Plan decades into the future despite uncertainty. #NCHRP Research Report 1168 provides guidance for incorporating uncertainty into long-range transportation planning and developing effective strategies for future scenarios. https://ow.ly/3YHY50Yv3ox

Know a public transportation issue that needs more research? Submit a topic to the #TCRP Synthesis Program. Submit by March 27: https://ow.ly/mNMC50YuYy3#TCRP

Looking for transportation research? Register for a March 31 #TRBwebinar on using #TRID4LIFE to locate studies, reports, and data relevant to your projects. Register: https://ow.ly/JGvN50YuYkL#TRBwebinar

Can drivers clearly see roadside barriers in time to react? Find which treatments make roadside hardware most visible to drivers for road safety in a new #NCHRP research report that looks at human factors and crash data analysis. Learn more: https://ow.ly/RRRj50Yv3my#NCHRP

Manage disruptive passenger behavior in your airport effectively. Register for a March 25 #TRBwebinar on strategies that help airport staff respond to disruptive incidents. Register: https://ow.ly/ReH650YvWfl#TRBwebinar

Earlier this year, Principal Transportation Planner Rana Al-Jammal attended the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place in Washington, DC. Opportunities like this help PVPC stay connected to the latest ideas and best practices that support safer, more effective planning across towns.

How can signal performance data help improve roadway safety? #NCHRP Research Report 1170 examines how automated traffic signal performance measures can be used to evaluate crash frequency and severity. Learn more: https://ow.ly/LRHp50YuXpJ#NCHRP

#TRBvolunteers come from all over the U.S. to work on Cooperative Research Programs. Which programs have volunteers from your state? https://ow.ly/SNsL50YtxAi#TRBvolunteers #ACRP #BTSCRP #NCHRP #TCRP

Help shape the research agenda for public transportation. Serve on the #TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Commission and help identify research priorities that address real-world transit challenges. Apply by March 23: https://ow.ly/2paG50Ysjeu

TRB connects #TransportationProfessionals through research, collaboration, and knowledge exchange. Learn how TRB supports the transportation community: https://ow.ly/i6A250Ysj7o#TransportationProfessionals#TransportationResearch

How can airports better prepare for unexpected weather events? #ACRP Transportation Insights 8 highlights lessons from airport leaders and researchers on partnerships, planning, and funding strategies to strengthen airport resilience. Learn more: https://ow.ly/irIg50Yrvsc#ACRP

Air inside a #transit bus can affect comfort, performance, and the spread of airborne pathogens. A new #TCRP publication explores practical air management strategies to help agencies maintain safe, healthy conditions for riders and operators. Learn more: https://ow.ly/SEzj50Yoj9Q#transit

Put your public transportation leadership to work. Join the #TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Commission and help guide research priorities that support practical solutions for transit agencies. Apply by March 23: https://ow.ly/KEGn50YrvC1#TCRP

Want to know what's going on at TRB? Subscribe to TRB Weekly and get the latest news in your inbox every Tuesday! https://ow.ly/CtFZ50YpT3x

How does research impact transit riders’ daily trips? Recorded at #TRBAM, a live Transit Unplugged episode hosted by Paul Comfort explores how #TCRP research is improving transit from Honolulu to Baltimore. Listen: https://ow.ly/JE3750Yoemt

Traffic safety research responds to shifting expectations about enforcement and behavior. #BTSCRP focuses on strategies and interventions in building safer outcomes and public trust. Learn more about this partnership between TRB, GHSA, and the NHTSA. https://ow.ly/RgfE50YokYr

Join Jack Christine leader of the multibillion-dollar Destination CLT expansion at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, for a keynote at the TRB Symposium on Aviation Innovation & Research, June 8–11 in Dayton, OH. Register to hear more about workforce partnerships: https://ow.ly/98Zp50Yok1a

Explore how transportation engineers turn research into standards, specs, & structures. #NCHRP delivers applied research on bridges, pavements, materials, geotechnics, and traffic system. #WorldEngineeringDay See what’s driving researchers and practitioners forward. https://ow.ly/ooM650YolnT

Tara Cavalline of UNC Charlotte will keynote at the TRB Symposium on Aviation Innovation & Research, June 8–11 in Dayton, OH. Register by March 6 to learn more about partnerships for workforce development https://ow.ly/fkpI50Yolq6 @tcavalline.bsky.social

How do state DOTs fund and maintain #CompleteStreets? A new #NCHRP publication examines maintenance policies, cost-sharing with local & Tribal partners, and strategies for staffing, training, and equipment to support active transportation long term. Learn more: https://ow.ly/NsxU50Yok78#CompleteStreets?

Know a #publictransportation problem that needs answers? TRB’s #TCRP Synthesis Program documents real-world practices that are delivering results. Share your ideas by March 27: https://ow.ly/3JjU50YkxKT#publictransportation#TCRP

🏆 Our science communication awards are now open! These awards recognize exceptional science journalists, communicators, and researchers whose work in 2025 made #STEM accessible and engaging for broad audiences. Deadline: April 3, 2026 Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm

What does it take to move transportation research into everyday decision-making? Across CRP programs, the emphasis is on implementation—pairing rigorous research with dissemination and support mechanisms that help practitioners apply findings in context. Learn more https://ow.ly/fsrS50Ycswf

Construction has higher-than-average suicide and substance use rates yet support across transportation agencies is uneven. TRB’s #NCHRP Synthesis 658 examines how state DOTs address #mentalhealth, addiction, and #suicideprevention—and where gaps remain. https://ow.ly/BaUX50YkxJl#NCHRP#mentalhealth

Get up to speed on the latest updates to the Highway Capacity Manual! The revised chapters tackle limitations in earlier methodologies and introduce a more streamlined, consistent approach aligned with the core speed–flow–density relationship. https://ow.ly/v2tW50YkxGO #HCM

Make the business case for knowledge management. Find techniques and practices to help identify, capture, and transfer institutional knowledge and support continuous learning from #NCHRP. https://ow.ly/Eylt50YcrpU

We want you 🫵 Serve on an #NCHRP synthesis project oversight committee. Explore the projects to see if your practical experience or research expertise on planning, design, safety, operations and maintenance, or program delivery qualify you to serve. https://ow.ly/fcRP50YhoZ1

Putting off updating your fleets? Don't procrastinate! Join a #TRBwebinar today from 3:00 - 4:30 PM ET that will highlight two successful DOT approaches for estimating the costs associated with delaying #fleet asset replacement beyond the optimal replacement period. https://ow.ly/QOq050Yi82W

TRB's partnership with the FAA helps ensure that research for airports reflects national aviation priorities in safety, operations, and resilience—while keeping results usable for the people running airports every day. Learn more about #ACRP https://ow.ly/3iMC50YexrV

Katie Turnbull of Texas A&M Transportation Institute chaired a @nationalacademies.org committee and joins TRB staffer Mark Hutchins in a TR News article on the need for reforms to the USCG program that examines exporting liquefied gas carriers. https://ow.ly/UToa50Yhiva

Find out how automated traffic signals are doing across the U.S. with a new #NCHRP synthesis. Case studies from North Carolina Department of Transportation, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Maryland Department of Transportation, and Utah DOT. https://ow.ly/zmbK50Yh3MK

Bats in your belfry? How about in your bridges? 🦇🦇🦇🦇 Get tips from #NCHRP on balancing conservation efforts with providing safe, effective transportation infrastructure. https://ow.ly/zCvt50Ycr9m https://ow.ly/POXe50Ycr9l

New NASEM @trb.org resource: Developing a Guide for Estimating Benefits of Closing Gaps in Active Transportation Networks 2026: www.nationalacademies.org/publications... #ActiveTransportation #RoadDesign

Automated systems can enhance traffic operations. Detector events are collected up to 10 times every second and this granularity and wealth of information allows for continuous and proactive monitoring of traffic flow, signal operations, and maintenance. More from #NCHRP https://ow.ly/cRPj50Yc40n

#TRBAM sparked conversations around new research and research gaps. If you have a great idea for an upcoming #TRBwebinar, submit your suggestion today! https://ow.ly/QtkS50YbSut

No one wants a winter weather flight delay. Or deicers in stormwater. Changing airport infrastructure, flight operations, weather patterns, and regulations all lead to the implementation of new and enhanced deicer treatment systems at airports. Read more from #ACRP https://ow.ly/NctX50Yc3Ot

It feels like it's been an extreme winter! Get updated on practices of transit systems to determine methods and procedures used for maintaining transit stops and associated infrastructure despite ice and snow, no matter how much you get! #TCRP https://ow.ly/9uAo50Y8n6q

Hope that this @trb.org project about "Improving Crash Data for Active Transportation Users" gets some great researchers apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBN... The RFP is open until March 13th

Congratulate the winners of TRB’s #ACRP latest University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs. Four first-place winners focus on environmental interactions; safety, ops, and maintenance; passenger experience and terminal design; and management and planning. https://ow.ly/Vpyi50Y8m86

Texas A&M University's Eva M. Shipp and Emily Martin draw on a #BTSCR publication on employer based driver safety programs in TR News. Looking to applied research & practice, they show a safety culture may reduce or prevent the severity and frequency of traffic crashes. https://ow.ly/ybMC50Y8lK7

How do your snow and ice control operations measure up? Implement performance measures, your agency's capabilities to monitor these measures, support decision-making processes and report on the effectiveness with an #NCHRP report. #SnowRemoval https://ow.ly/3k0450Y6o5h

Volunteer to serve on a TRB #NCHRP synthesis project committee. Explore available projects to put your practical experience or research expertise on planning, design, safety, operations and maintenance, or program delivery qualify you to serve. https://ow.ly/xn5q50Y8klK

In today's TCRP Update, there is a rural/tribal webinar you won't want to miss! Plus, it's your chance to participate on a 2026 Project Panel. And if you are attending the February #APTAmcx26 Workshop, stop by and meet w/ one of the #TCRP Ambassadors. 🔗 conta.cc/4t9EavM @trb.org @usdot.bsky.social

TRB provides advice through consensus studies on policy issues of national significance, applying The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s high standards for quality, objectivity, and independence. https://ow.ly/EEjO50Y4xrY

Watch the chat from #TRBAM between TRB Executive Committee chair Leslie Richards and Seval Oz, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research (OST-R) and Technology, USDOT on personal and administrative visions of transportation. https://ow.ly/Pwqf50Y4x0p

There is a lot to TRB! Watch to learn more about all the aspects that can help advance transportation systems and your career as well as ways for you to get more involved to move research forward. https://ow.ly/VOtS50Y4wWU

Hear from report committee members about the potential of fiber-reinforced polymers, high- and ultra-high-performance concretes, and 3D-printed materials in dams, locks, and levees to improve strength, resilience, and cost-effectiveness. Jan 27 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST) https://ow.ly/ju6850Y3PBT

Is road safety as easy as ABC? Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's 30x30 campaign aims to reduce fatalities 30% by 2030. Watch David Harkey's #TRBAM Deen lecture on this crisis, crashworthiness, comprehensive countermeasures, communicating, contribution, & commitment. https://ow.ly/AKBb50Y0LPs#TRBAM

State DOTs have adopted and institutionalized road safety strategies @fhwa.bsky.social identifies as effective in reducing crashes and saving lives. Read more in TR News from TRB staffer Arefeh Nasri in conversations with University of Missouri's Henry Brown. https://ow.ly/is9j50Y0I27

Register for the TRB Symposium on Aviation Innovation and Research! Join discussions that will help identify research solutions that can forge innovative concepts and strategies for implementation and support the future of the aviation industry. 📅June 8 - 11 🗺️Dayton, OH https://ow.ly/Zeaw50Y0OMk