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Deen served as Director of Planning for the National Capital Transportation Agency from 1960 to 1964, and Executive Director of the National Research Council Transportation Research Board (TRB) from 1980 to 1994. At the TRB, Deen supervised policy studies on critical national transportation issues, such as the 55 mile per hour speed limit, school bus safety, air passenger service and safety since deregulation, intelligent vehicles, and high-speed rail. He was responsible for all of TRB's activities including its sponsorship of some 260 technical committees and panels, research retrieval systems, in house research, and state-sponsored cooperative research programs.","Processed and finding aid compiled by Jennifer L. Smith, Robert Vay, Barbara Haase, Regina Banks, Keisha Ferguson, and Natalie White in 1999. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in February 2009. Additional processing and EAD markup completed by Harold Barthold in August 2011. 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Material includes agendas, schedules of events, contact lists, meeting minutes, articles, notes, speeches, correspondence, travel itineraries, travel receipts, publications, memos, programs, committee member lists, book excerpts, announcements, proposals, registration forms, travel vouchers, policy books, attendance lists, pamphlets, maps, resumes, lists of publications, organizational charts, flight schedules, business cards, contact information, essays, information tables, manuscripts, committee reports, overhead projector slides, photographs, financial information, calendars of events, newsletters, press releases, fact sheets, copyright information, slides, faxes and \"Who's Who\" listings. Subject matter includes infrastructure, transportation research, public works, civil engineering, hazardous material transportation, safety, financing infrastructure, pavement management and maintenance, technical policy, geometric design standards, energy usage, European infrastructure, transportation centers, traffic congestion, trucking, highway and transportation engineering, high speed trains, economics of transport, transportation law, mass transit, urban infrastructure, state highway and transportation officials, urban mobility, Australian transportation, The US Department of Transportation, motor vehicle manufacturers the future of transportation, transportation planning, Asian infrastructure, intelligent vehicles, aviation, and Indian highways. Series 1 also includes a subseries containing the lectures and speeches of Thomas Deen. At many of the events that Deen attended, he was invited to speak on a variety of topics. Material in this subseries includes transcripts of speeches, notes, programs, correspondence, travel information, maps, organizational charts, articles, pamphlets, schedules, agendas, newsletters, presentation slides, graphs and attendance lists. Subject matter includes Thomas Deen's life, the Transportation Research Board, the 55 mile per hour speed limit, the future of the automobile, economic growth and development, research, transportation, value engineering, citizens band radio in intercity busses, urban policy, trucking, hazardous materials, state and federal financial management, rapid transit, traffic congestion, transportation law, the role of state and region in public surface transportation, transportation centers, infrastructure, highway construction, engineering management, commencement addresses, transportation planning and scholarship.","Series 2 consists of research materials as well as documents from location tours. Material in this series includes research reports, correspondence, project status reports, memos, notes, travel information, articles, essays, organizational charts, budget information, publication lists, maps, research reports, newsletters, pamphlets, biographical sketches, agendas and project proposals. Subject matter includes road maintenance, automobile assembly, transportation policy, urban mobility, automobile safety, the Transportation Research Board, the US Army Corps of Engineers, intelligent vehicles, and testing.","Series 3 contains correspondence to and from Thomas Deen. Topics include travel, upcoming events, research, transportation, traffic laws, intelligent vehicles, transportation studies, Amnesty International, traffic management, transit research, highway administration and infrastructure.","Series 4 contains documents dealing with urban planning. Material includes booklets, receipts, newsletters, articles, correspondence, essays, notes, meeting agendas and schedules, memos, meeting minutes, presentation slides and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society Planning Committee documents. Subject matter includes transportation planning on a federal and local level, traffic congestion, transportation engineering, and intelligent vehicles.","Series 5 contains published work by Thomas Deen. Subject matter includes transportation, rapid transit, transportation engineering, highway research, traveler response evaluation, transit planning, the Alan M. Voorhees and Associates firm, urban public transportation, public works, transportation planning, rail transit, bridge inspection, automotive safety, the 55 mile per hour speed limit, fiscal policies, growth, asphalt, labor, transportation statistics, Caracas, Venezuela, parking prices, planning, foreign highway research programs, urban transportation planning, and economic evaluation.","Series 6 contains miscellaneous files from the Thomas Deen collection. Material includes official reports, discussion outlines, meeting schedules and agendas, memos, correspondence, attendance lists, committee lists, work plans, travel information, notes, pamphlets, programs, resumes, newsletters, maps, articles, congressional resolutions, publications, fact sheets, business cards, contact information, charts and graphs, \"Who's Who\" articles and calendars. 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Material includes booklets, receipts, newsletters, articles, correspondence, essays, notes, meeting agendas and schedules, memos, meeting minutes, presentation slides and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society Planning Committee documents. Subject matter includes transportation planning on a federal and local level, traffic congestion, transportation engineering, and intelligent vehicles.","Series 5 contains published work by Thomas Deen. Subject matter includes transportation, rapid transit, transportation engineering, highway research, traveler response evaluation, transit planning, the Alan M. 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He took part in the 1955 Road Test in Ottawa, Illinois, where the basic designs for Interstate pavements were developed. Mertz was assigned in 1956 to the Bureau of Standards to develop standards for computer software for use in highway engineering applications. During the 1960s he worked with such groups as the National Capital Transit Agency in Washington, D.C. and the Tri-State Transportation Commission in New York. He also served as an administrator in the planning of the Interstate Highway System, including the Washington Beltway, I-95 in Maryland, and the Washington Metrorail System. In 1969 Mertz returned to the Federal Highway Administration as Chief of the Urban Planning Division and developed transportation planning studies in all 213 metropolitan areas of the nation. After he left the Federal Highway Administration, Mertz took it upon himself to assemble documents and materials that were important in the development of the Interstate system, and, more generally, to the development of highways and urban transportation policy. Mertz died in 1993.","Processed and finding aid compiled by Robert Vay, Vikram David, Estee L. Dudash, Barbara Haase, and Kaycee Morgan in 1995. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds other ","The collection contains transportation related materials collected over a 45 year period. Types of materials include scholarly journal articles dealing with transportation topics, summaries of congressional acts relating to transportation, official reports and studies of transportation agencies, summaries of speeches given by transportation officials, and personal correspondence among transportation officials. 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