TRB is sponsoring the Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration Committee Summer Conference on July 28-31, 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The conference is designed to address transportation-related noise and vibration control strategies and techniques as well as their potential environmental impacts. Future potential research needs will also be a topic of discussion at the meeting. E...

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.

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 is sponsoring Meeting State and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) Information Needs in a Constrained Fiscal Environment: Joint Midyear Meeting for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committees on June 10-12, 2013, in Washington, D.C. This unique TRB conference will blend the traditional midyear ...

TRB is cosponsoring the NAFTANEXT: Energizing Sustainable Trade Corridors Across North America - The Intersection of Energy, Environment, Jobs, and Growth conference on April 22-25, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. The conference is designed to provide a forum for both public and private sectors to share ideas and strategies for a long-term vision of sustainable freight transportation and supply cha...

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 cosponsoring the International Symposium of Climatic Effects on Pavements and Geotechnical Infrastructure on August 4-7, 2013, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The symposium will focus on the effects of climatic factors on expansive soils, engineering behavior of transportation construction materials, properties of frozen and unfrozen materials, soil-pavement or structure interaction, pavement perf...

The U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration has released a report that provides data on the U.S. transportation system and highlights trends in safety, economic competitiveness, and environmental sustainability.

TRB is cosponsoring the 2014 Transportation Planning, Land Use and Air Quality Conference in March 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference will address the latest research on the integration of transportation planning, land use decisions, and air quality. March 2014 is a new date for the conference.  It previously been planned for the June/July 2013 timeframe.  For additiona...