This article has been reprinted from the Jan. 2, 2020 USDA Grain Transportation Report.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) will hold its 99th annual meeting January 12-16, 2020, in Washington, DC.

The meeting features over 5,000 presentations and covers a variety of topics on all transportation modes.

This year’s theme is “A Century of Progress: Foundation for the Future.”

Sessions include “Current Research in Agriculture and Food Transportation,” “The Future of North American Freight Railroad Transportation,” “Advances in Intermodal Freight Terminal Design and Operations,” “Infrastructure Policy in 2020 and Beyond,” “Research in Marine and Inland Waterway Transportation,” and many others.