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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 âincidentsâ May 13, 2-4 p.m. eastern. The program will review materials recently developed by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). âCyber incidents (intentional and unintentional) may likely occur in transportation systems due to the increasing convergence and [âŚ]
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 [âŚ]
April 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
TRB to hold webinar on âcreative waysâ 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 âCreative Ways to Consider Funding Future Transportationâ include Carole Turley from the University of California at Los Angeles and David Ungemah [âŚ]
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 [âŚ]
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, TRBâs 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 [âŚ]
April 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
DOT Chief Foxx discusses plan to battle âinfrastructure deficitâ
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday shared the DOTâs plan for battling the âinfrastructure deficitâ at the Transportation Research Boardâs (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 âshort-term.â âItâs been ten years since we had a six-year [âŚ]
January 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
TRB to host slope stabilization, erosion control webinar on August 27
Transportation Research Board (TRB) will host a webinar about slope stabilization and erosion control on August 27 from 2 p.m. â 4 p.m. The webinar, âCost-Effective and Sustainable Road Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control,â will feature discussions about implementing various slope stabilization and erosion control techniques around the world and insight on how the terms [âŚ]
August 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
Pavement preservation expert Larry Galehouse talks about tools and strategies that make sense for surviving the Great Recession.
October 4, 2011
Roadbuilding
Better Bridges
Top FHWA bridge engineer looks at todayâs and tomorrowâs bridges.
February 1, 2011
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Do you have bold ideas to meet big challenges of our transportation future?
Itâs no secret that we have an uphill battle as we work towards the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. Weâre already in the midst of an 18-month delay (a bad idea, in my opinion, I must add). But while the reauthorization is put on pause, we still to keep our efforts on play and keep ideas and [âŚ]
January 15, 2010
Roadbuilding
TRB plans Webinar on Rheology of Asphalt Binders and Implications for Performance on Nov. 10
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) will conduct the Webinar, âRheology of Asphalt Binders and Implications for Performance,â on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 2 p.m. to 3:30p.m. EDT. The Webinar will explore models that can be used to characterize the rheological behavior of asphalt binders to improve performance. Presenters include the following: David Anderson, Consultant and [âŚ]
October 16, 2009
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