Cooperative Research Programs Series
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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 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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TR News July-August 2009: Pricing Road Use to Address CongestionSeptember 19, 2009 The July-August 2009 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Pricing Road Use to Address Congestion Congestion Pricing Basics U.S. and Worldwide Experience with Congestion Pricing: An Overview Promoting Appropriate Congestion Pricing Solutions in Europe: Improving Access and Reducing Emissions Tolled Managed Lanes: Lessons Learned and Challenges to Meet What’s in Store for Second-Gene...
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TR News: May-June 2009 Transportation and the Environment: Mutual EnhancementsJuly 20, 2009 The May-June 2009 issue of TR News includes the following articles: The Environment and Transportation: Making Both Better Than Before Transportation and Environmental Sustainability: Taking “Making It Better Than Before” into the Future Air Quality Management: Successes and Emerging Challenges Transportation Ecology and Wildlife Passages: The State of the Practice and Science of Making Roads B...
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TR News March-April 2009 Equity Issues in Financing TransportationJune 1, 2009 The March-April 2009 issue of TR News includes the following articles: The Equity Implications of Financing the Nation’s Surface Transportation System Libraries in a Digital Age: An Essential Resource for Research and Information The Momentum of Transportation Information: A History of TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services Making Transportation Libraries and Informatio...
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TR News January-February 2009 Making Progress in Uncertain Times: Proving Transportation's MettleMarch 17, 2009 The January-February 2009 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Making Certain Progress in Uncertain Times: The Transportation Research Board’s 2008 Field Visit Program The Collaborative Decision-Making Framework: Evolving Product of SHRP 2 Capacity Research Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations: Improving Priorities, Coordination, and Quality The Federal Investm... |
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