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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH E-NEWSLETTER
Transportation Research Board
of The National Academies
7/31/2007
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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

***** TRB NEWS *****

* 2008 TRB 87th Annual Meeting and 2008 Transportation Research Record:
Midnight August First Deadline

* RFP: Security and Government Competitive Bid Requirement -- Reissued
RFP - Proposals Due August 24, 2007
* RFP: Procurement-Competition Requirements of Design/Build,
Construction Managers at Risk, and Other Contracts That May Have
Indeterminate Prices at Award -- Reissued RFP - Proposals Due August 24,
2007
* RFP: SHRP 2 Issues RFPs for Twelve New Projects - Proposals Due
September 18, 2007
* RFI: FY 2008 NCFRP Problem Statements Sought - Candidate Statements
Due September 26, 2007
* RFP: Performance Measures for Freight Transportation - Proposals Due
September 27, 2007

***** RECENTLY RELEASED TRB PUBLICATIONS *****

* Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making
* Evaluating Air-Entraining Admixtures for Highway Concrete
* Procedures for Evaluating Air-Entraining Admixtures for Highway
Concrete
* Health and Wellness Programs for Commercial Drivers
* The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing Commercial Motor Vehicle
Crashes
* Current State Issues with Implementing Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) Section 5310 and Section 5311 Programs
* Rail Base Corrosion Detection and Prevention

***** FEDERAL RESEARCH NEWS *****

* Toll Facilities Database
* Regional Concept for Transportation Operations: The Blueprint for
Action - A Primer
* Transit Bus Life-Cycle Cost and Year 2007 Emissions Estimation
* 2006 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment - A Preview
* Pedestrian and Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices Final Report
* FTA Office of Safety and Security: Five-Year Strategic Plan
* Review of Strategies for Making Existing Road Infrastructure Perform
Better
* Review of the Role of Flexible Funding in Supporting State and Local
Transportation Priorities and Multimodal Planning
* Flight Attendant Fatigue
* Review of Future Demand for Transit New Starts and Small Starts
Programs
* BRT newsLane: Vol. 5, Number 5
* Review of Intermodal Transportation Barriers
* Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council, the Coast Guard
Journal of Safety at Sea: Summer 2007

***** STATE RESEARCH NEWS *****

* Evaluating the Time-Dependent Deformations and Bond Characteristics of
a Self-Consolidating Concrete Mix and the Implication for Pretensioned
Bridge Applications
* Development and Evaluation of Devices Designed to Minimize
Deer-Vehicle Collisions
* Thin Whitetopping - the Colorado Experience

***** UNIVERSITY RESEARCH NEWS *****

* ITS-Davis e-news: July 2007
* UC Berkeley NewsBITS: Summer 2007
* A Probabilistic Analysis of the Frequency of Bridge Collapses due to
Vessel Impact
* A Guide to Documenting VISSIM-Based Microscopic Traffic Simulation
Models
* Rapid Pavement Construction Tools, Materials, and Methods

***** INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NEWS *****

* Updating the ITS Architecture for Canada: Preliminary Study
* Patterns of Bicycle Crashes in South Australia
* Maritime Transport of Goods and Passengers in Europe, 1997-2005

***** IN THE KNOW *****

* Directions in Road Safety Newsletter: July 2007
* Transportation--Invest in Our Future: A Vision of the 21st Century
* Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?

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TRB News
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2008 TRB 87TH ANNUAL MEETING AND 2008 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD:
MIDNIGHT AUGUST FIRST DEADLINE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7944

The final deadline for submission of PDF formatted papers is quickly
approaching for authors wishing to submit papers for consideration as
part of the program for the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, January 13-17,
2008, in Washington, D.C., and/or for publication in the Transportation
Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR).
Papers in PDF format must be submitted prior to midnight Wednesday,
August 1, 2007. The deadline for submission of papers in non-PDF format
has already passed.

RFP: SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT COMPETITIVE BID REQUIREMENT -- REISSUED RFP
- PROPOSALS DUE AUGUST 24, 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7433

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has reissued a request
for proposals to explore how public transit agencies balance the
competing public and legislative interests manifested by requirements
for full disclosure of the public's business with security concerns
associated with competitive bids for sensitive projects. The project
will include a review of pertinent legislation, regulations, and case
studies with reference to the extent existing programs assist transit
agencies in protecting sensitive documents.

RFP: PROCUREMENT-COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS OF DESIGN/BUILD, CONSTRUCTION
MANAGERS AT RISK, AND OTHER CONTRACTS THAT MAY HAVE INDETERMINATE PRICES
AT AWARD -- REISSUED RFP - PROPOSALS DUE AUGUST 24, 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7434

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has reissued a request
for proposals to produce a report with relevant precedents and guidance
on issues such as how to legally select a contractor for
multiple-project delivery methods, how to determine whether the
contractor has complied with specifications (performance requirements)
in a mass transit design-build program, and how to evaluate performance
specifications produced by the contractor.

RFP: SHRP 2 ISSUES RFPS FOR TWELVE NEW PROJECTS - PROPOSALS DUE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7940

TRB's Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2) has issued requests
for proposals (RFPs) for two safety, three reliability, five renewal,
and two capacity focus area projects.

RFI: FY 2008 NCFRP PROBLEM STATEMENTS SOUGHT - Candidate Statements Due
September 26, 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7958

TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) is
soliciting problem statements identifying research needs for the FY 2008
program of the NCFRP; these submittals will help to form the basis for
selection of the next round of NCFRP research projects. Submitting a
research problem statement is easy. So, if you have any potential
research topics, TRB would welcome your submission. New projects will be
selected in the fall of this year.

RFP: PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION - PROPOSALS DUE
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7939

TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program has issued a request
for proposals to identify measures to gauge the performance of the
nation's freight transportation system. The measures should support
investment, operations, and policy decisions by a range of stakeholders,
both public and private, and reflect local, regional, national, and
global perspectives.

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Recently Released TRB Publications
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MODELS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY DECISION MAKING
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7836

The Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, part of the National
Academies' Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS), has released a
report that suggests that although the computer-model results behind
many U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations will always be
constrained by computational limitations, assumptions, and data gaps,
models can be improved through continuous evaluation. The committee that
developed the report also recommends that peer review should be
considered at each stage of a model's life, uncertainties should be
communicated clearly, and all stakeholders should be ensured access to
information about the models.

EVALUATING AIR-ENTRAINING ADMIXTURES FOR HIGHWAY CONCRETE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7887

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 578:
Evaluating Air-Entraining Admixtures for Highway Concrete explores a
procedure for evaluating air-entraining admixtures used in highway
concrete. The procedure involves the testing of non-air-entrained
concrete and concrete containing the air-entraining admixture under
simulated field conditions. The appendixes to the report have been
published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 101.

PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING AIR-ENTRAINING ADMIXTURES FOR HIGHWAY CONCRETE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7888

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only
Document 101: Procedures for Evaluating Air-Entraining Admixtures for
Highway Concrete contains the appendixes for NCHRP Report 578:
Evaluating Air-Entraining Admixtures for Highway Concrete.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7920

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP)
Synthesis 15: Health and Wellness Programs for Commercial Drivers
explores health risks facing commercial truck and motorcoach drivers.
The report examines the association between crash causation and
functional impairments, elements of employee health and wellness
programs that could be applied to commercial drivers, and existing
trucking and motor coach employee health and wellness programs. In
addition, the report includes several case studies on employee health
and wellness programs in the truck and motorbus industries, focusing on
the elements that appear to work effectively.

THE ROLE OF SAFETY CULTURE IN PREVENTING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
CRASHES
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7919

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP)
Synthesis 14: The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing Commercial Motor
Vehicle Crashes explores practices on developing and enhancing a culture
of safety among commercial motor vehicle drivers. The report also
examines suggested steps for increasing a safety culture through a
series of best practices.

CURRENT STATE ISSUES WITH IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
(FTA) SECTION 5310 AND SECTION 5311 PROGRAMS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7922

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research
Results Digest 320: Current State Issues with Implementing Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5310 and Section 5311 Programs
examines current issues facing state departments of transportation in
the management and administration of their Elderly Individuals and
Individuals with Disabilities program (Section 5310) and the
Nonurbanized Area Formula program (Section 5311). The report also
explores options for addressing these issues.

RAIL BASE CORROSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7921

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 37:
Rail Base Corrosion Detection and Prevention explores corrosion effects
currently experienced by rail transit systems; examines a finite element
analysis and flaw growth model; and investigates inspection, prevention,
and monitoring guidance of rail base corrosion.

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Federal Research News
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TOLL FACILITIES DATABASE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7942

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Office of Operations has
developed a web-based toll facilities database that provides information
on both public and private toll facilities that exist within the Unites
States. For each entry, the database includes the facility's federal
authority to toll, the facility's operating costs, and contact
information. The database is expected to be updated on a continuous
basis.

REGIONAL CONCEPT FOR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS: THE BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION
- A PRIMER
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7943

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Office of Operations has
released a report that is designed as a management tool to assist in the
planning and implementing of management and operations strategies in a
collaborative and sustained manner. The report explores the idea of a
regional concept for transportation operations, the development of its
elements, and its application.

TRANSIT BUS LIFE-CYCLE COST AND YEAR 2007 EMISSIONS ESTIMATION
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7949

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that
examines transit bus life-cycle cost analysis and includes projections
for transit bus emissions and fuel economy for 2007 model year buses.
The report covers diesel buses using ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD),
diesel buses using B20 biodiesel (20%% biodiesel and 80%% ULSD),
compressed natural gases buses, and hybrid diesel-electric buses.

2006 TRAFFIC SAFETY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT - A PREVIEW
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7951

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a
fact sheet that previews results from the 2006 Annual Assessment of
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and Injuries report. According
to the fact sheet, the number of people killed in the United States in
motor vehicle traffic crashes declined from 43,510 in 2005 to 42,642 in
2006, the lowest level in five years. This decline is the largest in
terms of both number and percentage since 1992.

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST INTERSECTION SAFETY INDICES FINAL REPORT
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7953

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center has released a report that explores the
development of safety indices to proactively prioritize intersection
crosswalks and intersection approaches for pedestrian and bicycle
safety. The report examines models that use easily collected,
observable characteristics of an intersection to produce safety index
values. According to the FHWA, practitioners will be able to use these
models on a small or large scale to determine where best to focus
efforts to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

FTA OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY: FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7954

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a brochure on its
Office of Safety and Security's five-year strategic plan.

REVIEW OF STRATEGIES FOR MAKING EXISTING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORM
BETTER
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7961

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
examines factors that may inhibit efficient use of the existing
infrastructure of roads and highways, and explores techniques that have
been developed to help make the current infrastructure more efficient.
The report also reviews how local decision makers have implemented these
techniques, as well as the strategies that exist for increasing the use
of such techniques.

REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF FLEXIBLE FUNDING IN SUPPORTING STATE AND LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES AND MULTIMODAL PLANNING
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7962

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
examines the degree to which Surface Transportation Program (STP) and
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) funding has been
used on transit. The report also explores how this use varies across
states and urbanized areas, and how states and urbanized areas decide
which projects to fund with STP and CMAQ funding and what the outcomes
of these decisions have been.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT FATIGUE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7963

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that
examines fatigue as potentially experienced by flight attendants,
evaluates actual vs. scheduled flight attendant duty schedules, and
compares these schedules to the current Code of Federal Regulations
requirements.

REVIEW OF FUTURE DEMAND FOR TRANSIT NEW STARTS AND SMALL STARTS PROGRAMS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7964

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
explores the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) fiscal year 2008
funding recommendations for the transit New Starts program, examines the
extent to which the New Starts pipeline has changed over time, and
projects trends for the New Starts and Small Starts program pipelines.
Through the New Starts program, the FTA identifies and recommends new
fixed-guideway transit projects for funding. The Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU) created a separate program, commonly called Small Starts,
which is intended to offer a streamlined evaluation and rating process
for smaller-scale transit projects. The results of a survey of project
sponsors on their transit projects and experience with the FTA's New
Starts and Small Starts program are available online.

BRT NEWSLANE: VOL. 5, NUMBER 5
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7965

The latest issue of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) newsLane newsletter is
now available. The BRT newsLane is funded by the Federal Transit
Administration and is designed to update BRT communities, industrial
partners, bus manufacturers, and stakeholders on important BRT
activities taking place in the United States and abroad. This issue
includes the following articles:
* Does Image Win Riders?
* Bridging the Public/Private Gap in Transit Operations
* Bus Electrification: The Federal Transit Administration Looks to the
Future
* Pick and Choose Your Flavor - BRT, BRT Lite, or Light Rapid Transit
* Small Starts: Fed Budget for BRT Moving Ahead

REVIEW OF INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7971

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that
examines barriers that inhibit intermodal freight and passenger
transportation and explores actions the U.S. Department of
Transportation has taken to address these barriers and support Congress'
intermodal goals.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE MARINE SAFETY & SECURITY COUNCIL, THE COAST GUARD
JOURNAL OF SAFETY AT SEA: SUMMER 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7959

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the latest issue of this quarterly
journal, which is described as the voice of the Coast Guard's Marine
Safety and Security Council. This issue covers waterways management,
navigation, marine transportation systems, bridge administration, ice
operations, and more.

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State Research News
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EVALUATING THE TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATIONS AND BOND CHARACTERISTICS OF A
SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE MIX AND THE IMPLICATION FOR PRETENSIONED
BRIDGE APPLICATIONS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7960

The Kansas Department of Transportation has released a report that
examines the material, bond characteristics, and time-dependent
deformations of a proposed self-consolidating concrete mixture for
bridge girders. The final report was released electronically in two
parts due to file size.

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF DEVICES DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE DEER-VEHICLE
COLLISIONS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7947

The Georgia Department of Transportation has released a report that
explores the issue of deer-vehicle collisions, evaluates the
effectiveness of wildlife warning reflectors for altering the behavior
of white-tailed deer along roadways, and includes basic information on
the sight and hearing capabilities of white-tailed deer. The report
also examines ways to reduce the incidence of deer-vehicle collisions.

THIN WHITETOPPING - THE COLORADO EXPERIENCE
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7948

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a TechBrief that
examines the Colorado Department of Transportation's experience with
thin whittopping since the state began using the procedure in 1990.

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University Research News
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ITS-DAVIS E-NEWS: JULY 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7966

The latest edition of the ITS-Davis e-news, an electronic newsletter
produced by the University of California - Davis' Institute of
Transportation Studies, is now available. The newsletter reports on
information from ITS-Davis and affiliated campus departments that host
transportation-related programs.

UC BERKELEY NEWSBITS: SUMMER 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7967

The University of California (UC), Berkeley, Institute of Transportation
Studies (ITS) has released the latest issue of its quarterly online
magazine. This issue covers the 2007 World Congress on Transport
Research, development of the PeMS car counting system, and more.

A PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE FREQUENCY OF BRIDGE COLLAPSES DUE TO
VESSEL IMPACT
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7955

The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at
Austin has released a report that explores vessel and bridge collision
calculations (on both the load and resistance side), reviews vessel
traffic in the state of Texas, and examines a computer program to
perform vessel collision risk calculations.

A GUIDE TO DOCUMENTING VISSIM-BASED MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION
MODELS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7956

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has released a
guide to producing documentation for microscopic traffic simulation
models developed for WSDOT by using the VISSIM simulation environment.

RAPID PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION TOOLS, MATERIALS, AND METHODS
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7957

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has released a
report that explores the implementation, use, and experience with CA4PRS
(Construction Alternatives for Pavement Rehabilitation Strategies),
portland cement concrete pavement panel replacement, polymer concrete,
and traffic closure windows in terms of rapid pavement construction.

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International Research News
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UPDATING THE ITS ARCHITECTURE FOR CANADA: PRELIMINARY STUDY
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7950

Transport Canada has released a report that assesses factors associated
with updating the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) architecture
for Canada and coordinating it with the most recent version of the
United States ITS architecture.

PATTERNS OF BICYCLE CRASHES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7969

The Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide,
Australia, has released a report that explores the characteristics of
pedal cycle crashes in South Australia and how those characteristics
changed from 1981 to 2004.

MARITIME TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND PASSENGERS IN EUROPE, 1997-2005
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7941

The European Commission's Eurostat has released a report that explores
transport of goods between sea ports in the European Union 25, Bulgaria,
Romania, and Norway, as well as ports in geographical Europe and on the
Mediterranean and Black Seas. Information is broken down by regions and
types of cargo.

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In The Know
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DIRECTIONS IN ROAD SAFETY NEWSLETTER: JULY 2007
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7945

The Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG) has released
the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter. TSPWG is an informal, ad
hoc partnership of select U.S. Department of Transportation agencies and
associations representing safety, traffic engineering, and planning
professionals as well as state departments of transportation.

TRANSPORTATION--INVEST IN OUR FUTURE: A VISION OF THE 21ST CENTURY
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7946

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(AASHTO) has released a report that explores issues associated with
preparing the national transportation system to meet future needs.
According to a press release on the report, global economic competition,
metropolitan congestion, and global climate change are among the latest
dynamics that require new thinking in the nation's transportation system
of the future. The report is the fourth of six being provided by
AASHTO to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study
Commission, which will make transportation recommendations to Congress.

REGULATING OLDER DRIVERS: ARE NEW POLICIES NEEDED?
-> http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7952

The RAND Corporation has released a report that explores risks posed by
drivers 65 years of age and older. According to a summary of the report,
though older drivers are relatively safe drivers, they are highly
vulnerable to fatal injury if they are involved in a crash.

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RECENTLY ADDED PROJECTS TO THE RESEARCH IN PROGRESS DATABASE

The Research In Progress (RiP) Database contains more than 9,500 records
of current or recently completed transportation research projects.
-> http://rip.trb.org/browse/additions.asp?days=7
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