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 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 sponsoring the Adapting Freight Models and Traditional Freight Data Programs for Performance Measurement Workshop on April 30 - May 1, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The workshop will explore the adequacy of freight data and modeling for supporting performance measurement in public and private sector decision making by examining the use of information from the Freight Analysis Frame...

On September 13, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to review the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new motor carrier safety enforcement and compliance program and discuss issues related to its implementation. Witness testimonies and a video of the hearing are available online.

TRB is sponsoring the 2012 Freight Systems Group Midyear Meeting on June 21, 2012, in Washington, D.C. As a forum for the discussion of freight systems topics, the meeting will include several plenary sessions that will explore supply chain and industry trends, freight infrastructure funding, the adoption of alternative fuel sources for trucks, and safety and security considerations related to ...

On April 11, 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a field hearing in West Virginia that explored shale gas development, and the transportation, pipeline, and rail needs to assist the American manufacturing sector. Witness statements are available online. 

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that assesses the impacts of implementing speed limiters in commercial vehicle fleet operations.

Austroads has released a report that explores four on-road public transport priority treatments including full bus lane, set back bus lane, queue jump bus lane, and no priority. The report is free after registering on the website.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the prevalence of chameleon carriers; how well the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA’s) investigative programs are designed to identify suspected chameleon carriers; and what constraints FMCSA faces in pursuing enforcement actions against suspected chameleon carriers.   Chameleon carriers are c...