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 ...

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop procedures to (1) determine the acceptable levels of bridge foundation movements based upon superstructure tolerance to total and differential movements considering service and strength limit states, and (2) propose revisions to the American Association of State Highway and Transportat...

TRB is cosponsoring The Istanbul Bridge Conference on August 11-13, 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. The theme of the conference is new developments and advances in the design and construction of bridges. The focus of the conference will be on design codes; construction techniques; designing for extreme events; sustainable and durable bridge designs; lessons learned from past bridge failures; bridge ...

Mark your calendar now to attend a "SHRP2 Tuesdays" webinar beginning May 7, 2012. Every other Tuesday, TRB will host a webinar that will highlight resources that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) are making available to implement the research products developed by the second Strategic Highway Research P...

TRB is cosponsoring the 10th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development (ISCORD) on June 2-3, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The symposium will explore efforts necessary to conduct large scale commercial and research activities in cold regions that don’t have significant adverse effects to the environment as well as to the local population. Issues to be addressed during the symposium incl...

TRB is sponsoring the Transportation: Driving a Sustainable Urban Environment in July 22-25, 2013 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The conference will address the environmental challenges related to planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining ground transportation systems. Future potential research needs will also be a topic of discussion at the meeting. Early bird registration expires Febr...

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.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Successes in Stewardship monthly newsletter, which highlights current environmental streamlining practices from around the United States.

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.