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Highway 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 highways. In addition, it includes links to selected highway 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 highway-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s highway-related research products. |
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TRB Highway-Related Programs and Activities
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 US NHTSA: Motor vehicle occupant safetyFebruary 23, 2020 The results of the most recent motor vehicle occupant safety survey are outlined in 2016 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey, Volume 4: Emergency Medical Services, Crash Injury Experience, and Other Traffic Safety Topics , a report from the U.S. Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This report focuses on emergency medical services, crash injuries, emergency situations, air bag... |
 US CRS: Funding highwaysFebruary 22, 2020 An overview of the Federal-Aid Highway (FAHP) program is outlined in Federal-Aid Highway Program (FAHP): In Brief . The FAHP is an umbrella term for the separate highway programs administered by the Federal Highway Administration, and are almost entirely focused on highway construction. |
Featured Centennial Paper - Resource Conservation and RecoveryFebruary 20, 2020 The Standing Committee on Resource Conservation and Recovery continues today much as it has in the past, by evaluating trending topics that relate to our expanding scope such as managing risk associated with contaminated materials, utilizing recycled materials, looking for ways to be sustainable and resilient, and maximizing the resources we have such as finding alternative uses for our right o... |
 “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story”February 20, 2020 What is a significant contribution you think that TRB has made to transportation and why? Please submit your responses in to this month's question by February 29, 2020. TRB welcomes all stories: small or large, profound or light-hearted, sobering or humorous. The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to part... |
 Transportation in the face of communicable diseaseFebruary 19, 2020 If you work in the transportation industry, you probably have a plan for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). After all, part of the service you provide depends on the ability to keep people safe and healthy regardless of their travel plans. A growing list of airlines and governments have banned flights from China. Fortunately airports, airlines, first responders, and local health officials a... |
 TRB Centennial and Black History Month - Research Profiles - Catherine RossFebruary 18, 2020 By 1997, Catherine Ross gained much of her extensive experience in the transportation field through more than 15 years of research for the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and other agencies. Former co-director of the Transportation Research and Education Center at the Georgia Institut... |
History Highlights - Using Economics to Manage Congestion: Is It Fair?February 18, 2020 “Not uncontroversial” is how the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) 1994 Annual Report described the consensus study Curbing Gridlock: Peak-Period Fees to Relieve Traffic Congestion (TRB Special Report 242). The Committee for Study on Urban Transportation Congestion Pricing had dared to suggest that the federal government should encourage tolls on the country’s congested streets and highw... |
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MnDOT: Asset management guidebookFebruary 15, 2020 Guidance about asset management principles and practices is provided in Asset Management Guide for Local Agencies , a report from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The guidebook includes information about developing an asset inventory, establishing performance goals, identifying risk, determining life-cycle planning, and creating asset management plans. |
 Workforce Optimization Workbook for Transportation Construction ProjectsFebruary 14, 2020 State transportation agencies are increasingly tasked with doing more with less in managing highway transportation networks. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 923: Workforce Optimization Workbook for Transportation Construction Projects provides state transportation agencies with guidance to identify their construction staffing needs and how to best a... |
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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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Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program
TRB's Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program is designed to provide an opportunity to investigate new and unproven concepts or to evaluate novel applications of technologies that have been tried, tested or used for highway systems 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. |
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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. |
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)
Congress established the SHRP 2 in 2006 to find strategic solutions to three national transportation challenges: improving highway safety, reducing congestion, and improving methods for renewing roads and bridges. Research was focused in four areas, which are described below. The program carried out 145 research projects and produced 130 products as well as 132 research reports. |
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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