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Video Recordings from TRB Annual Meeting Now Available

Announcement

The 2026 TRB Annual Meeting brought together thousands of transportation researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share current research and discuss pressing issues across all transportation modes. Watch sessions featuring high-profile speakers focused on the surface transportation funding reauthorization bill, megaprojects, road safety, and modernizing transportation systems.

Featured Publications

Developing a Guide for Incorporating Uncertainty into Long-Range Transportation Planning

2026

Incorporating Uncertainty into Long-Range Transportation Planning: A Guide

2026

Innovative Materials in Water Resources Infrastructure: Opportunities for the Corps of Engineers

Consensus Study Report

2026

Improving Virtual Public Involvement in Transportation Agencies

2026

The Business Case for Knowledge Management: A Guide

2026

Featured work

Best Practices for the Efficient Supply of Chassis for Transporting Intermodal Containers

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Impacts of Trains Longer Than 7,500 Feet

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Impacts of Alternative Compensation Methods on Truck Driver Retention and Safety Performance

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Criteria for Installing Automatic and Remote-Controlled Shutoff Valves on Existing Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Committee on Options for Improving the Safety of Amphibious Vessels (DUKW boats) When Used in Passenger Service

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Transportation Resilience Metrics

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Committee for a Study on the Feasibility of Wheelchair Restraint Systems in Passenger Aircraft

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Performance-Based Safety Regulation

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Real-Time Monitoring of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Department of Transportation Testing of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Upcoming events

Units

Transportation Research Board Executive Office

Oversight Unit

Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Services

Roundtable/Forum

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Oversight Unit

Transit Cooperative Research Program

Oversight Unit

TRB Consensus and Advisory Studies Division

Oversight Unit

Center for Advancing Science and Technology (CAST)

Oversight Unit

Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Oversight Unit

Cargo train transportation - Freight railway. Used for TRB

Technical Activities Division

Oversight Unit

Cooperative Research Programs

Oversight Unit

Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering

Standing Committee

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