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In an effort to improve its collaboration and network abilities, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Visualization in Transportation Committee has initiated a social networking site using Ning. There you can find forums, discussions, blogs, events, subcommittee activities, multimedia exchanges, and more.

"We are experimenting with the new networking site to help us connect the committee with the industry (practitioners and researchers alike), and we seek input on the relevant issues concerning them most,” said Michael Manore, chair of the committee. “In fact, the more engaged they can be with us, the more fitting and usable our visualization research agenda becomes.”

Manore has just been announced as a presenter for the upcoming webcast — Visualizing Civil Designs with the Power of BIM — to be held June 10.
 

For more information about the TRB Visualization in Transportation Committee, and its new networking site, please visit www.trbvis.org.

 From top to bottom, a group of volunteers literally make-over a city block in Oak Cliff, Texas.

“State Departments of Transportation across the country face a common challenge: how to repair concrete roadways that may be up to 50 years old in some locations. While replacing or overlaying deteriorated pavement can be time- and cost-prohibitive, Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) often provides the better solution. Recent studies demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of one CPR method known as Dowel Bar Retrofit (DBR),” said the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA).

“Prioritizing investments in improved roadway design, construction and operation can help reduce 40,000 preventable deaths and should be a top priority for Congress as it continues working on passage of a multi-year surface transportation program,” the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told a Senate panel yesterday.