http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/ Transportation Research Board Design publications http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/eda47c89-0ef0-4d60-a103-d7019a5f8b4f.aspx eda47c89-0ef0-4d60-a103-d7019a5f8b4f Thu, 23 May 2013 04:35:09 GMT TRB is sponsoring the Workshop on the Safety Effects of Geometric Design Decisions on July 30-August 1, 2013, in Irvine, California. The workshop is designed to present transportation agency experiences and “lessons learned” from applications of Highway Safety Manual in various stages of the transportation project development process; discuss a future edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (Green Book);... http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/ba79636d-b58d-43b8-b2cd-945ca3f3cedf.aspx ba79636d-b58d-43b8-b2cd-945ca3f3cedf Thu, 23 May 2013 04:34:04 GMT 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. http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/cda3862c-c3ce-4a2e-9e56-f136fce9d3f7.aspx cda3862c-c3ce-4a2e-9e56-f136fce9d3f7 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:27:46 GMT 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. http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/4d40d0c8-940c-4216-8010-4870fd82700f.aspx 4d40d0c8-940c-4216-8010-4870fd82700f Wed, 22 May 2013 04:06:32 GMT The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that discusses critical design features and conditions affecting the safety of buses’ merging maneuvers and traffic control devices around bus pullout bays. http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/825e7c57-3b9a-4503-86d1-e86477001a20.aspx 825e7c57-3b9a-4503-86d1-e86477001a20 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:18 GMT TRB will conduct a webinar on June 25, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will present the results of a recently completed pooled fund research project on subsurface drainage for slope stabilization. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This second webinar of a two-part series will introduce grou... http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/a6748d55-62f5-4aee-80ca-5e31cefea708.aspx a6748d55-62f5-4aee-80ca-5e31cefea708 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:18 GMT TRB will conduct a webinar on May 29, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will present the results of a recently completed pooled fund research project on subsurface drainage for slope stabilization. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This first webinar of a two-part series will introduce the re... http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/f9cd5b81-e11b-44f3-a919-05e6fd80f45c.aspx f9cd5b81-e11b-44f3-a919-05e6fd80f45c Wed, 15 May 2013 12:52:59 GMT 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 authors identify topics for their papers. Committees will be producing calls for papers through June, so author... http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/8014c717-a2bb-4db7-b6dc-1fb03384cd5a.aspx 8014c717-a2bb-4db7-b6dc-1fb03384cd5a Wed, 15 May 2013 05:29:56 GMT 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 tradition of disseminating research findings to advance transportation. The first Record addressed the topic of ... http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/00d5861e-1f15-433d-bed1-e824c642623e.aspx 00d5861e-1f15-433d-bed1-e824c642623e Mon, 13 May 2013 19:37:08 GMT The Montana State Department of Transportation has released a report that documents the installation process and site visits for recording the physical condition of bi-directional crash attenuators which have a reverse-tapered design. http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/b249db17-073d-4d57-a504-0030d66d80dc.aspx b249db17-073d-4d57-a504-0030d66d80dc Mon, 13 May 2013 18:53:40 GMT The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas-Austin has released a report that evaluates Texas U-Beams including measurements of their concrete curing temperatures in square and skewed end blocks and establishment of the vertical shear capacity of their standard section loads.