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Consensus and Advisory Studies Division

The Consensus and Advisory Studies Division conducts consensus and advisory studies at the request of the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies, states, and other sponsors.

CONSENSUS AND ADVISORY STUDIES

With the guidance of committees drawn from the nation’s leading experts, the Consensus and Advisory Studies group produces reports examining complex and controversial transportation issues. Studies cover all modes of transportation and a variety of safety, economic, environmental, and research policy issues. The U.S. Congress and the executive branch have adopted many recommendations from TRB policy reports, attesting to the substantive value of the findings. The Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review provides oversight for TRB’s policy work. Since 1998, all completed policy study reports are posted on the TRB website. Informing Transportation Policy Choices, a document that provides an overview of all TRB policy studies from 1983 through 2003, is also posted on the Policy Studies page of the website. 

Two-page overview of TRB's policy work