Transportation Research Board 2016 Annual Report (2016)

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16 | TRB 2016 Annual Report and transit agencies serve as liaisons to the trans- portation community. The TRB Annual Meeting was held for the second time at the Walter E. Washington Con- vention Center and Marriott Marquis Hotel. Set- ting another attendance record at 12,500, the 95th Annual Meeting also logged record numbers of presentations and exhibitors. The Technical Activities Division continues to focus on three strategic topics identified by the TRB Executive Committee: transformational technologies, system resilience, and transporta- tion and public health. The pursuit of better un- derstanding of these topics contributes to other initiatives in the TRB strategic plan, such as strengthening sponsor relationships and iden- tifying and developing relationships with new stakeholders. Activities supporting the strategic topics are described throughout this report; high- lights follow. trAnsformAtionAl technologies Transformational technologies fundamentally change travel and the transport of goods. Exam- ples include connected and automated vehicle systems, shared transportation services, and big data. Notable events related to this topic includ- ed the following: ▪ The Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Vehicle–Highway Automation Committees cosponsored the 5th Symposium on Automated Vehicles in San Francisco, California, in July, drawing more than 1,000 participants. ▪ A two-part workshop at the TRB Annual Meeting explored Multimodal Mobility and the th e t e c h n i c A l Ac t i v i t i e s Division provides opportunities for transportation professionals to exchange information on re- search needs and transportation-related issues. The division’s staff works with thousands of vol- unteers who are members of the more than 200 TRB standing committees participating in vari- ous activities supporting TRB sponsors and the transportation community. The Technical Activities Council oversees the organization and workings of the TRB standing committees. Daniel S. Turner, Emeritus Profes- sor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ala- bama, chairs the council. TRB representatives in each state department of transportation (DOT) and in sponsoring organizations, universities, Of the more than 800 sessions and workshops at the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, approximately 35 addressed the meeting’s theme of Research Convergence for a Multimodal Future. (Photo: Risdon Photography) technicAl Activities

TRB 2016 Annual Report | 17 ▪ Committee members participated in the Re- silient America Roundtable of the National Acad- emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which sponsored the State of Resilience Leader- ship Forum and Community Workshop in Wash- ington, D.C., in June. trAnsportAtion And public heAlth The relationship between transportation and public health goes beyond safety. Environmen- tal concerns, disease transmission, fitness and obesity, and access to care are public health sub- Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research. ▪ The TRB Partners in Research Symposium: Transformational Technologies in Transporta- tion convened in Detroit, Michigan, at the end of October. trAnsportAtion system resilience Resilience is the ability of transportation systems to withstand and recover from extreme events caused by natural forces or human activities. In addition to the work by TRB’s Resilience Section, TRB activities involving transportation resilience included the following: ▪ The European Union–U.S. Transportation Research Symposium on Resilience and Adapta- tion convened international experts to consider innovations and research in response to climate change. Andrea Seabrook, National Public Radio (right), moderates discussion with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate (left) and Michael Berkowitz, Rockefeller Foundation (center) at the State of Resilience leadership forum, hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in June. (Photo: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) Daniel S. Turner Council Chair Technical Activities Hyun-A C. Park Chair Policy and Organization Group Ram M. Pendyala Chair Planning and Environment Group D. Stephen Lane Chair Design and Construction Group Peter M. Briglia, Jr., Chair Operations and Preservation Group Robert Shea Chair Legal Resources Group David Harkey Chair Safety and Systems Users Group Dennis Hinebaugh Chair Public Transportation Group Stephen M. Popkin Chair Rail Group Anne Goodchild Chair Freight Systems Group Mary Ellen Eagan Chair Aviation Group Eric Shen Chair Marine Group Harold R. (Skip) Paul State DOT Representative Bevan Kirley Young Members Council Representative Ann M. Brach Director TRB Technical Activities Division

18 | TRB 2016 Annual Report International TRB continued its international outreach efforts in 2016 and welcomed a record 2,160 interna- tional attendees to the Annual Meeting. ▪ The International Cooperation Committee’s working group on international collaboration in transportation drafted two sections of a compre- hensive report addressing China and Japan. The material was presented and discussed at the com- mittee’s midyear meeting in Shanghai in July. ▪ TRB and the World Road Association (PIARC) renewed a cooperative relationship for engage- ment and information exchange between com- mittees of the two organizations. ▪ TRB cosponsored the European Transport Conference in Barcelona, Spain, in October. ▪ The Technical Activities Division sent a con- tingent to the inaugural Transportation Research Congress in Beijing in June. Modeled on the TRB Annual Meeting, the congress brought together more than 1,000 participants to discuss transpor- tation in China. Division staff discussed meeting planning, attended the conference, and toured research facilities. Data and Information Activities on data and information focused on the challenges of data collection and management: ▪ The North American Travel Monitoring Expo- sition and Conference attracted more than 250 attendees to view the latest in traffic data collec- jects closely related to transportation. Transpor- tation and public health activities included the following: ▪ Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transport, a conference sponsored by the Federal Transit Ad- ministration, in cooperation with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi- cine’s Division on Health and Medicine, brought together health care and transportation profes- sionals to address the issues of return on invest- ment and measures of value. ▪ An Annual Meeting session examined ways of integrating freight needs into planning for healthy and active communities. policy And orgAnizAtion Policy and Administration The committees on policy and management sup- ported conferences and webinars to advance as- set management, resilience, and approaches to smart cities initiatives and prioritized investment scenarios supporting economic development. Policy committees concentrated on resilience, the community health implications of transpor- tation, sea level rise and deep decarbonization, trends in social and economic factors in auto- mated and connected vehicle networks, reactive changes in transportation finance, and the urban transportation demands of younger generations. The committees held an Annual Meeting session on valuing transportation infrastructure for pub- lic policy making. Michael Browne, University of Gothenburg (right), leads a panel discussion on accommodating freight in urban planning as part of Freight Day at the Annual Meeting. (Photo: Risdon Photography) Transportation system resilience in response to severe weather events is an urgent research issue, illustrated most recently by flooded roads in the Southeast United States after Hurricane Matthew in October. (Photo: Ryan Johnson, North Charleston)

TRB 2016 Annual Report | 19 System Resilience The Transportation System Resilience Section engaged in a variety of activities that reflect the broad interest in resilience and the need for co- ordination among stakeholders: ▪ TRB cosponsored the Second International Symposium on Disaster Prevention and Mitiga- tion of Highway Infrastructure in Xi’an, China, in June. ▪ The TRB Standing Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Stand- ing Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management conducted a confer- ence exploring state DOT resilience, emergency management functions, and research needs. ▪ The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity is work- ing with the TRB Executive Committee Task Force on Transformative Technologies to examine cy- bersecurity risks and practices in transportation and to determine the technical requirements and needs for knowledge transfer and research. plAnning And environment Transportation System Planning Trends in travel behavior, advances in communi- cations, and transformative transportation tech- nologies have fueled a focus on disruption and tion equipment and to learn about recent legisla- tion and policy. ▪ Sessions at the Annual Meeting addressed Big Data Analytics and Applications: Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; How Infor- mation Technology Is Changing Transportation Planning, Engineering, and Operations; and Big Data and Freight Transportation: Private-Sector Applications and Agency Implications. Research and Education The Research and Education Section committees addressed improvements in transportation re- search methods, coordination of critical research, and dissemination of results. The Ahead of the Curve training program, Mastering the Manage- ment of Transportation Research and Innovation, continued progress with the development and piloting of a core course, “Making Research Rel- evant,” with support from the National Coopera- tive Highway Research Program (NCHRP). Committee-sponsored events at the Annual Meeting addressed pressing issues in research and research management—for example, ▪ Public Access, Open Access, and Open Data: New Requirements for Federally Funded Research; ▪ Innovation Management: Building a Founda- tion for Effective Technology Transfer Through Integration with the Research Process; ▪ Addressing the Changing Landscape of Trans- portation Workforce: Demographics, Technolo- gies, Career Pathways, and Workforce Needs; and ▪ Can We Keep Up? Accelerating Research Pro- cesses to Keep Pace with Disruptive Technologies. An Annual Meeting session on big data and freight trans- portation drew a standing-room-only crowd. (Photo: Risdon Photography) State and local officials survey road damage from Hurricane Matthew in the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Emergency response to weather events by state transporta- tion agencies was examined at a conference cohosted by the TRB Standing Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection. (Photo: North Carolina Department of Transportation) The North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference in Miami, Florida, in May facilitated information sharing on the collection, management, and use of monitored traf- fic data.

20 | TRB 2016 Annual Report Focused on transportation equity and health issues, many committees are conducting webi- nars and attending meetings on smart cities, the new Transportation Health Tool developed jointly by U.S. DOT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, policies supporting local and re- gional demand management and mobility, mul- tiuse land development, and social sustainability. design And construction Design Design standing committees examined research needs, priorities, and findings via webinars, mid- year meetings, and conferences. ▪ The Roadside Safety Design Committee held a workshop with the AASHTO Technical Com- mittee on Roadside Safety to explore ways to re- duce the severity of roadway departure crashes and to evaluate crash testing guidelines that can enhance hardware performance by accommodat- ing a wider range of real-world crash scenarios. ▪ The Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) Com- mittee cosponsored an international conference to address APT from an international perspective considering engineering, environmental, and economic sustainability. ▪ Committees in the Structures Section co- sponsored three domestic and two internation- al conferences focusing on bridge and tunnel infrastructure. uncertainty in the planning arena. The trends affect the technical, travel forecasting–oriented committees and those focused on policy. An- nual Meeting sessions and specialty conferences included technical topics such as scenario plan- ning and innovations in travel demand forecast- ing, as well as policy-focused subjects such as the transportation trends among young people, megaregions, and planning for multimodal transportation. TRB and AASHTO cosponsored a conference in Portland, Oregon, in August on the Use of Sce- nario Planning in Transportation Planning. The conference examined efforts to consider and in- tegrate changing technology, demographics, and natural phenomena into planning processes and investment decision making. A key resource for the conference was the NCHRP Report 750 se- ries, Informing Transportation’s Future. Environment, Energy, and Climate Change Six committees sponsored conferences in 2016 for in-depth discussions on topics ranging from preservation of historic structures, alternative strategies and control techniques for reducing noise and vibration levels, and advances in en- vironmental site assessment technologies and methodologies. Social and economic commit- tees are evaluating and updating the Community Impact Assessment Guide in partnership with U.S. DOT. Revisions to the guide are incorporating results from a survey conducted by TRB. The Arizona Department of Transportation (DOT) constructed a new bridge on SR-89 in Hell Canyon. Several conferences hosted by Structures Section committees in 2016 explored bridge and tunnel infrastructure. (Photo: Arizona DOT)

TRB 2016 Annual Report | 21 ▪ Advances in technology, such as remote sens- ing with interferometric synthetic aperture radar, for the networkwide monitoring of roads, bridg- es, slopes, and sinkholes; ▪ Three-dimensional geological and geotechni- cal digital data to improve communications be- tween engineers, geologists, and users or owners; ▪ Advances in full-depth reclamation to reha- bilitate deteriorated pavements, improve rapid construction, increase the use of in-place materi- als, and decrease costs; and ▪ Improved communication and sharing of knowledge through the Data Interchange for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists, developed by a coalition of government agencies, universities, and industry partners to transfer transportation-related geotechnical data. operAtions And preservAtion Operations Few transportation issues are emerging more quickly or have more potential to spur revolution- ary change than connected–automated vehicles. The impacts are extensive and include trans- portation operations, safety, and pavement and bridge design. To close the gap between the aca- demic research community and the automated driving industry, the Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Vehicle–Highway Automation Committees cosponsored the 5th Symposium on Automated Vehicles in San Francisco in July, in cooperation with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. In addition, the Operations Section commit- tees held midyear meetings or conferences: ▪ The 15th International Conference on Man- aged Lanes in Miami, Florida; ▪ The 2016 International Symposium on En- hancing Highway Performance in Berlin, Ger- many, cosponsored by the Highway Capacity and the Freeway Operations Committees; and ▪ The Symposium on Innovations in Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics in the Era of Auto nomous Vehicles, Big Data, and the Internet of Things in Sydney, Australia, cosponsored by the Traffic Flow Theory Committee. Maintenance and Preservation The committees on Winter Maintenance and on Surface Transportation Weather held an In- ternational Conference on Winter Maintenance Construction and Materials Construction and Materials committees ad- dressed a variety of research activities on critical and emerging topics. ▪ Performance requirements and specifica- tions are placing greater demands on materials for recycling and longevity. Committees in the Concrete and Asphalt Materials Sections explored solutions and test methods to mitigate asphalt cracking and to improve the design and curing of durable concrete. Also examined were appli- cations of novel, implementation-ready sensors to monitor concrete quality during placement, as well as construction techniques and materials for long-life concrete pavements and roundabout facilities. ▪ Construction Section activities focused on integrating information and cyberphysical sys- tems to increase the productivity, safety, and automation of construction and on alternative contracting and project delivery to enhance mul- timodal construction and incorporate disadvan- taged business enterprises. Geotechnical Engineering Common themes in the activities of the geologi- cal and geotechnical engineering committees in- cluded the following: ▪ Sustainable practices with recycled materials and by-products; ▪ Numerical modeling to reduce costs and im- prove solutions to complex problems; Crews place new concrete pavement on westbound I-90 in Washington State. Concrete and Asphalt Materials Sections activities examined durable concrete, long-life concrete, concrete quality sensors, and more. (Photo: Washington State DOT) A deformation plot (lower image) uses terrestrial interferometric synthetic aperture radar to show slope instability. (Photo: John Catsoulis, Ground- Probe Pty Ltd)

22 | TRB 2016 Annual Report ▪ Committee and Subcommittee midyear meetings focused on such topics as building the highway safety workforce, the potential for infor- mation technology to improve alternative mobil- ity options for older people, individual variability in teenage driving performance and risk, police reluctance to engage in traffic enforcement, and child passenger safety. ▪ The Highway Safety Performance Committee midyear meeting reviewed the state of the prac- tice and research related to development of the second edition of the Highway Safety Manual. legAl resources The Legal Resources Group sponsored the 55th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law in July in Washington, D.C., attracting more than 150 lawyers, engineers, and transportation planners from federal, state, and local highway and transit organizations to exchange information on legal problems and solutions. Session topics included ▪ Updates on the federal regulation of automat- ed driving and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), ▪ Legal issues related to mobility on demand, and ▪ Liability for design defects and for delays in property acquisition in design–build projects. AviAtion Aviation Group committees worked closely with the Airport Cooperative Research Program in developing, sponsoring, and reviewing research in Fort Collins, Colorado, in April, to exchange information on research and technology to im- prove snow removal and ice control operations with weather information. Videos of the techni- cal presentations were posted online, along with presentation materials, before the two-day, in- person workshop. During the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, the Maintenance and Preservation committees spon- sored a variety of workshops and sessions on such topics as ▪ Applications of connected and automated ve- hicles to system maintenance and operations; ▪ Connected vehicles and the use of sensor data in winter maintenance equipment; ▪ Thin overlays for pavement preservation; ▪ A new paradigm for the maintenance and op- erations workforce; ▪ Pavement marking and signing design, main- tenance, and evaluation; and ▪ Surface processes affecting snow accumula- tion on roads. sAfety And systems users The Safety and Systems Users committees un- dertook the following activities: ▪ The Roundabouts Committee held another successful series of webinars, each attracting an average of almost 1,000 participants. ▪ The Committee on Safe Mobility of Older Per- sons published a circular, Taxonomy and Terms for Stakeholders in Senior Mobility.1 1 http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/circulars/ec211.pdf. Bob Shea, Pennsylvania DOT (left), and Jim McDaniel, TRB (right), guide a meeting of the Legal Resources Group. (Photo: Risdon Photography) Automated vehicle location systems installed on snowplows allow Pennsylvania travelers and DOT operations offices to track the progress of the plows in real time.

TRB 2016 Annual Report | 23 ▪ The 16th Biennial National Harbor Safety Committee Conference, which gathered regional harbor safety committees to share best practices and to strengthen partnerships between the U.S. Coast Guard and waterways stakeholders; ▪ The Marine Board’s Spring Meeting in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, which focused on naviga- tion technology and autonomous vessels and marine vehicles; and ▪ The Marine Board’s Fall Meeting in Washing- ton, D.C., which addressed emergency prepared- ness, response, recovery, resilience, and risk analysis in maritime transportation. rAil The Rail Group committees supported the fol- lowing activities: ▪ An Annual Meeting session on rail line electri- fication, a technology in use for almost 100 years but now regaining favor as railroads seek to im- prove freight capacity and passenger rail speeds; ▪ The Joint Rail Conference on Railroad Engi- neering Technology, held in Columbia, South Carolina, with the theme, “Railroads: Progress Toward a Safe, Sustainable Future”; ▪ The Joint Meeting of the Rail Group and the Freight Rail Transportation Committee at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, in- cluding a tour of one of the most advanced uni- versity rail research laboratories in the United States; and ▪ An Annual Meeting workshop that discussed the shipment of crude oil by rail, the shale oil and problem statements. Several committees, includ- ing Aviation System Planning, Intergovernmen- tal Relations in Aviation, Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay, and Light Commercial and General Aviation, held summer meetings in Washington, D.C. The Environmental Impacts of Aviation Committee met in Seattle, Washing- ton, to discuss completed, ongoing, and needed research. The committees also organized an issue of TR News on key topics in aviation research as the industry begins another century of commercial operations. Topics included workforce manage- ment, safety challenges, routine UAS operations in the National Airspace System, and more.2 mArine The Marine Group committees and the Marine Board addressed major themes at the 2016 An- nual Meeting, including the impact of larger ships on infrastructure, using data to identify waterways risk, and alternative financing options for waterways infrastructure. Other activities in- cluded the following: ▪ The Marine Transportation Systems Research and Development Conference, designed to in- form federal agencies about research priorities; 2 www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/175073.aspx. In 2016 the Marine Board and Marine Group activities focused on infrastructure needs from the larger ships crossing the newly expanded Panama Canal. (Photo: U.S. Embassy Panama) Admiral Thad W. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (retired), delivered the keynote ad- dress at the Marine Board’s fall meeting in Washington, D.C. The Rail Group and Freight Rail Transportation Committee toured the 3,500–square foot Research and Innovation Laboratory, part of the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. (Photo: UIUC RailTEC)

24 | TRB 2016 Annual Report ▪ The International Conference on Demand- Responsive Transportation, a forum for operators, health administrators, transportation network companies, service brokers, and suppliers, in- cluded a transportation and health care track that built on the metrics workshop. ▪ The 22nd National Conference for Rural, Pub- lic, and Intercity Bus Transportation attracted more than 400 professionals and featured Pub- lic Broadcasting System news anchor Jim Lehr- er, who grew up in the intercity motor coach business. sAfety dAtA progrAm The Technical Activities Division also houses the continuing Safety Data unit of the second Stra- tegic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2). The SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study collected data on real-world driving from more than 3,000 driv- ers. The Safety Data Program oversees the use of the data by researchers around the world. Al- most 150 data use licenses are active, with several studies completed and many more on the way. Highlights include the following: ▪ The fostering of a user community through events such as an Annual Meeting session cover- gas revolution, and research on the risks of trans- porting crude oil by rail and on the characteristics and classification of crude oil. freight systems The Freight Systems committees focused on the needs to improve integration, planning process- es, and freight mobility. Topics explored included urban freight, emissions and air quality, big data and modeling, and safety and planning related to the transport of energy. Additional activities included the following: ▪ Organizing four sessions at the 2016 Annual Meeting on optimizing supply chains to accom- modate larger cargo vessels, big data and freight, emerging freight trends not captured by data, and accommodating freight early in the urban planning process; and ▪ Creating the Subcommittee on the Transport of Energy Products as a forum for systems think- ing about the multimodal network from sources to processing facilities, storage, and retail outlets. The subcommittee will coordinate activities in this area for all of the Freight Group committees and with other TRB committees. public trAnsportAtion The Public Transportation committees worked to stimulate research and communication to advance operations, planning, safety, and secu- rity. In addition to the workshop on Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation, activities in- cluded the following: Urban freight and other topics were addressed by Freight Systems committees in 2016. (Photo: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) BoltBus passengers wait to board. A national conference on bus transportation and other workshops addressing health and public transportation were among the activities of Public Transportation committees. (Photo: David Hall)

TRB 2016 Annual Report | 25 articles in the TR News Research Pays Off series, promoting the value of research investments. Frederick D. Hejl retired after 26 years of service to TRB, most recently as Associate Division Direc- tor and Senior Program Officer, Materials and Construction. Hejl organized the First International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete in 2010. A key member of the TR News editorial board since 1993, he pioneered the theme issue approach and developed more than 10 theme issues, such as Highway Design and Con- struction: A 2020 Vision; he was named chair of the editorial board in 2009. Bernardo B. Kleiner, Transportation Safety, and Stephen F. Maher, Design, were appointed Associ- ate Division Directors. Joining the staff as Senior Program Officers were William B. Anderson, Management, Policy, and International Relations; Nelson H. Gibson, Materials and Construction; Jennifer L. Weeks, Planning; and Nancy M. Whiting, Soils, Geology, and Foundations. ing 11 research projects and a webinar series for users to exchange tools and lessons learned; ▪ An independent risk assessment that explored the development of public-use data sets to make data more accessible without relaxing privacy standards; ▪ A draft certification process for secure data en- claves, to be tested at FHWA’s Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center; and ▪ A new expert task group to conduct strategic business planning, assisted by a consultant, on a sustainable operational model for the database beyond 2019. Staff News G. P. (Jay) Jayaprakash retired after serving for more than 28 years as Senior Program Officer, Soils, Geology, and Foundations. Jayaprakash was instrumental in the publication of two TRB text- books, Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation and Rockfall: Characterization and Control; a champion of research on low-volume roads; and longtime chair of the staff task force that recruited and developed Jiangqing Wu presents research using SHRP 2 Natural- istic Driving Study safety data at the Annual Meeting. (Photo: Risdon Photography) Frederick D. Hejl and G. P. Jayaprakash.

26 | TRB 2016 Annual Report Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture, “Micromodels and Mega- data: Taming Complexity for Deep Insight and Robust Decisions,” to a capacity crowd. Mahmassani also is Director, Northwestern University Trans- portation Center; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing, McCormick School of Engi- neering and Applied Science; and Professor of Managerial Econom- ics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management. In his 35 years of academic and profes- sional research, Mahmassani’s in- terests have included multimodal transportation systems analysis, dynamic network modeling and optimization, transit network planning and design, telecommu- nication–transportation interac- tions, and real-time operation of logistics and distribution systems. An active TRB volunteer since 1984, Mahmassani has chaired the Standing Committee on Transportation Network Model- ing and the Standing Commit- tee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics. He is an emeritus member of three TRB standing committees. Mahmassani received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an master’s degree from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree from the Uni- versity of Houston. Lance A. Neumann, Chairman, Cambridge Systematics, received the 2016 Roy W. Crum Award for outstanding transportation re- search leadership. In his 25 years leading Cambridge Systematics, Neumann has helped to build an organization that has conducted innovative planning and policy research and implementation in subject areas from travel demand forecasting to transportation operations. His research on performance management, asset management, multimodal plan- ning, and data-driven investment programming and project selec- tion is nationally recognized and implemented at the federal and state levels. For more than 35 years, Neu- mann has been active in TRB as a chair or member of more than 24 groups, sections, committees, panels, and task forces. He has chaired or cochaired seven com- mittees and is an emeritus mem- ber of the Standing Committee on Performance Management and of the Standing Committee on Transportation Programming and Investment Decision Making. Neumann received Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University. The 2016 W. N. Carey, Jr., Dis- tinguished Service Award was presented to Kirk T. Steudle in recognition of his outstanding service to TRB and transportation research. Michigan Department of Transportation Director and past chair of the TRB Executive Committee, Steudle also has served as chair or vice chair of six other TRB committees, panels, and task forces, including the Oversight Committee for the sec- ond Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), the Committee on SHRP 2 Implementation, and the Transformative Technologies Task Force. As Executive Committee Chair, Steudle helped oversee the development and adoption of a new strategic plan, enhanced coordination of TRB’s efforts promoting research into con- nected and automated vehicles, oversaw the move of the TRB Annual Meeting to a new location, and participated in the selection of Neil J. Pedersen as new TRB Executive Director. A National Associate of the National Academies of Sci- ences, Engineering, and Medicine, Steudle received a bachelor’s degree from Lawrence Techno- logical University. The 2016 recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Award was Carol Abel Lewis, Professor, Department of Transportation Studies, and Director, Center for Transporta- tion Training and Research, Texas Southern University. The award recognizes innovative and suc- cessful leadership in people-ori- ented initiatives in transportation. Lewis was recognized for her unique blend of transportation accomplishments, for her suc- cesses in mentoring and nurtur- ing young people, and for her sup- port of responsible growth and the protection of neighborhoods. Her signature people-oriented approach began in the 1980s, when she proactively engaged community groups and individu- als in Houston METRO’s planning processes. Lewis has been active in many professional organizations, such as the Council of Minority Trans- portation Officials, the Women’s Transportation Seminar, the Insti- tute of Transportation Engineers, and TRB. Her community service includes appointments to advi- sory boards and commissions by three Houston mayors. During her tenure on the Houston Planning Commission, Lewis worked with a diverse group of civic leaders to promote responsible growth and protect neighborhoods. Hani S. Mahmassani, William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation at Northwestern University, delivered the 2016 mAjor AwArds presented in 2016