TRB is accepting papers for consideration as part of the program for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting , January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). The spotlight theme for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting is Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future. This theme reflects the last year of the A...

TRB standing committees have issued  calls for papers for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential...

The 2013 series marks the 50th year of TRB’s peer-reviewed journal, which debuted as the Highway Research Record in 1963; became the Transportation Research Record in 1974, with Number 480; and added the subtitle, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, in 2000, with Number 1653. In all, TRB has published more than 25,000 papers in volumes of the TRR Journal and continues to build on its ...

James Crites, executive vice president of operations for the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has been selected by the White House as a Transportation Champion of Change. According to a DFW press release, the U.S Federal Aviation Administration nominated Crites for the recognition for his visionary work and leadership in developing and implementing new technologies, notably the nat...

The TRB Aviation Group has released the latest issue of its periodic newsletter. This issue solicits assistance in identifying aviation and other transportation professionals who would benefit from participating in the Aviation Group; seeks nomination for the 2014 Francis X. McKelvey Award; recommends that you mark your calendar to attend the 2014 TRB Annual Meeting; solicits interest in the Yo...

TRB is cosponsoring the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2nd Transportation and Development Institute Congress (T&DI) in June 2014 in Orlando, Florida. The meeting is designed to bring together all of the disciplines of transportation and infrastructure development, including aviation. The aviation component includes discussions on airfield geometry, safety, Geographic Information...

On February 27, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to examine the impact of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Reauthorization and Reform Act in the year since its passage.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing that focused on the impact of regulations and policies that the Transportation Security Administration has on the passenger experience and the free flow of aviation commerce.

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, December 6, 2012, from 2:00 PM ET to 3:30 PM ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) about various aspects of terminal planning and design, with an emphasis on wayfinding and airport curbside and terminal area roadway operations. View the recorded webinar . Planners and designers for all sizes of airports may ...

On September 12, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to examine the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s management of the NextGen program. Witness testimonies and a video of the hearing are available online.