The Transportation Engineering and Road Research Alliance (TERRA), which is coordinated by the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies, has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter addresses research on pavement, materials, and related transportation engineering challenges, including issues related to cold climates.

The Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technologies has released a report that develops a framework for estimating the emissions of freight transport operations using a software tool.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that evaluates the level of compaction at the longitudinal joint to determine the effects of segregation on joint performance.

The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas-Austin has released a report that explores highway maintenance operations that occur within 15 minutes or less, and examines risk factors that maintenance workers may face while carrying out these operations.

Monash University’s Institute of Transport Studies has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter that is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database.

The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that assesses use of the Florida Transit Research Inspection Procurement Services (TRIPS) Program in order to improve life cycle vehicle data reporting procedures and detail benefits of the program.

The Southwest University Transportation Center at Texas A&M University has released a report that evaluates the impact of voice-to-text mobile applications versus manual entry on driver behavior and safety.

The latest issue of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Catalyst newsletter is now available. Catalyst provides current information on the latest in transportation-related research and activities from the CTS.

The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois has released a report that outlines the activities of the Erosion and Sediment Control Research and Training Center, which provides training and research for stormwater management practices, erosion prevention, and sediment control.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that evaluates the feasibility of x-ray radiation, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetic flux leakage for detection and quantification of corrosion of embedded reinforcing steel.