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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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100 Years of Commercial AviationMarch 7, 2014 Smyrna Media has released a report that examines the history of commercial aviation, including the first airline and the people, technologies, policies, and events that helped create the industry. |
 Review of Causes for NextGen Delays March 7, 2014 The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has released a report that discusses long-standing issues, cost increases, schedule delays, and performance NextGen air traffic control projects. |
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 Review of Current and Future Availability of Airline PilotsMarch 7, 2014 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that evaluates the need and availability of airline pilots and actions that industry and actions the federal government is taking or could take to attract and retain airline pilots. |
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RFI: ACRP FY 2015 Research Problem Statements SoughtMarch 5, 2014 Research problem statements are now being accepted for the FY 2015 Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). These submittals, which are used to identify potential research needs and form the basis for selection of the annual ACRP research program, are not proposals to conduct research. It is easy to develop and submit a problem statement for consideration. Most are 1-3 pages in le... |
 Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity ThresholdsMarch 3, 2014 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 104: Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds offers guidance to help airports understand, select, calculate, and report measures of delay and capacity. The report describes common metrics, identifies data sources, recommends metrics based on an airport’s needs, and suggests ways to potentially improve metrics. |
Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin: Issue 26February 28, 2014 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its monthly report that summarizes its short investigations and highlights safety lessons for pilots, operators, and safety managers. |
 TRB Webinar: Techniques for Successful Airport Wildlife Management ProgramsFebruary 27, 2014 TRB will conduct a webinar on April 3, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will present Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) research on identifying and controlling wildlife at general aviation and large airports. Webinar presenters will address the techniques and strategies that airport managers can use to repel and deter wildlife. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, a... |
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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.
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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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