Transportation Programming, Planning, and Systems Evaluation

Message from the Chair

Greg Selstead — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:52:47 +0000

As many of you may already know, I have stepped down as Chair of the TRB Programming, Planning and Systems Evaluation Committee. This was a difficult decision for me as I have truly enjoyed my time with committee. The friendships that have been established and the work that’s been accomplished will always be a highlight for me.

The reason for this decision had to do a recent change in my career at WSDOT. Last fall, I moved into a leadership role in the WSDOT Maintenance Program as the Assistant State Maintenance Engineer. This role and my new responsibilities required me to step away from this aspect of TRB earlier than what I had wanted.

As far as TRB, I am still involved, but have now transitioned to the Maintenance and Operations committees (yes, I’ve officially crossed over to the dark side and am now a “Marriott Guy” for the Annual Meeting). While I will be spending more time at this other venue, I still plan to make it back from time to time and check in on what’s happening at the Hilton (especially since the remodel is finally complete).

I look forward to staying to touch. Take care and best wishes to you and to the future of ADA50!

Greg Selstead

Panel Nominations for FY2011 Projects in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) requested

Greg Selstead — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:24:28 +0000

Here is a message and attachments about NCHRP project panel nominations. If interested in any of the topics, I would encourage you to nominate yourself or others! Please note the June 4, 2010 response date.

NCHRP_PanelSolicit2011

CRPPanelNominationFormEmail

CRPPanelNominationForm

PanelFunctionsNCHRP

Call for Papers

Greg Selstead — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:09:23 +0000

As discussed at the Annual Meeting and as posted previously on this website, I would encourage committee members and friends to consider using the web site as a forum to generate ideas for papers. The ideas generated today will help as we prepare for the Summer Meeting in July and continue on to the Annual Meeting in January.

With that, what’s on your mind regarding programming, planning and system evaluation?

Help us create a call for papers

Mike Lowry — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:04:18 +0000

Hello committee members and friends. TRB has opened the website for “call for papers”. We need to submit a call(s) as soon as possible for the benefit of authors planning to submit.

As discussed at the annual meeting, we will try to use the blog as way to share ideas. Please go to the blog, log in, and write a post. It is really easy to do. All members should have a log in. You can contact me if you need your login.

At the annual meeting we discussed the importance of attracting papers and presentation from practitioners. Remember this when thinking of topics and possible submissions that you or your colleagues could make. We also discussed including the topics of Livability, Economic Development, and Innovative Finance.

There are a variety of ways to write the call. Check out TRB’s website to see some that have been written by other committees already:

http://pressamp.trb.org/CallForPapers/default.asp?event=654

The Air Quality committee provides a link to this document which I think might be a good way for us to approach the call:

http://trbairquality.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/TRB-Call-for-Papers.pdf

Please share your ideas: What topics do you think are important? What other committees should we partner with? What themes should we highlight in the sessions we host? How can we be more specific with broad topics, such as “Livability”?

Livable Communities Conference

Mike Lowry — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:57:31 +0000

Registration has opened for the Transportation for Livable Communities Conference.

The conference is sponsored by the USDOT and will be held October 18–19, 2010 in Washington DC.

The aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners “to examine challenges in incorporating livability factors into transportation programs and projects and to identify promising directions for future research.”

The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 10.

Click here for more information:

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2010/Livability/call.pdf