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RFP: IDEA Program Announcement 2015: Funding Proposals Now Being Accepted
TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) annual program announcement solicits funding proposals for the upcoming review cycles. The announcement explains the IDEA programs, describes the types of eligible projects and their funding structures, suggests general areas for which IDEA proposals can be submitted, and provides guidelines and forms for submitting proposals.
Transportation Research Board 2014 Annual Report
The 2014 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB. The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.
RFP: Proposed AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, Second Edition
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop and prepare a proposed Second Edition Highway Safety Manual (HSM). Proposals are due March 19, 2015.
Foxx States USDOT Report Will Investigate How Emerging Trends Affect Infrastructure
Via AASHTO Journal
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting the nation needs to get beyond a short-term focus and repeated funding crises, to take a long-term view of how to prepare infrastructure for evolving demands that require action to head off problems in future decades.
Release of Enhanced SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Safety Data Website
The SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Project Team has released an enhanced version of the SHRP 2 Safety Data website (called “InSight”). This data dissemination website features trip density maps that show the number of trips and participants that traversed roadways near the data collection sites, a new overview video that provides a quick walkthrough of website capability, and a new visual and cognitive tests dataset.
RFP: Guidelines to Incorporate the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to provide guidance for integrating the costs and benefits of integrating adaptation measures in preparation for extreme weather events and climate change. Proposals are due March 17, 2015.
Question and Answer Session with Don Hunt, Outgoing CDOT Director
Link to Q&A from Denver Post
A Denver Post reporter recently sat down with Don Hunt, outgoing executive director of CDOT, to ask him to reflect on what has been done in key corridors to improve the state's highways, what still needs doing, how it can be paid for, and what technology has in store for motorists.
Q: Colorado faces major transportation challenges. What are the most difficult ones?
Transportation Department Paves Road for Future Data
Link to article from fedtechmagazine.com
Maria Roat, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Chief Technology Officer since August, is currently looking at how the department’s data is being collected, protected, utilized and stored.
Urban and Traffic Data Systems, Vol. 1
New Round of SHRP2 Assistance Kicks In, Available to Help Implement Four Products
Via AASHTO Journal
The Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announced the opening of the latest applications process for assistance to help state agencies implement software and planning products offered through the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2).
This is the fifth round of implementation assistance, which can be in the form of monetary or technical support, and is available for four new SHRP2 products.