Terminals and Facilities RSS Feed http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/ Transportation Research Board publications http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/a7d1c190-4d90-44fd-824d-547f45d0b6a0.aspx a7d1c190-4d90-44fd-824d-547f45d0b6a0 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:47:01 GMT TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 47: Repairing and Maintaining Airport Parking Structures While in Use provides information on developing and implementing successful maintenance and repair strategies for in-use airport parking structures that involve the least impact on the airport patrons, revenue stream, and facility operations. Repairing and Maintaining Airport Parking Structures While in Use http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/fae5f555-900e-48fe-9cf2-93f627d45f63.aspx fae5f555-900e-48fe-9cf2-93f627d45f63 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:29:00 GMT The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the feasibility of using movable and reusable boarding and alighting pads at bus stops. Analysis of Movable Bus Stop Boarding and Alighting Areas http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/345040f5-76b0-4e66-8e28-1ee5b84f2f98.aspx 345040f5-76b0-4e66-8e28-1ee5b84f2f98 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:20:09 GMT TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 751: Renewable Energy Guide for Highway Maintenance Facilities offers guidance for the application of renewable energy technologies to the heating and cooling, lighting, and electrical power requirements of highway maintenance facilities. Renewable Energy Guide for Highway Maintenance Facilities http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/cfd65e8f-df4f-4053-92e9-93ffba169d66.aspx cfd65e8f-df4f-4053-92e9-93ffba169d66 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:16:57 GMT TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 23: Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning explores policies and practices for managing freight activity in metropolitan areas. The primary focus of the report is on “last-mile/first-mile” strategies, but it also addresses strategies affecting environmental issues and trading hubs or nodes. The research used to develop the report looked beyond the United States—mostly, but not exclusively, in Europe and the Europea... Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning 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. Recommendations for Yield-to-Bus Traffic Control Devices and Bus Pullout Bays Design Characteristics 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... 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record Call for Papers 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 ... 50th Anniversary for the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/20e08b85-4a69-40e8-af1a-06c1ba57490d.aspx 20e08b85-4a69-40e8-af1a-06c1ba57490d Thu, 02 May 2013 17:03:35 GMT The METRANS Transportation Center has released a report that models noise of container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles as a way to predict future noise levels of the area. Noise Mapping of Container Terminals at the Port of Los Angeles http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/9466ce7e-de06-422a-8284-ffa19c204df2.aspx 9466ce7e-de06-422a-8284-ffa19c204df2 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:23:40 GMT TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 103: Transit Station and Stop Adoption Programs explores transit agency programs in which local organizations, individuals, or other partners “adopt” a transit station or stop and receive recognition or incentives in exchange for, periodically, performing duties such as removing litter, maintaining vegetation, or reporting suspicious activity. Transit Station and Stop Adoption Programs http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/4a024bda-f3ab-4bb3-8d82-651848a1b706.aspx 4a024bda-f3ab-4bb3-8d82-651848a1b706 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:45:31 GMT TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment analyzes the driving forces behind high-impact economic and social changes as well as sourcing patterns that may affect the U.S. freight transportation system. The report also introduces scenario planning as a tool that can be used in conjunction with other planning methods to improve the quality of long-range tran... Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment