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 new
Synthesis 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.