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 ...

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. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration risk-based regulatory approach to manage requirements of low-stress gas transmission pipelines, and the impact that this approach may have on the safety of these pipelines.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released a report that explores transportation satellite accounts (TSAs). TSAs provide a means for measuring the contribution of transportation services to the national economy. According to the BTS, prior to the TSAs, the magnitude of transportation services had long been unde...

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released its annual transportation statistic report. The report presents and analyzes data on safety, the state of good repair of the U.S. transportation system, economic competitiveness, livable communities, passenger expenditures, and environmental sustainability, and explo...

New benefits for TRB Sustaining Affiliates now include early eligibility for selection of prime exhibit space at the TRB Annual Meeting and advance notice to contract for advertising space in the printed Annual Meeting Final Program. These new benefits are in addition to existing Sustaining Affiliate benefits such as complimentary Annual Meeting registrations and an exhibit booth, Chairman’s Lu...

Academic and nonacademic, public or private institutions may now purchase access to the 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting (AMOnline) portal, which includes slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions, and the 2,200 papers that make up the meeting’s Compendium of Papers.  Institutional subscription packages all...

The slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, and videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions at the 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting are now available through the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal . This content is in addition to the 2,200 papers that make up the meeting’s Compendium of Papers, which is already accessible on the portal. In one search, the AMOnline...

All employees of Year-Round TRB Sponsors and TRB 90th Annual Meeting Patrons now have access to the  TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal. AMOnline provides access to the meeting’s Compendium of Papers.  By early March, the slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, and videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions will also be available. In one search, the...