TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice examines how Fresno Yosemite International Airport officials used ACRP Report 103 : A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports. The report guided the creation of a training program for Fresno Fire Department firefighters contracted to serve at the on-airport aircraft rescue and firefightin...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 885: Guide to Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation for Departments of Transportation presents guidance for government transportation agencies on encouraging and sustaining a culture of innovation within the organization, its partners, and other stakeholders. A culture of innovation supports agency managers an...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 248: Research on Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation for Departments of Transportation documents the research process and provides key guidance to implement the research produced in NCHRP Research Report 885 : Guide to Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation for Departments of Transportation. This ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 190: Common Performance Metrics for Airport Infrastructure and Operational Planning serves as a reference guide and introduces common performance metrics for airport infrastructure and operational planning. The reference guide includes information on how to interpret performance metrics that can be used for analysis among airport...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 898: A Guide to Developing Financial Plans and Performance Measures for Transportation Asset Management. The report presents guidance for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other agencies conducting financial analyses and developing financial plans to sup...

TRB E-Circular 236: National Academies–TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility summarizes the deliberations of a TRB forum launched in early 2018 to facilitate evidence-based research needed to deploy automated vehicle technologies in a manner and timeframe that informs policy to meet long-term goals. The deployments of automated vehicles, shared mobility services, and...

The full edition of March-April 2018 TR News is now available. This editions explores the history of deregulation in the transportation industry. Articles focus on railroad deregulation, the surface transportation board, trucking and intercity bus deregulation, and deregulation on taxi and ride-sharing services. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 186: Guidebook on Building Airport Workforce Capacity is the final product of a two-phase study to identify and evaluate workforce requirements for airports. Phase I, previously published as ACRP Web-Only Document 28 , gathered information to analyze current and future airport job requirements and identify mission-critical airpor...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 884: Guidelines for Managing Geotechnical Risks in Design–Build Projects provides guidelines for the implementation of geotechnical risk management measures for design –build project delivery . The guidelines provide five strategies for aligning a transportation agency and its design–builder’s perception of geotechnical...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)  Web-Only Document 247: Managing Geotechnical Risks in Design–Build Projects documents the research effort to produce NCHRP Research Report 884 : Guidelines for Managing Geotechnical Risks in Design–Build Projects. NCHRP Research Report 884 provides guidelines for the implementation of geotechnical risk management measures for des...

The latest edition of Research Pays Off explores the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT)'s use of alternative delivery methods to compress and accelerate the delivery of projects from engineering through construction through public–private partnerships (PPPs) and design–build (DB) methods.This article discusses the legislation that allowed Georgia DOT to build partnerships with private f...

A featured article in the July-August 2018 issue of the TR News investigates how risk is addressed in both the traditional project delivery method and in alternative project delivery methods used by departments of transportation across the country.  The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of tra...

A featured article in the July-August 2018 issue of the TR News examines the latest application and implementation of alternative contracting methods for faster project delivery of transportation infrastructure. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brief news it...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 529: How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies summarizes the methods and policies used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to evaluate and compare different types of transportation improve...

The July–August issue of TR News examines 20 years of research and TRB activities on alternative contracting methods (ACM) and success stories from implementing research innovations. Explored are pioneering tools and contracting techniques used by state departments of transportation such as Georgia and Colorado, along with tested project delivery methods, selection tools for transit, internatio...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 518: Staffing for Alternative Contracting Methods documents current practices in state departments of transportation (DOTs) staffing and organizational structure for alternative contracting methods (ACMs). ACMs include design–build, construction manager/general contractor, public–private partnerships, and other innovative con...

A featured article in the May-June 2018 issue of the TR News examines how deregulation has played out over the intervening 40 years and what this experience means for the future of transportation. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 deregulated the railroad, trucking, and intercity bus industries. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-...

A featured article in the May-June 2018 issue of the TR News examines how deregulation has affected the airline industry. The author discusses the changes to the airline industry as a result of the Airline Deregulation Act, including business practices, service realignments, and safety features. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 185: Airport Air Quality Management 101 introduces airport employees who are not environmental specialists to airport air quality issues. Airport air quality management is highly complex and technical, with many different stakeholders, including the local community and local, state, and federal regulators. Larger airports have de...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 4: Airport Air Quality Resource Library, together with its companion product, ACRP Research Report 185 : Airport Air Quality Management 101, introduces airport employees who are not environmental specialists to airport air quality issues. The library compiles the vast array of published research studies, resources, tools, standards, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a report that explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. The report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines t...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 197: Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency explores the development of practical tools for improving sustainability at transit agencies: The Sustainability Routemap: An interactive PDF, similar to a website, that guides the user to improve a transit agency’s sustainability program through application of change management princip...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 515: Practices for Preventing Roadway Departures identifies and summarizes practices being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to prevent roadway departure crashes and to identify the data-driven advantages and disadvantages of these practices. More than half of all traffic fatalities result from roadway depart...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Synthesis 527: Resilience in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Management, Policy, and Administration. The report documents resilience efforts and how they are organized, understood, and implemented within transportation agencies’ core functions and services. Core functions and ...

TRB's E-Circular 233: Applying Census Data for Transportation explores a conference held on November 14-16, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri that focused on the use of census data for transportation applications. The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of Census data, including new techniques for integrating different data sets for use in transportation ...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 4: Summary of AIP Grant Assurance Requirements contains a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the research conducted to develop a guidebook on Understanding FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurance Requirements. The results of this research include the Guideb...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 3: Research Report summarizes the research efforts and results of research conducted to develop a guidebook on Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Requirements. The results of this research include the Guidebook itself (Volume 1), Technical Appendices (Volume 2), which prov...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 2: Technical Appendices provides supplemental information for individuals desiring more in-depth understanding of the requirements. This volume contains six appendices providing supplemental information on the Grant Assurance requirements as well as resources and referenc...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 1: Guidebook provides a comprehensive summary of all the requirements included in the 39 Grant Assurances applicable to airport sponsors, who are owners or operators of the airport that execute the grant agreements. The Guidebook describes the requirements, identifies act...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 184: Executive Summary for the Guidebook on Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations is the executive summary of the Guidebook on Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations (published as ACRP Web-Only Document 44, Volume 1) and explains each of the 39 grant assurances. This summary includes a matrix that outlines major as...