London, 9 February 2023 Leading sustainability data and technology company Sedex is delighted to announce the shortlist for their global Sustainability Awards. Celebrating the businesses driving improvements in their supply chains, the Awards recognise innovation, progress and leadership in ESG (environment, social and governance). Across entries from six continents, the hand-picked shortlist highlights companies that have made major improvements, utilised intelligent solutions, and created a lasting, positive impact on people or the environment. The Awards cover three categories of Data & Insights, Community & Collaboration, and Technology & Innovation. The Data & Insights award recognises the creative use of data and insights, with practical application, to address ESG challenges. Shortlist:…

Sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, ARRB, COTA, UNSW Sydney, and the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation, the Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference will be held on August 9-10, 2023 online. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The event is open to the public and there is no registration fee. This free conference will be hosted on multiple Zoom-based tracks to virtually and globally unite transportation engineers, planners, and policymakers. Participants will discuss a wide range of transportation research topics and results. Submit papers by April 30. This Summary Last Modified On: 4/28/2023 Software transportes 3000

Dr. Susan Handy, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is the 2024 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Handy, also chair of UC Davis’s graduate program in Transportation Technology and Policy, is recognized for her contributions to the advancement of knowledge on travel behavior, as well as to the practice of transportation planning and education. During Dr. Handy’s more than 30 years of academic service, she has focused on strategies for reducing automobile dependence, including bicycling as a mode of transportation. Her research is motivated by the goal of a…

It is crucial that executive management and emergency response planners at state transportation agencies (DOTs) work together. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will provide guidance for DOT senior executives about how to embed resilience into transportation planning. Presenters will share ways they have minimized the impact of and avoided potential disruptions. They will discuss implications and dimensions of resilience in transportation agencies and explain how to incorporate these approaches within an agency. This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Passenger Intermodal Facilities. It also refers to NCHRP Research Report 525: A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at…

The next episode of a webinar series on equity and the Black experience in transportation will be held on April 7. TRB Director of Technical Activities Ann Brach will moderate the event, which is hosted by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). Speakers Bradley Mims, Federal Aviation Administration Deputy Administrator and Warren Whitlock Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Civil Rights under the Obama Administration will focus on defining the lived-in experiences in society and in their careers as a Black individual as it pertains to Black Americans in Transportation. The panel will discuss issues in furthering equity and inclusion, and actions that are being taken at the federal level…