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Aviation Research at TRB
 The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. This page highlights recently released TRB reports, meeting announcements, requests for proposals, and other announcements related to aviation. In addition, it includes links to selected aviation research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Finally, this page also highlights and provides links to TRB aviation-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s aviation-related research products. |
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TRB Aviation-Related Programs and Activities
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 Review: Data Quality of FAA’s Maintenance TechniciansJuly 20, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that evaluates the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s methodology for determining maintenance technician staffing levels and the FAA’s process for placing maintenance technicians. A properly sized technician workforce is important to the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System, ... |
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 Review: Security of FAA’s Data Communications ProgramJuly 19, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that determines whether the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is properly identifying and mitigating data security risks. Data communication plays an important role in air traffic controller and flight crew communication. Therefore, it is critical that the FAA incorporate sufficient controls t... |
 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Papers Due August 1, 2018July 19, 2018 TRB is accepting papers for consideration as part of the program for the 98th TRB Annual Meeting , January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . All papers—whether for presentation at the 2019 TRB Annual Meeting or publication in the TRR —must be submitted in PDF format directly to ... |
 Clean Vehicles, Fuels, and Practices for Airport Private Ground Transportation ProvidersJuly 16, 2018 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 89: Clean Vehicles, Fuels, and Practices for Airport Private Ground Transportation Providers documents effective approaches and reviews best practices employed by airports to encourage different types of private ground transportation providers to run more environmentally friendly operations. The report summarizes the experiences of pub... |
 Review: FAA’s Runway Safety Call to Action InitiativesJuly 13, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that evaluates the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s progress in implementing initiatives to improve runway safety. The FAA initiated the Runway Safety Call to Action in 2015 as a result of an increase in runway incursions. |
Solicitation for ACRP Legal Research Topics for Fiscal Year 2019July 13, 2018 The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is seeking potential legal research topics for the Fiscal Year 2019 ACRP Legal Research Program. The closing date for submitting legal research topics is September 7, 2018. The preferred method for submitting an ACRP legal research topic is by using our online proposal form . The ACRP Legal Research Program is a project within the ACRP that addres... |
Unmanned Aircraft Systems: An Overview of Strategies and Opportunities for MissouriJuly 12, 2018 The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that identifies opportunities for the adoption of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology in Missouri. This research identifies the ways in which other states are currently leveraging UAS technology to improve safety and efficiency in a cost-effective manner. |
 TR News May-June 2018: Transportation Economic Regulation in PracticeJuly 12, 2018 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-... |
 ACRP University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs: 2018 Award CeremonyJuly 11, 2018 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is hosting an awards ceremony on July 25, 2018 honoring the first-place winning teams of the ACRP University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs. Members from the three winning teams will accept awards and present their team design during the ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the Keck Center of the National Academies located ... |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice.
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Technical Activities Standing Committees
TRB's Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals in all modes and functions to identify research needs and to share information on research and issues of interest. The Division's staff of specialists in each mode and discipline work with a network of volunteers to carry out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community, including the TRB Annual Meeting, conferences and workshops, publications, visits to each state, and responses to inquiries. This network includes members and friends of over 200 standing committees, supplemented by designated TRB representatives in each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies. |
Research in Progress in this Subject Area
TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database now contains more than 11,900 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by federal and state departments of transportation. University transportation research is also included. The RiP Database also serves as a clearinghouse of University Transportation Centers ongoing research. |
Research Needs in this Subject Area
An important function of TRB is to stimulate research that addresses concerns, issues, or problems facing the transportation community. In support of this function, TRB Technical Activities standing committees identify, develop, and disseminate research need statements (RNS) for use by practitioners, researchers, and others.
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Research Completed in this Subject Area
TRB's TRID is integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services ( TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ( ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide. |
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