A featured article in the January-February 2019 issue of the TR News explores emerging trends, applied research, research needs, and innovative solutions to challenges across all transportation modes and functions. State departments of transportation are deploying new technologies, streamlined and innovative processes, research-driven methods, and holistic systems approaches to further the goal of a transportation system that supports the health and economy of the nation and improved quality of life for ...

The Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, through SAGE Publications, has released full text articles of the most read and cited papers of 2016 and 2017. This collection highlights the unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage the TRR provides to the transportation community. Submit comments and suggestions at trr@nas.edu. The TRR presents the latest research findings in policy, planning, administration, economics and financing, operations, construction, desi...

A slideshow summary of the Transportation Research Board's pre- and post-September 11, 2001, transportation security and resilience activities is updated monthly.

Since September 11, 2001, more than 200 security-, emergency management-, and infrastructure protection-related planning and implementation projects have been initiated through programs managed by TRB. This report, updated monthly, provides information on more than $30 million worth of completed and ongoing TRB security-related research. The report includes information on research that is formally coordinated between the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and National Cooperative Highway Researc...

TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs fund research into promising but unproven innovations for highways, transportation safety, and transit.

The latest edition of Research Pays Off explores how to evaluate the impact of transportation projects on residential subdivisions. 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 transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community, research pays off articles that profile of transportation professionals, workshop and conference announcements , new book notices, and news of ...

A featured article in the November-December 2018 issue of the TR News examines the implementation and results of various designated driving programs to deter alcohol-impaired driving. 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 transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community, research pays off articles that profile of transportation professionals, workshop and confe...

The latest edition of Research Pays Off explores how to leverage pavement technology to develop safer pavement marking systems. This article discusses how the Florida Department of Transportation measures the retroreflectivity of a road according to “30-m" geometry and stored all data in a comprehensive and easily accessible database.   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 transportation. It also in...

A featured article in the September-October 2018 issue of the TR News explores observations and lessons from the August 2017 total solar eclipse to better understand successful strategies and areas for improvement so that transportation agencies can prepare for the next total one in 2024.   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 transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the tran...

A featured article in the July-August 2018 issue of the TR News investigates how risk is addressed in both the traditional project delivery method and in alternative project delivery methods used by departments of transportation across the country.  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 transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community, research pays off ar...