

The Transportation Research Board will hold a webinar April 8 to present recent research on rigid pavement preservation techniques. The 90-minute presentation begins at 11 a.m. EDT. Presenters include: Larry Scofield, International Grinding and Grooving Association; Susan Tighe, University of Waterloo; and Dominique Pittinger, University of Oklahoma. The webinar will cover: SPS2 Preservation Pooled Fund […]

April 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB to hold webinar on “creative ways” to fund transportation

The Transportation Research Board is planning a webinar April 15 to discuss potential new means for funding transportation infrastructure projects, such as cooperative ownership models, roadway usage charges, and transportation utility fees. Scheduled presenters for “Creative Ways to Consider Funding Future Transportation” include Carole Turley from the University of California at Los Angeles and David Ungemah […]

March 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB plans webinar covering pothole patching

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies will hold a webinar April 1 covering current practices for patching potholes, just in time for when many departments of transportation are beginning spring maintenance. The webinar, set for 1-2:30 p.m. ET, will cover: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 463: Pavement Patching Practices. This covers […]

March 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB Executive Director Robert E. Skinner to retire in January 2015

.Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Director Robert E. Skinner announced this week that he plans to retire in January 2015. Skinner has worked with the National Academies, TRB’s parent organization, for three decades and with TRB since 1983. He has held his position as executive director since 1994. The National Academies will appoint a search […]

April 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOT Chief Foxx discusses plan to battle ‘infrastructure deficit’

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday shared the DOT’s plan for battling the “infrastructure deficit” at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., our sister site Commercial Carrier Journal reports. At the meeting, Foxx noted that recent transportation funding solutions have been “short-term.” “It’s been ten years since we had a six-year […]

January 16, 2014