Cooperative Research Programs Series
Periodicals and Other Documents
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TR News Magazine
The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine, which features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. Also published are brief news items of interest to the transportation community, research pays off articles, profiles of transportation professionals, workshop and conference announcements, new book notices, news of TRB activities, and the TRB Annual Report. Submissions of manuscripts for possible publication are accepted at any time. Copies of the TR News may be purchased individually or ordered on an annual subscription basis.
A compilation of titles in the TR News series since January 2002, when TRB began posting complete issues of the magazine on the Web, is accessible by the link below. Full issues of TR News are posted to the Web four months after their publication. Each title includes a short description of articles included in the publication, a link to the full text of the issue (as it becomes available), and a link to TRB's electronic bookstore.
 TR News March-April 2012: History in the Making: 91st Annual Meeting HighlightsMay 9, 2012 The March-April 2012 TR News includes a photo essay of highlights from the TRB 91st Annual Meeting's sessions, speakers, events, committee meetings, exhibits, awards, and more. This issue of the TR News also features articles on the growing role of international cooperation and collaboration in TRB programs and activities; key findings from two recent National Cooperative Highwa...
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 TR News November-December 2011: Charting Pathways into NanotechnologyJanuary 8, 2012 The November-December 2011 TR News assembles feature articles that explore the applications of nanotechnology in transportation, examine asset management for low-volume road systems, review the metamorphosis of traffic data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance studies, and more. The November-December 2011 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Nanotechnology in...
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 TR News September-October 2011: Positioning Aviation for Skies UnlimitedNovember 3, 2011 The September-October 2011 TR News assembles feature articles exploring the Next-Generation Air Transport System, which will transform U.S. air traffic control from a ground-based, human-centric system to a satellite-based, airplane-centric system; the future of aviation sustainability; commercial aviation’s pursuit of sustainable alternative fuels; aviation security; economics of the avia...
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 TR News July-August 2011: Security and Critical Infrastructure ProtectionSeptember 15, 2011 The July-August 2011 TR News assembles feature articles exploring the state of security and critical infrastructure protection, including an assessment of U.S. infrastructure resiliency, North American perimeter security and the movement of trade, the security of bridges and tunnels, measures to protect rail and transit from attacks, the effects of piracy on the global supply chain, a...
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 TR News May-June 2011: Public–Private Partnerships: Filling Funding Gaps for InfrastructureJuly 9, 2011 The May-June 2011 TR News explores issues related to public–private partnerships by examining how the model might help meet an agency's challenge to deliver transportation projects; the variety of arrangements to select from for projects; how to ensure value from the arrangements; ways to protect the public interest in long-term concessions; the appropriateness to U.S. contexts; how the mo...
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 TR News March-April 2011: Rebuilding Urban Interstates, Oklahoma and Missouri InitiativesMay 9, 2011 The March-April 2011 TR News examines the problem of young impaired drivers, including the effect of underage drinking laws on alcohol-related fatal crashes. Two other features report on innovative approaches applied in the reconstruction of an expressway through St. Louis, Missouri, and the construction of a crosstown expressway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photographic highlights present a sam...
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 TR News November-December 2010: TRB 90th Anniversary PerspectivesJanuary 7, 2011 The Transportation Research Board is celebrating its 90th Anniversary, and the November–December 2010 TR News inaugurates the occasion with a feature article by former Executive Director Thomas B. Deen, who reviews the organization’s history and characteristics while focusing on developments and trends in the past 15 years. Supplementary features and sidebars include selected major milestones i...
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 TR News September-October 2010: Asset Management for a Durable InfrastructureOctober 23, 2010 Transportation asset management, including performance measures and performance management, is the focus of articles in the September–October TR News. Features highlight practical perspectives on programs in two states and one county, with an overview of the necessary tools; insights into change management; the benefits of asset management for local communities, including improved accountabilit...
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 TR News July-August 2010: Globalization and Transportation: Changing the WorldSeptember 10, 2010 Transportation and globalization is the theme of the July–August 2010 TR News, with feature articles exploring the relationship of international freight transportation to national economic recovery and global sustainability; the effects of globalization on infrastructure and on national security and terrorism; a history of global trade, going back to ancient Rome; an opinion piece on the contri...
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 TR News May-June 2010: Climate Change: Curbing Transportation's ContributionJuly 16, 2010 Energy and climate change are the focus of articles assembled for the May–June 2010 issue of TR News under the auspices of the TRB Special Task Force on Climate Change and Energy. Articles assess transportation’s current and anticipated contributions to emissions of greenhouse gases and fossil energy use, the challenges and opportunities to reduce emissions by freight carriers, the transition t...
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 TR News January-February 2010: Reports from the Frontier, Findings from Field VisitsMarch 17, 2010 TR News January-February 2010: Reports from the Frontier: Findings from Field Visits The January-February 2010 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Mutual Benefits and Close Connections: Baseball and America’s Streetcars in the 19th Century Creating Organizational Change in Departments of Transportation: Applying Self-Assessment Processes to Align Goals Making the Most of...
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 TR News November-December 2009: Anatomy of Change in Winter MaintenanceJanuary 2, 2010 The November-December 2009 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Anatomy of Change in Winter Maintenance Winter Weather and Road Condition Forecasts: Advances in Models, Sensors, Tools, and Platforms Improve Maintenance Operations Developing a Winter Maintenance Decision Support System: Prototype to Field Tests to Payback—and Beyond Evolution of the Highway Maintenance Concept Vehic... |
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