Energy, climate change top Washington agenda
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 2008-10-08
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It's probably the largest conference of transportation professionals of its kind, occupying three major hotels in downtown Washington D.C. and hosting up to 10,000 attendees with more than 3000 presentations in some 600 sessions.
Basically the annual meeting of the Washington-based Transportation Research Board is a Mecca for transportation professionals world wide, and it covers topics ranging from how bridges are constructed to the design of vehicles and how drivers behave.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is one of six major divisions of the U.S. National Research Council, which serves as an independent adviser to the U.S. federal government and others on scientific and technical questions of national importance.
The January 2009 annual meeting is the 88th, and it could be a critical one for transportation policy makers around the world. Top of the agenda are the issues of climate change and energy, which the TRB has spotlighted as "among the most significant public policy issues facing the transportation profession today and in the coming decades."
The 5-day event will take place January 11- 15. It covers all modes of transportation but the larger emphasis is on highway transportation. 
