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Summary of Contents TRB News Upcoming TRB Webinar: Inspecting and Managing Highway Bridges The 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop: Call for Abstracts 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together: Call for Abstracts First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete: Call for Abstracts Recently Released TRB Publications Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2008 Network Analysis for Policy and Logistics Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2009 Federal Research News Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Existing Pavements Motor Carrier Efficiency Study Phase I Rail Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 Bus Transit Safety and Security Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Significant Accomplishments, Fiscal Year 2008 FHWA Focus Magazine - January/February 2009 FHWA R&T Now - January 2009 Traffic Volume Trends: December 2008 Transportation Planning Update: Summer 2008 Transportation Conformity Highlights: January 2009
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State Research News Highway Project Cost Estimating and Management Performance Evaluation of Various HMA Rehabilitation Strategies Airport Offsite Passenger Service Facilities: An Option for Improving Landside Access: Volume II: Access Characteristics and Travel Demand International Research News Evaluation of 2+1 Roads with Cable Barriers Swedish Airports and Marginal Cost Pricing Pollution Preparedness and Response Activities of the European Maritime Safety Agency Seat Belts and Child Restraints New European Car Safety Rating System In the Know 2009 Presidential Inauguration: Traffic and Traveler Information Sharing TRB News Upcoming TRB Webinar: Inspecting and Managing Highway Bridges TRB will conduct a web briefing or "Webinar" on Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, that will explore the importance of bridge inspection and management, bridge inspection practices, and the inspection and management of bridges with fracture-critical details. The webinar will also examine the monitoring of scour critical bridges, and highlight efforts to develop guidelines for implementing quality control and quality assurance for bridge inspections. Participants must register at least 24 hours in advance of the start of the Webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] The 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation TRB is cosponsoring the 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation on September 6-9, 2009, in Vienna, Austria. The conference is designed to explore United States and European efforts to expand and plan for inland water transportation. [More] Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop on September 14-15, 2009, in Irvine, California. The workshop is designed to explore corridor study experiences, identify best practices, discuss data needs and collection methods, and develop a collective research agenda on integrated corridor systems management and modeling. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by February 28, 2009. [More] 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together on October 19-21, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. The conference http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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is designed to explore emerging issues in transportation asset management including trade-off analysis, optimization, system management, and safety. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by March 3, 2009. [More] First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete on May 5-7, 2010, in Irvine, California. The conference is designed to explore the science and engineering of nanotechnology in modifying and monitoring the behavior and performance of cement and concrete at the nanoscale. Nanomodification of concrete is potentially capable of dramatically improving its tensile strength, toughness, ductility, and durability properties. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by March 15, 2009. [More]
Recent Publications Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 385: Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery explores "best practices" for the seamless sharing of information throughout all phases of the project delivery process. [More] [Buy it now]
Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2008 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2088 includes 23 papers that explore using speed-flow relationships for microsimulation calibration, a behavioral model for microscopic freeway traffic-flow simulation, modeling intersection performance using microsimulation, corridor traffic management and planning strategies that use microsimulation, calibrations of trafficflow microsimulation models, accident-free car-following models, freeway oscillation characteristics, and more. [More] [Buy it now] Network Analysis for Policy and Logistics TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2089 includes 13 papers that explore approximations to the average length of vehicle routing problems, heuristic framework for optimizing hurricane evacuation operations, location routing approach for the humanitarian prepositioning problem, emergency evacuation planning, integrating equity objectives in a road network design model, equity and efficiency analysis of pricing strategies in a bimodal network, and more. [More] [Buy it now] Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 79: Light Rail Vehicle http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections explores mitigation methods tested and used by transit agencies to reduce collisions between light rail vehicles (LRVs) and motor vehicles where light rail transit (LRT) runs through or adjacent to highway intersections controlled by conventional traffic signals. [More] [Buy it now] Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2009 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 332: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems is a digest of the progress and status of NCHRP Project 20-5, "Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems." [More] [Buy it now]
Federal Research News Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Existing Pavements The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a TechBrief that explores the application of precast, prestressed concrete pavement for new construction and rehabilitation of existing asphalt and concrete pavements. [More] Motor Carrier Efficiency Study Phase I The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that examines wireless technologies that can be used to overcome common motor carrier inefficiencies. [More] Rail Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter that highlights safety activities taking place in the rail transit field. This issue explores the Phoenix METRO, results of FTA's audits of State Oversight Agencies, accident investigation guidance, and more. [More]
Bus Transit Safety and Security Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter that highlights safety and security activities taking place in the bus transit field. This issue explores FTA's bus safety year in review, the FTA Orientation Seminar Initiative, industry accident and incident trend update, and more. [More] Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Significant Accomplishments, Fiscal Year 2008 The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released a report that summarizes its fiscal year 2008 efforts to create, manage, and share transportation statistical knowledge. [More] http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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FHWA Focus Magazine - January/February 2009 Articles in the January/February 2009 issue of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Focus magazine explore a new website on national highway specifications, national tunnel inspection standards, transportation workforce training, and more. [More] FHWA R&T Now - January 2009 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Research and Technology (R&T) Now news update. The update reports on research, technology, and development activities taking place within the U.S. Department of Transportation. [More] Traffic Volume Trends: December 2008 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of Traffic Volume Trends, which is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the states. According to the report, travel on all roads and streets declined by 1.6 percent (-3.8 billion vehicle miles) in December 2008 as compared with December 2007. Travel for the month is estimated to be 237.2 billion vehicle miles. Cumulative travel for 2008 was down by 3.6 percent (-107.9 billion vehicle miles). The cumulative estimate for the year is 2,921.9 billion vehicle miles of travel. [More] Transportation Planning Update: Summer 2008 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to provide information to the transportation planning community. Articles are written and submitted by FHWA and U.S. Federal Transit Administration staff to promote the sharing of ideas, highlight good practices, and inform on current events. [More] Transportation Conformity Highlights: January 2009 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Transportation Conformity Highlights newsletter. The monthly newsletter is designed to keep conformity stakeholders up to date on issues related to transportation conformity. [More]
State Research News Highway Project Cost Estimating and Management The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has released a report that explores its cost estimation practices for highway projects. [More] Performance Evaluation of Various HMA Rehabilitation Strategies The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has released a report that examines the performance of eight hot-mix asphalt rehabilitation strategies used by CDOT. [More] http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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Airport Offsite Passenger Service Facilities: An Option for Improving Landside Access: Volume II: Access Characteristics and Travel Demand The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that examines offsite airport facilities that provide ground transportation, baggage and passenger check in, and other transportation services to departing air passengers. The report also explores ways to develop models to determine which airports may be candidates for offsite facilities. [More]
International Research Evaluation of 2+1 Roads with Cable Barriers The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that examines the Swedish Road Administration's program on increasing safety on existing 13-meter roads and two-lane expressways. The report also explores the cost and effects of this program from 1998 to 2007. The report is in Swedish with an English summary. [More] Swedish Airports and Marginal Cost Pricing The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that explores the price-relevant costs of aviation, including marginal costs caused by airport activities and those caused by the external effects of pollution and noise. The report is in Swedish with an English summary. [More] Pollution Preparedness and Response Activities of the European Maritime Safety Agency A report has been released that examines the European Maritime Safety Agency's pollution preparedness and response activities for 2008. [More] Seat Belts and Child Restraints The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Foundation has released a guide designed to help policymakers introduce laws and policies to improve seat belt compliance in their countries. The publication is part of a technical advice manual series that covers issues such as motorcycle helmets, speed management and combating drink driving. [More] New European Car Safety Rating System Euro NCAP, the organization that assesses the safety of new cars in Europe, has introduced a new overall car safety rating. The rating system is a new approach to rating safety performance and is designed to measure the all-round safety of cars. [More]
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2009 Presidential Inauguration: Traffic and Traveler Information Sharing The I-95 Corridor Coalition has released a report that explores the coordination effort associated with managing traffic for the January 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama. The report highlights actions taken related to emergency contact lists, public information dissemination, highway advisory radio and dynamic sign message sets, status updates, and real-time traffic monitoring. [More]
The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies. Unsubscribe To unsubscribe from this email list please go here or reply to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To manage your subscriptions and account preferences go here. Copyright © 2008. Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20001. Privacy Statement
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Summary of Contents TRB News Upcoming TRB Webinar: Inspecting and Managing Highway Bridges The 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop: Call for Abstracts 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together: Call for Abstracts First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete: Call for Abstracts Recently Released TRB Publications Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2008 Network Analysis for Policy and Logistics Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2009 Federal Research News Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Existing Pavements Motor Carrier Efficiency Study Phase I Rail Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 Bus Transit Safety and Security Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Significant Accomplishments, Fiscal Year 2008 FHWA Focus Magazine - January/February 2009 FHWA R&T Now - January 2009 Traffic Volume Trends: December 2008 Transportation Planning Update: Summer 2008 Transportation Conformity Highlights: January 2009
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State Research News Highway Project Cost Estimating and Management Performance Evaluation of Various HMA Rehabilitation Strategies Airport Offsite Passenger Service Facilities: An Option for Improving Landside Access: Volume II: Access Characteristics and Travel Demand International Research News Evaluation of 2+1 Roads with Cable Barriers Swedish Airports and Marginal Cost Pricing Pollution Preparedness and Response Activities of the European Maritime Safety Agency Seat Belts and Child Restraints New European Car Safety Rating System In the Know 2009 Presidential Inauguration: Traffic and Traveler Information Sharing TRB News Upcoming TRB Webinar: Inspecting and Managing Highway Bridges TRB will conduct a web briefing or "Webinar" on Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, that will explore the importance of bridge inspection and management, bridge inspection practices, and the inspection and management of bridges with fracture-critical details. The webinar will also examine the monitoring of scour critical bridges, and highlight efforts to develop guidelines for implementing quality control and quality assurance for bridge inspections. Participants must register at least 24 hours in advance of the start of the Webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] The 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation TRB is cosponsoring the 4th International Congress of Smart Rivers '21: The Future of Inland Navigation on September 6-9, 2009, in Vienna, Austria. The conference is designed to explore United States and European efforts to expand and plan for inland water transportation. [More] Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the Integrated Corridor System Management Modeling Best Practices Workshop on September 14-15, 2009, in Irvine, California. The workshop is designed to explore corridor study experiences, identify best practices, discuss data needs and collection methods, and develop a collective research agenda on integrated corridor systems management and modeling. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by February 28, 2009. [More] 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the 8th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management--Putting the Asset Management Pieces Together on October 19-21, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. The conference http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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is designed to explore emerging issues in transportation asset management including trade-off analysis, optimization, system management, and safety. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by March 3, 2009. [More] First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete: Call for Abstracts TRB is sponsoring the First International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete on May 5-7, 2010, in Irvine, California. The conference is designed to explore the science and engineering of nanotechnology in modifying and monitoring the behavior and performance of cement and concrete at the nanoscale. Nanomodification of concrete is potentially capable of dramatically improving its tensile strength, toughness, ductility, and durability properties. Interested individuals or groups are encouraged to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the meeting by March 15, 2009. [More]
Recent Publications Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 385: Information Technology for Efficient Project Delivery explores "best practices" for the seamless sharing of information throughout all phases of the project delivery process. [More] [Buy it now]
Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2008 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2088 includes 23 papers that explore using speed-flow relationships for microsimulation calibration, a behavioral model for microscopic freeway traffic-flow simulation, modeling intersection performance using microsimulation, corridor traffic management and planning strategies that use microsimulation, calibrations of trafficflow microsimulation models, accident-free car-following models, freeway oscillation characteristics, and more. [More] [Buy it now] Network Analysis for Policy and Logistics TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2089 includes 13 papers that explore approximations to the average length of vehicle routing problems, heuristic framework for optimizing hurricane evacuation operations, location routing approach for the humanitarian prepositioning problem, emergency evacuation planning, integrating equity objectives in a road network design model, equity and efficiency analysis of pricing strategies in a bimodal network, and more. [More] [Buy it now] Light Rail Vehicle Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 79: Light Rail Vehicle http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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Collisions with Vehicles at Signalized Intersections explores mitigation methods tested and used by transit agencies to reduce collisions between light rail vehicles (LRVs) and motor vehicles where light rail transit (LRT) runs through or adjacent to highway intersections controlled by conventional traffic signals. [More] [Buy it now] Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2009 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 332: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems is a digest of the progress and status of NCHRP Project 20-5, "Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems." [More] [Buy it now]
Federal Research News Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Existing Pavements The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a TechBrief that explores the application of precast, prestressed concrete pavement for new construction and rehabilitation of existing asphalt and concrete pavements. [More] Motor Carrier Efficiency Study Phase I The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that examines wireless technologies that can be used to overcome common motor carrier inefficiencies. [More] Rail Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter that highlights safety activities taking place in the rail transit field. This issue explores the Phoenix METRO, results of FTA's audits of State Oversight Agencies, accident investigation guidance, and more. [More]
Bus Transit Safety and Security Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2009 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter that highlights safety and security activities taking place in the bus transit field. This issue explores FTA's bus safety year in review, the FTA Orientation Seminar Initiative, industry accident and incident trend update, and more. [More] Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Significant Accomplishments, Fiscal Year 2008 The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released a report that summarizes its fiscal year 2008 efforts to create, manage, and share transportation statistical knowledge. [More] http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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FHWA Focus Magazine - January/February 2009 Articles in the January/February 2009 issue of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Focus magazine explore a new website on national highway specifications, national tunnel inspection standards, transportation workforce training, and more. [More] FHWA R&T Now - January 2009 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Research and Technology (R&T) Now news update. The update reports on research, technology, and development activities taking place within the U.S. Department of Transportation. [More] Traffic Volume Trends: December 2008 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of Traffic Volume Trends, which is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the states. According to the report, travel on all roads and streets declined by 1.6 percent (-3.8 billion vehicle miles) in December 2008 as compared with December 2007. Travel for the month is estimated to be 237.2 billion vehicle miles. Cumulative travel for 2008 was down by 3.6 percent (-107.9 billion vehicle miles). The cumulative estimate for the year is 2,921.9 billion vehicle miles of travel. [More] Transportation Planning Update: Summer 2008 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to provide information to the transportation planning community. Articles are written and submitted by FHWA and U.S. Federal Transit Administration staff to promote the sharing of ideas, highlight good practices, and inform on current events. [More] Transportation Conformity Highlights: January 2009 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Transportation Conformity Highlights newsletter. The monthly newsletter is designed to keep conformity stakeholders up to date on issues related to transportation conformity. [More]
State Research News Highway Project Cost Estimating and Management The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has released a report that explores its cost estimation practices for highway projects. [More] Performance Evaluation of Various HMA Rehabilitation Strategies The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has released a report that examines the performance of eight hot-mix asphalt rehabilitation strategies used by CDOT. [More] http://view.newsletters.nas.edu/?j=fe…
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Airport Offsite Passenger Service Facilities: An Option for Improving Landside Access: Volume II: Access Characteristics and Travel Demand The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that examines offsite airport facilities that provide ground transportation, baggage and passenger check in, and other transportation services to departing air passengers. The report also explores ways to develop models to determine which airports may be candidates for offsite facilities. [More]
International Research Evaluation of 2+1 Roads with Cable Barriers The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that examines the Swedish Road Administration's program on increasing safety on existing 13-meter roads and two-lane expressways. The report also explores the cost and effects of this program from 1998 to 2007. The report is in Swedish with an English summary. [More] Swedish Airports and Marginal Cost Pricing The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that explores the price-relevant costs of aviation, including marginal costs caused by airport activities and those caused by the external effects of pollution and noise. The report is in Swedish with an English summary. [More] Pollution Preparedness and Response Activities of the European Maritime Safety Agency A report has been released that examines the European Maritime Safety Agency's pollution preparedness and response activities for 2008. [More] Seat Belts and Child Restraints The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Foundation has released a guide designed to help policymakers introduce laws and policies to improve seat belt compliance in their countries. The publication is part of a technical advice manual series that covers issues such as motorcycle helmets, speed management and combating drink driving. [More] New European Car Safety Rating System Euro NCAP, the organization that assesses the safety of new cars in Europe, has introduced a new overall car safety rating. The rating system is a new approach to rating safety performance and is designed to measure the all-round safety of cars. [More]
In The Know
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2009 Presidential Inauguration: Traffic and Traveler Information Sharing The I-95 Corridor Coalition has released a report that explores the coordination effort associated with managing traffic for the January 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama. The report highlights actions taken related to emergency contact lists, public information dissemination, highway advisory radio and dynamic sign message sets, status updates, and real-time traffic monitoring. [More]
The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies. Unsubscribe To unsubscribe from this email list please go here or reply to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To manage your subscriptions and account preferences go here. Copyright © 2008. Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20001. Privacy Statement
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