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History 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 history. In addition, it includes links to selected history 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 history-related research products. |
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TRB History-Related Programs and Activities
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A Very Brief History of Why Americans Hate Their CommutesFebruary 5, 2014 As part of its “The Future of Transportation” series, Atlantic Cities has published a short paper on the history of America’s commuting habits by Dr. Martin Wachs. According to Dr. Wachs, a former Chairman of the TRB Executive Committee and the 2002 recipient of TRB's W.N. Carey Distinguished Service Award, the evolution of our commuting habits reflects broader social change affecting... |
 Critical Issues in Transportation: 2013February 1, 2014 TRB’s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on their likely impact on the nation’s economy and quality of life. The discussion of the critical issues identified in this document is intended to facilitate debate and to encourage research leading to their resolution. Previous editions of Critical Issues in Transportation have hig... |
Transportation Management and Policy Senior Program Officer Position Available in TRB's Technical Activities DivisionJanuary 10, 2014 TRB’s Technical Activities Division has an opening for a Senior Program Officer (SPO) to work in the areas of transportation management and policy. Specifically, the SPO will work in the areas of transportation taxation and finance, economics and economic development, social factors, sustainability, environmental justice, pricing, strategic management, management and productivity, performance m... |
Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee Summer Conference 2014November 1, 2013 TRB is sponsoring the Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee Summer Conference on July 13-15, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. The conference will examine the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for the preservation of historic structures and archeological materials, information, and cultures. For additional information, contact Christy Gerencher at CGerencher@n... |
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 A Chronicle of Research and TRB Turns 50: Highlighting the Fifth Decade of TR NewsMay 29, 2013 The 50th anniversary of TRB’s magazine provides an occasion to look back at recent highlights and emerging themes, including climate change, the environment, security, technology applications, international research collaboration, lessons from transportation history, and more. TRB history buffs might also like to look back at article that marked the 40th anniverary of the magazine that was publ... |
 2011 Overview: Traffic Safety Fact SheetMay 22, 2013 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet provides an overview of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System for a variety of areas including restraint use, children pedestrians, and bicyclists. |
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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. |
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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