TCRP is seeking panel nominations for the approved FY 2021 research projects. Descriptions are available of FY 2021 projects for which RFPs are expected to be issued.

Please nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels of these research projects online at MyTRB. These panels will develop requests for proposals, select contractors, and review draft deliverables.

Nominations are welcome anytime before February 5, 2021.

TRB's National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2022 NCHRP Synthesis Program. In the coming year, NCHRP will fund 18 new synthesis topics. A new Synthesis Topic Outline offers guidance in creating a topic. Topics must be submitted through the NCHRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal by February 17, 2021.

A synthesis study documents current practice and experience for specific highway topics.  The following factors are considered in the selection process for new topics.

• The objective of the scope of work is to document current highway practice in state departments of transportation (DOTs);
• The synthesis documents current practice, not best practice; it is not a research project or a guidebook;
• The topic addresses an area of practice that is widespread and of general interest to state DOTs; and
• The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of highway programs.

Please forward this announcement to others who may be interested. For further information, contact Jo Allen Gause at jagause@nas.edu.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to
(1) Determine the effects of curbs on the crashworthiness of selected selected roadside safety hardware (RSH) at various speeds, geometries, and offsets from the curb
(2) Develop guidelines for the use of RSH in combination with curb
(3) Prepare the guidelines for incorporation into a future update of the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide
(4) Provide recommendations for any additional crash testing requirements that should be made to MASH on RSH installed in combination with curb
Proposals are due February 18, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to
(1) Identify traffic safety culture (TSC) research questions, gaps, and stakeholders
(2) Produce a prioritized TSC research roadmap with stakeholder input that includes fully developed research problem statements
(3) Develop a communication plan to disseminate the research roadmap
(4) Develop a process management plan to systematically revisit research priorities to guide research and ensure its future relevancy.

Proposals are due February 18, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to produce a guidebook on how to initiate new and enhance existing rural and tribal public transportation services that improve mobility and accessibility. The guidebook should promote practices that are responsive to customers and aid transit providers in improving efficiency and effectiveness. The guidebook should also help transit providers better leverage and coordinate resources, comply with federal requirements, and adopt appropriate emerging technologies.
Proposals are due March 16, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to
(1) briefly summarize how extreme weather events, long-term climate changes, and climate resilience impact transportation project delivery, infrastructure life-cycles, and asset management practices
(2) identify current and projected future climate variables to be considered during the design of transportation projects to increase resilience
(3) develop recommendations for updating design processes that include consideration of extreme weather events and increase resilience to climate impacts
(4) develop a project delivery climate change resilience design guide.

Proposals are due February 24, 2021.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a draft 8^th A Policy on the Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (commonly known as the Green Book) suitable for balloting through AASHTO processes. Proposals are due March 18, 2020 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to
(1) develop a register of risks to state and local transportation agencies and their constituents posed by the emerging technologies of Connected and Automated vehicles, electric vehicles, Mobility on Demand/Mobility as a Service, and Advanced Air Mobility,
(2) recommend approaches agencies can use to prioritize those risks, and
(3) identify policies and actions to address the risks along with the potential impacts of those policies and actions.

Proposals are due March 4, 2021 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2021 TCRP Synthesis Program.

TCRP will fund seven (7) new synthesis topics. Anyone may propose topics.

A synthesis study documents current practice and experience for specific public transportation topics.  The following factors are considered in the selection process for new topics.

• The objective of the scope of work is to document current practices in public transportation and/or public transit agencies
• The synthesis documents current practice, not best practice; it is not a research project or a guidebook
• The topic addresses an area of practice that is widespread and of general interest to public transit and/ or public transportation
• The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of programs

A newSynthesis Topic Outline offers guidance in creating a topic. Topics must be submitted through the TCRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal by March 19, 2021.

For questions, please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg at mgarciacolberg@nas.edu.