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Finance 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 finance. In addition, it includes links to selected finance 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 programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s finance-related research products. |
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TRB Finance-Related Programs and Activities
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 2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Plan Now to ExhibitAugust 16, 2017 Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. All indications are that attendance at the meeting will be the largest ever. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to more than 13,000 transportation professionals. Mor... |
 TR News May-June 2017: Valuing a Mature Highway System: In Search of the Holy GrailAugust 15, 2017 A featured article in the May-June 2017 issue of the TR News examines how to develop appropriate evaluation frameworks that account for the integration of new technologies into the infrastructure in order to accurately value the current highway system. 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 trans... |
 Cybersecurity Planning and Future ResourcesAugust 11, 2017 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Inspector General has released an audit report that determines whether the DOT’s Office of the Chief Information Officer expended appropriate funds to support cybersecurity initiatives and adequately planned for its cybersecurity funding needs. Between fiscal years 2012-2015, Congress appropriated more than $25 million to address cyberse... |
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 Food and Beverage and Retail Operators: The Costs of Doing Business at AirportsAugust 7, 2017 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 81: Food and Beverage and Retail Operators: The Costs of Doing Business at Airports explores ways to comprehend the complex airport terminal operating environment in order to understand and forecast operating costs and to judge the potential for success and profitability. The synthesis compiles practices of airports to improve the comm... |
TRB Webinar: Benefit-Cost Methodologies for Evaluating Multimodal Freight Corridor InvestmentsAugust 3, 2017 TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM that features research from the National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP)’s Report 38 : Guide for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor Investments. This webinar will discuss how to conduct benefit-cost analyses of proposed infrastructure investments on mu... |
EVgo Fleet and Tariff Analysis: Phase 1: CaliforniaJuly 30, 2017 The Rocky Mountain Institute has released a report that determines contributing factors to the electricity costs of EVgo’s network of direct current fast chargers (DCFC) in California and explores what alternatives may be available to EVgo to reduce these costs. This report analyzed data from every charging session in 2016 from all of EVgo’s DCFC stations in California. |
 TRB Webinar: Financially Responsible Procurement Processes for AirportsJuly 28, 2017 TRB conducted a webinar on August 10, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Legal Research Digest 16 : Procurement of Airport Development and Planning Contracts, and Research Report 172 : Guidebook for Considering Life-Cycle Costs in Airport Asset Procurement. This webinar took a closer look at procurement processes, ... |
2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Feature Your Organization at the Careers in Motion Networking FairJuly 25, 2017 TRB's inaugural Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 7, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of sectors and modes to meet with transportation professionals interested in working for their organizations. TR... |
 Funding Industrial AviationJuly 21, 2017 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 79: Funding Industrial Aviation explores how airports fund the infrastructure to support industrial aviation development. For this report, industrial aviation development includes but is not limited to: Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) Specialized aviation services such as paint and interior completion (single service o... |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Highway 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 National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) report series, Synthesis of Highway Practice.
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Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Transit 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 Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) report series, Synthesis of Transit Practice. |
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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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Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) report series, Synthesis of Commerical Truck and Bus Safety Practice. |
Cooperative Research Programs
TRB's Cooperative Research Programs Division manages several cooperative research programs that frequently produces reports that have relevence to issues outside of the program's core focus areas.
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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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