SFU political scientist Anthony Perl was designated first runner-up in the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) annual transportation communication competition for his 2008 book, Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil, which he co-authored with policy consultant Richard Gilbert. The TRB is a division of the U.S. National Research Council, a private non-profit organization administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. Perl has chaired the TRB’s committee on intercity passenger rail since 2006.