The Transportation Research Board will hold its 91st Annual Meeting on January 22-26, 2012, in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, and Washington Hilton hotels. The event’s theme, “Transportation: Putting Innovation and People to Work,” will cover a range of topics, including bus rapid transit. On Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Dario Hidalgo, director of research and practice at EMBARQ (the producer of this blog), will present on “Bus Rapid Transit Development in Latin America: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead.”

Here is a sample of the available sessions and workshops covering road safety, sustainable transportation, data and  design:

• Global Road Safety: Advancing the Decade of Action
• Multimodal Pricing: Interplay of Transit, Managed Lanes, and Congestion Pricing
• Building Modern Urban Bikeways: National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Guide and National Experience
• Urban Data Integration: New Frontiers in Urban Transportation Data Management
• Urban and Regional On-Road Transportation Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Options and Strategies Analysis
• Establishing National Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Clearinghouse
• Achieving Balance Between Pedestrians and Vehicles at Roundabouts
• Anticipating Cuts in Publicly Funded Transportation
• Pedestrians and Safety
• Overview of Art and Design Excellence in Transportation
• Trends in the U.S. Transportation System

The event will also include a session dedicated to the vision of the late Dr. Leon “Lee” Schipper, co-founder of EMBARQ: “Following in Lee Schipper’s Footsteps in Pursuit of Good Travel and Fuel Economy Data: Status of U.S. Travel Data and Options for Improvement.”

Learn more about the Transportation Research Board’s 2012 91st Annual Meeting and browse the interactive program.