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Author: Scott M. KozelScott M. Kozel Date: Dec 5, 2006 16:59
Subject: TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter - December 5, 2006
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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH E-NEWSLETTER
Transportation Research Board
of The National Academies
12/5/2006
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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
***** TRB NEWS *****
* 2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting: International Activities
* 2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting: Workshop on Building the 21st Century
Workforce
* TRB 2007 Summer Conference: Mark Your Calendar
* Research Issues in Freight Transportation - Congestion and System
Performance
* Fifth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of
Pavements and Technological Control
* Meaningful Transit Input into Transportation Planning and Land Use: Best
Practices
* 25,000 People Now Subscribe to the Transportation Research E-Newsletter:
A Note from the Executive Director
* RFP: Guidebook for Developing and Managing Airport Contracts – Proposals
Due January 23, 2007
* RFI: FY 2007 Transit Synthesis Topics - Candidate Topics Requested by
March 31, 2007
***** RECENTLY RELEASED TRB PUBLICATIONS *****
* Changes to the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide Software
Through Version 0.900, July 2006
* Transportation Information Assets and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs
* Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings
of a Workshop
* Management and Delivery of Maintenance and Operations Services
***** FEDERAL RESEARCH NEWS *****
* North American Freight Transportation
* Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on Property Owners
and Communities Is Limited
* Successes in Stewardship Newsletter: December 2006
* GHG Emissions Inventories Updated with Latest (2004) EPA and EIA Data
* Validation and Calibration of a Fatigue Assessment Tool for Railroad Work
Schedules
* Citizen Reporting of DUI--Extra Eyes to Identify Impaired Driving
* Review of the National Transportation Safety Board
* Seat Belt Use in 2006: Overall Results
* Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2006: Overall Results
***** STATE RESEARCH NEWS *****
* Pedestrian Safety at Midblock Locations
***** UNIVERSITY RESEARCH NEWS *****
* Fall 2006 Traffic Safety Center Newsletter
* Texas Transportation Researcher: Volume 42, Number 3
* University of Minnesota's CTS Research E-News: November 2006
***** INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NEWS *****
* Transport's Role in Sustaining the United Kingdom's Productivity and
Competitiveness.
* Rail Safety and Standards Board Research and Development E-Newsletter:
November 2006
* Waterborne Freight in the United Kingdom 2005
* Science Graduates are Younger and Better Employed
* European Platform of Women Scientists Newsletter: November 2006
* How Households Adapt to Changed Costs for Car Ownership and Car Use
***** IN THE KNOW *****
* Off-shoring: How Big Is It?
* Strategies for States to Achieve Public Safety Wireless Interoperability
* 2006 AMPO Annual Conference - Presentations and More
* Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Development
Neighborhoods
* Paved Over: Surface Parking Lots or Opportunities for Tax-Generating,
Sustainable Development?
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TRB News
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2007 TRB 86TH ANNUAL MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7081
The 2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting will feature more than 50 international
sessions and meetings, with topics ranging from road safety in developing
countries to developing international standards for global-positioning
systems and intelligent transportation systems. International participants
at the 2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., are invited to the
International Participants Reception, Sunday, January 21, 2007, from 6:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the Hilton Washington HotelÂ’s International
Ballroom. The reception is sponsored by the TRB International Activities
Committee. The TRB 86th Annual Meeting Announcement includes meeting
registration, hotel reservation, workshop, special event, and general
scheduling information for the January 21-25, 2007, meeting in Washington,
D.C. Attendees are encouraged to review hotel reservation information in
the Annual Meeting Announcement and to make hotel reservations as soon as
possible. Attendees are also encouraged to register online.
2007 TRB 86TH ANNUAL MEETING: WORKSHOP ON BUILDING THE 21ST CENTURY
WORKFORCE
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7048
The 2007 TRB Annual Meeting will close with a very timely and important
workshop scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 2007, from 8:00 am to noon in
the Georgetown West room of the Hilton Hotel. “Building the 21st Century
Workforce Workshop” will address the expected shortfall in qualified
workers--a critical concern for transportation organizations. The workshop
will explore trends, strategies, and practical workforce innovation in the
private, academic, and public sectors. Participants will address strategic
plans and next steps to enhance the transportation workforce through
breakout discussions on organization (core business focus, outsourcing);
recruitment (attracting long- and short-term workers, training, career
ladder); retention (deferred retirement, knowledge management, rehiring of
retired workers, succession planning, career ladders, cross training); and
diversity (traditional, generational, other). The workshop is open to
anyone who is registered for the Annual Meeting. Advanced sign-up for the
workshop is not necessary.
TRB 2007 SUMMER CONFERENCE: MARK YOUR CALENDAR
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7067
Join more than 400 transportation professionals at the TRB 2007 Summer
Conference on July 6-9, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. The conferenceÂ’s
theme, “The Many Faces of Transportation Sustainabilit,y” will be explored
from a variety of perspectives. Also included are the annual TRB Summer
Ports, Waterways, Freight, and International Trade Conference and the Joint
Summer Meeting of the TRB Planning, Finance, Administration, Freight, and
Management Committees. The Summer Conference will provide attendees with a
unique opportunity to attend sessions, take part in group discussions,
participate in any of the more than 40 TRB standing committee meetings, and
network with peers across a broad array of topic areas. Attendees may also
attend optional workshops on environmental analysis in transportation,
transforming transportation organizations, pricing, and freight
transportation data challenges.
RESEARCH ISSUES IN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION - CONGESTION AND SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7035
TRB is sponsoring the Research Issues in Freight Transportation –
Congestion and System Performance conference on November 28-29, 2007, in
Washington, D.C. For additional information contact Thomas Palmerlee.
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF
PAVEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7034
TRB is cosponsoring the Fifth International Conference on Maintenance and
Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV5) on August
8-10, 2007, in Park City, Utah. For additional information contact Stephen
Maher.
MEANINGFUL TRANSIT INPUT INTO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LAND USE: BEST
PRACTICES
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7041
TRB is sponsoring the Meaningful Transit Input into Transportation Planning
and Land Use: Best Practices conference on August 26-28, 2007, in Denver,
Colorado. For additional information contact Peter Shaw.
25,000 PEOPLE NOW SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH E-NEWSLETTER: A
NOTE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7049
For more than 85 years, TRB's core mission has been to facilitate the
exchange of research results and other information among transportation
professionals. On June 12, 2002, TRB inaugurated its Transportation
Research E-Newsletter as a new tool to help fulfill this mission. The E-
Newsletter is designed to spread the word about TRB meetings, reports, and
other activities in a timelier, more accessible way than ever before.
ThereÂ’s a lot to report on. More than 5,000 engineers, scientists, and
other transportation researchers and practitioners volunteer their time and
talent to serve on TRB committees, panels, and task forces. Their work –
organizing conferences, overseeing research, and conducting studies – is
supported by state transportation departments, federal agencies including
the component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and
other organizations and individuals interested in promoting innovation.
RFP: GUIDEBOOK FOR DEVELOPING AND MANAGING AIRPORT CONTRACTS – PROPOSALS
DUE JANUARY 23, 2007
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7083
TRBÂ’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for
proposals to develop an intuitive, easy-to-use guidebook of best practices
for developing, soliciting, and managing airport agreements for use by
airports of all sizes.
RFI: FY 2007 TRANSIT SYNTHESIS TOPICS – CANDIDATE TOPICS REQUESTED BY MARCH
31, 2007
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7074
The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is soliciting ideas on
candidate topics for the FY 2007 Synthesis Program. The Synthesis Program
reports on current practices in specific subject areas, and is designed to
produce a compendium of the best knowledge available on those practices
found to be the most successful in resolving specific problems. This
solicitation contains information on how to submit a topic for
consideration and provides a list of all previously authorized synthesis
topics.
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Recently Released TRB Publications
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CHANGES TO THE MECHANISTIC EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDE SOFTWARE THROUGH
VERSION 0.900, JULY 2006
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7070
TRBÂ’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research
Results Digest 308: Changes to the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design
Guide Software Through Version 0.900, July 2006, summarizes numerous
changes made to the original Version 0.7 of the Mechanistic-Empirical
Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) software. Specifically, the digest describes
the corrections incorporated in Version 0.8 (released in November 2005) and
the mainly technical improvements and enhancements included in Version
0.900 (released in July 2006).
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION ASSETS AND IMPACTS: AN ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7071
TRBÂ’s Transportation Research Circular E-C109: Transportation Information
Assets and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs explores the relationship
between data, as the raw material, and information as the processed, useful
product supporting decisions. The report also examines the value of
information in specific real decisions and outlines an ongoing process
designed to help ensure that transportation information needs are met.
COUNTERING URBAN TERRORISM IN RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES: PROCEEDINGS OF
A WORKSHOP
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7002
The National AcademiesÂ’ National Research Council, in cooperation with the
Russian Academy of Sciences, has released the proceedings of the third
United States-Russian interacademy workshop in January 2005 on the general
theme of countering terrorism. The report focuses on many dimensions of
urban terrorism including the integration of response activities of
different government organizations should a terrorist attack occur. The
report includes presentations by a number of specialists who have
operational responsibilities for countering terrorism. TRB is a division
of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National
Research Council.
MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SERVICES
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6859
TRBÂ’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, No. 1948 contains 19 papers that explore outsourcing and
quality assurance, work zone traffic control and safety, pavement markings,
winter maintenance, and surface transportation weather.
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Federal Research News
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NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7082
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released a report that
presents annual freight data about United States trade with Canada and
Mexico. Data is broken down by air, water, pipeline, truck, and rail.
EMINENT DOMAIN: INFORMATION ABOUT ITS USES AND EFFECT ON PROPERTY OWNERS
AND COMMUNITIES IS LIMITED
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7068
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
examines the purposes for and extent to which eminent domain can be and has
been used; the process states and select localities across the country use
to acquire land, including by eminent domain; and how the use of eminent
domain has affected individuals and communities in select localities. The
report also explores the changes state legislatures made to laws governing
the use of eminent domain from June 2005 through July 2006.
SUCCESSES IN STEWARDSHIP NEWSLETTER: DECEMBER 2006
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7078
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of
its Successes in Stewardship monthly newsletter that highlights current
environmental streamlining practices from around the United States. This
issue highlights the challenges of stewardship associated with major
projects.
GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORIES UPDATED WITH LATEST (2004) EPA AND EIA DATA
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7056
The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting, an initiative
of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has updated its greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions inventories to include 2004 data from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of EnergyÂ’s
Energy Information Administration (EIA). The federal government tracks
gases that the United States releases into the atmosphere in emission
inventories. According to the Center, transportation activities accounted
for more than a quarter of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2004.
VALIDATION AND CALIBRATION OF A FATIGUE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR RAILROAD WORK
SCHEDULES
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7059
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration has released a report that
explores a method to validate and calibrate a fatigue model. The report
examines 30-day work histories of locomotive crews prior to 400 human
factors accidents and 1,000 nonhuman factors accidents.
CITIZEN REPORTING OF DUI--EXTRA EYES TO IDENTIFY IMPAIRED DRIVING
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7080
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a
report that explores a citizen impaired driving reporting program to assess
whether such programs are potentially effective in helping to reduce
impaired driving.
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7066
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
examines the extent to which the National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB) follows leading management practices; how NTSB carries out its
transportation safety function; and the extent to which NTSBÂ’s training
center is cost effective, including potential options for improving the
centerÂ’s cost effectiveness.
SEAT BELT USE IN 2006: OVERALL RESULTS
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7060
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationÂ’s National Center
for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) has released a traffic safety fact sheet
that explores seat belt use in the United States in 2006. The information
contained in the fact sheet is based on the National Occupant Protection
Use Survey (NOPUS), which provides the only probability-based observed data
on seat belt use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted annually by
NCSA.
MOTORCYCLE HELMET USE IN 2006: OVERALL RESULTS
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7061
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationÂ’s National Center
for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) has released a traffic safety fact sheet
that explores motorcycle helmet use in the United States in 2006. The
information contained in the fact sheet is based on the National Occupant
Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), which provides the only probability-based
observed data on helmet use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted
annually by NCSA.
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State Research News
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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT MIDBLOCK LOCATIONS
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7047
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that
examines the role of crossing locations and light conditions in pedestrian
injury severity. The report also includes a set of proposed guidelines for
marking midblock crosswalks at uncontrolled locations along FloridaÂ’s state
highway system.
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University Research News
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FALL 2006 TRAFFIC SAFETY CENTER NEWSLETTER
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7076
The University of California (UC), Berkeley, Traffic Safety Center (TSC)
has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to help
strengthen the capability of state, county, and local governments, academic
institutions, and local community organizations to enhance traffic safety
through research, curriculum and material development, outreach, and
training for professionals and students. The mission of the UC Berkeley
Traffic Safety Center is to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries through
multi-disciplinary collaboration in education, research, and outreach.
Articles in this issue include the following:
* Why—and How—Pedestrians and Bicyclists Count: TSC Director David Ragland
Explains Key Findings about California's Unique Pedestrian Safety Issues
* Licensing Older and Younger Drivers: Risks and Benefits Diverge for
California's Two Most Vulnerable Driver Groups
* This Year's Future Eleven Graduate Student Researchers Sign on to a Range
of TSC projects
TEXAS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCHER: VOLUME 42, NUMBER 3
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7050
"Leadership and service for more than a decade" is the theme for the latest
issue of the Texas Transportation Institute's (TTIÂ’s) Texas Transportation
Researcher.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S CTS RESEARCH E-NEWS: NOVEMBER 2006
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7064
The latest issue of the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation
Studies (CTS) Research E-Newsletter is now available. Policy and planning,
safety and security, intelligent transportation systems, transportation
infrastructure, and transit and alternative modes are among the topics
addressed in this issue of the CTS Research E-News.
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International Research News
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TRANSPORT'S ROLE IN SUSTAINING THE UNITED KINGDOM'S PRODUCTIVITY AND
COMPETITIVENESS.
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7075
The U.K. Department for Transport has released a report that explores the
long-term links between transport and the United KingdomÂ’s economic
productivity, growth, and stability within the context of the government's
broader commitment to sustainable development.
RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT E-NEWSLETTER:
NOVEMBER 2006
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7065
The U.K. Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has released the latest
issue of its monthly electronic newsletter that provides information on
current projects as well as access to completed research. RSSB manages a
program of research and development on behalf of government and the railway
industry. The program is funded by the Department for Transport and is
designed to assist the industry and its stakeholders in improving
performance (in terms of health and safety, reliability, and punctuality),
increasing capacity and availability, reducing cost, and delivering a
sustainable future for the railway.
WATERBORNE FREIGHT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 2005
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7055
The U.K. Department for Transport has released national statistics on
freight traffic carried on U.K.Â’s inland waters, around the U.K. coast, and
to and from U.K. offshore installations and sea dredging.
SCIENCE GRADUATES ARE YOUNGER AND BETTER EMPLOYED
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7057
The European CommissionÂ’s Eurostat has released a report that
explores “stocks and flows” of graduates with a degree in science,
mathematics, and computing as well as in engineering, manufacturing, and
construction. According to the report, in 2005, 29%% of the European Union's
55 million tertiary graduates between 25 and 64 years old had a degree in
science, mathematics, and computing or in engineering, manufacturing, and
construction. The report also provides information broken down by gender,
age, and occupations.
EUROPEAN PLATFORM OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2006
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7058
The latest issue of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) is now
available. EPWS is designed to build a link between women scientists and
research policy makers. The newsletter provides information on the
activities of the EPWS and highlights information of interest to women
scientists.
HOW HOUSEHOLDS ADAPT TO CHANGED COSTS FOR CAR OWNERSHIP AND CAR USE
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7063
VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has
released a report that explores how households adapt to changes in costs
associated with car ownership and car use. The report is based on travel
surveys and studies on the role of petrol prices on driving habits. The
report is in Swedish with an English summary.
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In The Know
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OFF-SHORING: HOW BIG IS IT?
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7079
The National Academy of Public Administration has released a report that
explores what currently available data indicate about the extent of off-
shoring of United States services. The report also examines what
additional data that maybe needed to provide a more complete assessment of
United States services' off-shoring.
STRATEGIES FOR STATES TO ACHIEVE PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS INTEROPERABILITY
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7051
The U.S. National Governors Association (NGA) has released a brief that
examines communications needs and strategies to improve public safety. The
brief is designed to help guide governors in their efforts to improve
wireless interoperability—the ability of public safety agencies to share
information using radio communication systems to exchange voice and/or data
on demand in real time, when needed and as authorized. According to the
NGA, the guide will provide governors with the tools they need to enhance
emergency communications in their states and across the nation.
2006 AMPO ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PRESENTATIONS AND MORE
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7052
The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) has posted on
the Internet presentations and other material from its 2006 annual
conference that took place October 30-November 3, 2006, in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
PRESERVING AND PROMOTING DIVERSE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOODS
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7053
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has released a report that
explores the potential benefits of mixed-income transit-oriented
developments and the challenges to seizing the mixed-income transit-
oriented development opportunity. The report also includes recommendations
to create more mixed-income, mixed-race housing in transit zones. CNT
promotes the development of more livable and sustainable communities.
PAVED OVER: SURFACE PARKING LOTS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAX-GENERATING,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
-> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7054
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has released a report that
examines parking lots near transit in nine communities in the Chicago
region and compares typical costs to support the parking lots as they are
today with revenue that could be generated from the redevelopment of some
portion of the lots for a mix of uses. CNT promotes the development of
more livable and sustainable communities.
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RECENTLY ADDED PROJECTS TO THE RESEARCH IN PROGRESS DATABASE
The Research In Progress (RiP) Database contains over 8,500 records of
current or recently completed transportation research projects.
-> http://rip.trb.org/browse/additions.asp?days=7
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