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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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What's New
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TRB History-Related Programs and Activities
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 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Compendium of Papers Now AvailableJanuary 6, 2015 The 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers is now available on the TRB Annual Meeting Online portal . Annual Meeting registrants can view the technical papers now. The posters and presentation slides will be available in early March. For Annual Meeting registrants, the compendium can be downloaded from the Annual Meeting Online portal at no cost. Also, a PDF version of the printed Fi... |
Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee Summer Conference 2015January 1, 2015 TRB is sponsoring the Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee Summer Conference in July 2015 in Richmond, Virginia. The conference will examine the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for the preservation of historic structures and archeological materials, information, and cultures. Contact Christine Gerencher for more information at CGerencher@nas.edu . |
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 Neil Pedersen Named TRB Executive Director – Effective February 1, 2015November 18, 2014 After a national search of extraordinary candidates for the Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Neil Pedersen, Deputy Director of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), has been selected to lead TRB. Pedersen’s appointment will be effective on February 1, 2015. Pedersen joined the National Academies in 2012 as the Deputy Director of the second Strateg... |
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 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Plan Now to Exhibit at Our New VenueSeptember 24, 2014 On July 24, 2014, all businesses and organizations will have the opportunity to register for exhibit space to showcase their products and services to nearly 12,000 transportation professionals in attendance at the TRB 94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The meeting, to be held at a new venue, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, will provide new benefits to exhi... |
 Manager’s Guide to the Integrated Ecological FrameworkAugust 17, 2014 TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-C06-RW-4: Manager’s Guide to the Integrated Ecological Framework is designed to provide a basic understanding of the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF), a nine-step process for integrating ecological and transportation planning. It presents information about the relevant stakeholders and types of expertise needed to help ensure... |
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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... |
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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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