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Motor Carrier 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 motor carriers. In addition, it includes links to selected motor carrier 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 motor carrier-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s marine transportation-related research products. |
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What's New
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TRB Highway-Related Programs and Activities
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 2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Plan Now to ExhibitSeptember 26, 2016 Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, 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 12,500 transportation professionals. Mor... |
Competition and Call for the Six Minute Pitch: A Transportation Startup ChallengeSeptember 23, 2016 TRB’s Young Members Council is sponsoring a competition for entrepreneurs with cutting-edge, research-based concepts for transportation product or service-based business. Selected presenters will have the opportunity to make a six minute, an interactive presentation to a panel of distinguished transportation industry investors and entrepreneurs at the TRB Annual Meeting , January 8-12, 2017, in... |
TRB Webinar: Practical Techniques for Successfully Communicating Technical TopicsSeptember 19, 2016 Timed to help you prepare your Annual Meeting presentation, TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET about presenting technical information clearly and succinctly when presentation time is short. If you are steeped in technical expertise and presenting in conferences or meetings, you can learn practical techniques that make your hard work meaningful t... |
2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Benefits to Your Organization as an Annual Meeting PatronAugust 31, 2016 This is the perfect time for your organization to show its support for transportation research and innovation by becoming a 2017 Annual Meeting Patron . Signing up now will provide your company maximum exposure and ensure it can take full advantage of all 2017 TRB Annual Meeting Patron benefits. To become an Annual Meeting Patron visit the online patron sales site or contact Russell Houston at ... |
2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Workshop InformationAugust 26, 2016 Titles, dates, times, and brief descriptions are now available for the 110+ specialty workshops at the TRB 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting registration is required for all workshop attendees. The Human Factors workshops, which are those with titles beginning with “HR,” have limited attendance and require a separate registration and fee. Mark your cale... |
 Freight Systems, Volume 1August 24, 2016 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2547 consists of 13 papers addressing freight systems issues, including: Characterization of International Origin–Destination Truck Movements Across Two Major U.S.–Canadian Border Crossings Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Parking Permits in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Effects of Safety Chains on Dynamics of... |
 Multi-State, Multimodal, Oversize/Overweight TransportationAugust 22, 2016 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 830: Multi-State, Multimodal, Oversize/Overweight Transportation is a compilation of existing permitting requirements for the transportation of oversize/overweight (OSOW) freight throughout the United States. It identifies and presents information about state-by-state differences in OSOW road transportation regulations and permi... |
New TRB Electronic Publication Download ProcessAugust 17, 2016 TRB is partnering with National Academies Press (NAP) on the hosting and dissemination of many of the electronic versions of TRB publications. The partnership will significantly expand the number of people exposed to TRB products; enhance TRB’s ability to identify and track the impacts of its research programs; and allow for users to be advised when new, similar publications are available. Begi... |
 TR News May-June 2016: The Decline and Revival of Intercity Bus ServiceAugust 2, 2016 The May–June 2016 issue of the TR News explores how curbside bus operators are rejuvenating a sector of transportation providing trip between 125 to 350 miles—distances considered too short for airline trips but uncomfortably long for 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... |
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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. |
Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program
TRB's Safety 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 safety systems practice.
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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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