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      <title>A Candid Look Back at the 59th Annual Meeting and a Look Ahead to the 60th Annual Meeting</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article takes a brief look at what went wrong, what went well, and what can be improved following the Transportation Research Board 59th Annual Meeting and in anticipation of the 60th Annual Meeting. Some changes are planned, some suggestions have been rejected, and some changes are still under study. These are discussed informally in this article.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LOST: A Historic Transportation Resource – The Sheraton-Park Lobby</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reaction to the renovations at the Sheraton-Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., expressed by registrants at the recent 59th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, ranged from admiration to nostalgia for the "old" hotel. This article contains comments by Mr. Newlon, associate head of the Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council and chairman of TRB's Subcommittee on Historic and Archaeologic Considerations in Transportation Planning, are thought-provoking, entertaining, and representative of many other opinions heard during the week.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluating the Efficiency of Constructability Review Meetings for Highway Department Projects</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Constructability review (CR) meetings are held before the completion of the project design to define potential site conflicts; reduce design errors, delays, and cost overruns; and improve construction site safety. The main objective of this research is to assess current practices associated with conducting CR meetings and provide specific guidelines that increase CR meeting efficiency. The research methodology included evaluating current CR meeting practices by different state DOTs and conducting interviews with multiple construction project stakeholders to assess different parameters affecting CR meeting success. The research findings showed that CR meetings should be scheduled at 60% to 70% of design completion. At least 3 contractors should be included, and a formal checklist of items should be provided by the constructability review manager for discussion throughout the meeting. Successful CR meetings result in reduced site conflicts, cost overruns, schedule delays, and they improve site safety.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Air travel choice, online meeting and passenger heterogeneity – An international study on travellers’ preference during a pandemic</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This study empirically identifies business travellers’ preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic across different regions. A stated preference study was conducted during April to June 2021 on respondents in the U.S., the city of Shanghai in mainland China and Hong Kong. Generalised mixed multinomial logit (GMXL) models are estimated incorporating attributes of travel characteristics, severity levels of the pandemic, and health control measures at the airport. When an online meeting is inapplicable, respondents from Shanghai and Hong Kong highly value heath control measures, and are not sensitive to the time spent at airport health checkpoints. In comparison, U.S. respondents are averse to the time spent for health check, the reporting of personal information, travel history, symptoms, and the requirements of compulsory mask wearing and onsite sample testing. However, when online meeting is applicable, all the respondents show no appreciation for health control measures, while the U.S. respondents are twice more averse to the time spent at airport health checkpoints. Online meeting reduces the intention of international business travel amid the pandemic for passengers in Shanghai and Hong Kong, but imposes no significant effects on U.S. travellers. Such significant heterogeneity in traveller preference partly explains the different recovery patterns observed in various aviation markets, and justifies individualized travel arrangements and service priority in fulfilling pandemic control requirements across different regions. The authors' study also suggests that there are commonly accepted areas for global cooperation such as the sharing of vaccination record, and the option of online meeting calls for convenient travel arrangements amid pandemic to all countries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Analysis of Virtual Public Engagement in the Transportation Planning Process</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Public engagement is an important and required element of the transportation planning process. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public engagement has shifted dramatically. Agencies of all sizes accelerated their transition to virtual engagement in 2020 to comply with shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. Social media and online engagement tools have become integral components of engaging the public and have effectively removed the time constraints of in-person meetings, offered opportunities for community members to engage in new and interactive ways, and brought new voices into the engagement process. In early 2020, when the pandemic effectively ceased in-person meetings, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) expanded its use of virtual platforms to engage with the public and is continually seeking to improve public involvement during the transportation planning and project development process, as traditional meetings are often not well attended, feedback is sparse, and participation can be limited to special interest groups. The purpose of this study was to assess the role of virtual public engagement in VDOT’s business practices, examine its potential to reach a broader public, and document lessons learned for improved efficacy. The scope of the study was focused primarily on transportation planning public information meetings where on-demand public input has been frequently used as a substitute for in-person meetings, especially during the height of the pandemic. Based on the study findings, the study concluded the following: the benefits of virtual public engagement in terms of increased participation are widely acknowledged; virtual public engagement challenges exist, particularly with respect to achieving participation from underserved communities; outreach avenues exist to improve participation levels of underserved communities; and a hybrid approach of in-person and virtual events is likely to be the future of public engagement for transportation planning public information meetings. The study recommends the following: (1) VDOT’s Transportation Mobility and Planning Division (TMPD) should update Instructional and Informational Memorandum IIM-TMPD-4.0 (Public Participation / Public Involvement in Transportation Planning Studies) to include data collection guidance specific to on-demand public input surveys; and (2) TMPD in collaboration with VDOT’s Communications Division should develop guidance for district planners on conducting and managing hybrid public engagement events. TMPD and the Communications Division can use the results of this study to promote virtual engagement initiatives and to develop and share outreach strategies and guidance with VDOT districts and other VDOT divisions. The developed guidance for virtual engagement initiatives will provide a consistent approach across districts to reach and engage underserved and underrepresented communities. In addition, the guidance will provide a consistent approach to measuring the effectiveness of outreach and engagement efforts, which will help to inform and shape future outreach initiatives. The benefits of developing guidance for hybrid events will be a more streamlined and consistent process for conducting, managing, and evaluating public engagement. Since hybrid events are expected to increase, the developed guidance should result in fewer logistical problems for public engagement events.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:50:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COVID-19 impact on teleactivities: Role of built environment and implications for mobility</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper presents new evidence on changes in a broad range of teleactivities due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and investigates how the built environment relates to these changes. The paper relies on survey and geospatial data from Oslo and its surrounding Viken region in Norway. Findings suggest that most teleactivities increased due to COVID-19. Telework, teleconferencing, online learning, telehealth, and virtual meetings with friends and family all increased during COVID-19 compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. The next step in the analysis examined relationships between built environment characteristics and teleactivities before and during COVID-19. Telework and virtual meetings increased to a greater extent in denser neighborhoods than in lower-density neighborhoods. A larger increase in online learning was associated with lower neighborhood density, lower accessibility to public transport, and more local facilities. Numerous local facilities were associated with more frequent telework and virtual meetings both before and during COVID-19. The substantial COVID-19-induced increase in teleactivities found in the study highlights the potential of information and communications technology (ICT) for replacing travel for various activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:14:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Exhibition Activity of Transport Companies in Formalized Approach to Assessing the Exhibitor’s Success in Exhibition</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The study is aimed at improving the management system of the exhibition activities of the enterprise as a whole and its individual element, subsystem for assessing the success of exhibitor in exhibition. The study was conducted to develop a new approach to assessing the success of participation in the exhibition of enterprises operating in the B2B sphere, taking into account the existing shortcomings identified as a result of studying the actual materials reflected in authoritative foreign and Russian sources, as well as according to the author’s own research.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:17:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Every Day Counts: Building a Culture of Innovation for the 21st Century: Report on the EDC2 Summits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every Day Counts is the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA's) initiative to advance a culture of innovation in the highway community in partnership with States. Through this collaborative, State-based effort, FHWA coordinates rapid deployment of proven, market-ready strategies and technologies to shorten the project delivery process, enhance roadway safety, and improve environmental sustainability. This report documents a series of summits held in fall 2012 and spring 2013 to launch the second round of Every Day Counts innovations. It highlights the key role summits play in the Every Day Counts innovation deployment process and outlines the impact they have on the initiative’s progress. The report is intended as a resource for the highway community as it develops a new business model to encourage ongoing innovation in managing highway project delivery to better serve the Nation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Synthesis of State-Level Planning and Strategic Actions on Automated Vehicles: Lessons and Policy Guidance for California</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This synthesis provides a summary and comparative analysis of actions states across the United States are taking in response to automated vehicles (AVs). The research focuses on state-level stakeholder forums (e.g., task forces, committees) and state-level strategic actions (e.g., studies, initiatives, programs) initiated by a state legislature, a governor, or a state agency. The analysis found that AV stakeholder forums and strategic actions address a diverse set of focus areas, but they pay minimal attention to the implications of AVs on the environment, public health, social equity, land use, public transit, goods movement, and emergency response. Also, forums and strategic actions commonly include members from state transportation departments, the legislature, and academia; however, representatives from industry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are included less often. Academia and researchers participate in the majority of AV forums and actions, either in an advisory capacity (i.e., sharing expertise and experience) and/or through conducting research. Based on this analysis, the synthesis concludes with a recommendation for California to form a state-level working group representing leaders from the public sector, industry, NGOs, and academia to advise the Governor and the Legislature on AV policy across a range of focus areas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pathways to Effective, Inclusive, and Equitable Virtual Public Engagement for Public Transportation</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1753483</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Effective public engagement is essential to the development, improvement, and operation of equitable public transportation services that are responsive to the needs of the community. Public engagement facilitates stakeholder input in transportation decision-making, helps ensure accessibility, and supports efforts to identify and document environmental, social, and economic impacts of transit policies, projects, and initiatives. While public engagement is a means of providing information and obtaining input and feedback, it is also a means for a public transportation agency to build an enduring relationship with, and affirm commitment to, its riders and stakeholders.   
 
Public engagement is evolving in several important regards that reflect changes in society, at large. In particular regarding an increased role of technology and a greater concern for diversity, equity and inclusion. 
 
The objective of this research is to evaluate virtual public engagement and develop pathways for public transportation agencies to effectively incorporate virtual environments into public engagement. The intent of this research is to enhance public engagement; enable transit agencies throughout the United States to obtain more inclusive and equitable public input; build meaningful, enduring relationships; and better serve the community. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Virtual Public Involvement Technical Assistance Workshop Summary Report: California Department of Transportation Virtual Workshop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report summarizes the presentations, activities, and discussions that took place during the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Virtual Public Involvement (VPI) Workshop hosted virtually by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on April 21, 2020. The  purpose of the workshop was to provide Caltrans, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs), and transportation consultants who work in California with information about, and examples of, VPI tools -- specifically virtual town halls and crowdsourcing tools. Presentations summarized include: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency: Online Public Meetings Case Study; North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT): Broadening  Public Participation  by Broadcasting; Iowa DOT: Public Involvement Management Application (PIMA); and Caltrans: Map-based Crowdsourcing and Virtual Public Involvement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Facilitation: Handbook for Practitioners</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1729921</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Basic and Advanced Facilitation Courses and this accompanying Facilitation Handbook are not intended as tools for modifying behavior. While many individuals may be able to benefit from the principles covered in the course and handbook, the material presented is targeted primarily at practitioners - either those who are called upon to facilitate meetings or those who believe that they would like to be a practicing facilitator. Facilitators should find this handbook a useful tool to which they will add other best practices as they find them. This handbook attempts to be comprehensive but is by no means exhaustive. It provides some "best practices" that have proved helpful to facilitators in the past. Some of the material is original; most of it is borrowed from other practitioners, who are given attribution. Unfortunately, while a lot is written about the need for facilitation, there is very little guidance on how to do it. This handbook attempts to fill that void for practitioners within FHWA. The handbook is set out in chapters that more or less follow the sequence of the courses rather than following the steps a facilitator takes in preparing for and conducting a facilitated meeting. Chapters I , Facilitation, An Overview, and 2, Teams and Groups, cover background material you will need to put facilitation in a proper context and to be a successful facilitator. Chapter 2 uses terminology for the stages of team and group activity that ought to be very familiar. Experience has shown that they are, in fact, the stages most groups and teams go through, so that retaining these conventional terms seemed best. Chapter 3, Getting Started, deals with the "softer" issues. It recognizes that positive team dynamics start with the individuals in the team or group, recommends understanding the differing belief systems of each member, and stresses that communication styles and conflict management are important considerations for people working together. Chapter 4, What Do I Do? My Team Is Storming! covers team and group guidelines. In order for a facilitator to intervene effectively, he/she must know the agreed-upon guidelines for appropriate group behavior. In addition, the chapter provides guidance on what to look for to gauge individual and collective behavior and on how to test inferences. Chapter 5, Facilitation Skills, looks at the four primary "soft" skills you will need to be a successful facilitator: attending, observing, listening, questioning. Chapter 6, Problem-Solving Techniques. presents some of the basic problem-solving tools all facilitators must master. Chapter 7, Meeting Matters (Agendas and Others), includes the housekeeping chores that every facilitator is expected to perform, including flip-chart techniques and building a meeting agenda. Chapter 8, Writing The Report, provides a methodology for assisting the team or group in writing a report of its activities, recommendations, and/or decisions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:41:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Plan 2050 Northern and Southern California Visioning Sessions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Improving California’s transportation system requires cross-sector collaboration, particularly as technologies, policies, and regulations develop simultaneously. The California Transportation Plan (CTP) 2050 aims to integrate perspectives from a diverse array of stakeholder that may not typically participate in the statewide planning process. The Visioning Sessions were conducted in two day-long visioning workshops in October 2018 in Southern and Northern California. Overall, these visioning sessions initiated a much-needed dialogue among experts and practitioners from diverse backgrounds and allowed participants to conceptualize idealized visions for California’s transportation system through 2050. Key goals of the visioning sessions included: 1. Developing visions for CTP 2050 incorporating diverse perspectives from an array of statewide stakeholders including private and public sector, academic, and non-profit experts; 2. Identifying existing policy and investment strategies to actualize the idealized states; and 3. Translating high-level policy and investment suggestions into actionable items.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices. Topic S01-24. Examples of Airports Providing Facility Space for Community Use</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Airports make facilities available for non-commercial purposes, such as for community use by community or nonprofit groups.

The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Synthesis 116: Examples of Facility Space Provided for Community Use at Airports provides the first body of literature to focus on the use of facilities that airports may provide in order to support local economic and social sustainability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:51:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Study on the Use of Regional Airport Terminal as a Local Community Hub</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper aims to clarify a significance of focusing on local citizens when utilizing a local airport. Firstly, the authors collected examples of non-aviation usage of airports across Japan and showed that a room for rent such as a meeting room or a multi-purpose room in an airport has a possibility of utilizing as a local-community-hub. Secondly, the authors selected eight airports and investigated how to utilize such a room in each airport and revealed Noto airport has the largest number of annual users of meeting rooms. On the basis of this fact, the authors conducted an interview with the Noto airport and clarified that the local authority played an important role in creating opportunities for local citizens to visit the airport. The authors also conducted a questionnaire to users of the rooms and showed that users tend to regard “accessibility”, “parking” and “network” as an advantage when they use the airport as a local-community-hub. Finally, the authors indicated that visiting an airport for non-aviation use influences on citizens’ intention of aviation use.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:09:57 GMT</pubDate>
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