National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volumes 1-6 examines global and domestic long-range, strategic issues and their implications for state departments of transportation. Each volume explores fields as varied as freight movement, climate change, technology adoption, sustainability, fuels and energy, and socio-demographics and explains how events and trends may shape the transportation system of 30-50 years in the future.

NCHRP's 2014 Summary of Progress highlights the more than 141 projects completed in 2014 and includes a listing of nearly 3,000 other projects undertaken by the program since 1962. The Summary of Progress also presents detailed information about the operation of NCHRP through the Standing Committee on Research of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Evaluating Implementation of NCHRP Products: Building on Successful Practices identifies the four key elements to successful implementation: implementation leadership, buy-in, structural support and resources, and ready-to-use products. Ten case studies of selected NCHRP products highlight a range of effective approaches to implementation.

NCHRP announces its FY 2015 projects; current requests for proposals can be found on our RFP page.

Information on all projects initiated under the NCHRP from its inception in 1962 through 1988 is included in NCHRP Web Document 7: Special Edition of Summary of Progress through 1988.

Unfunded CRP problem statements will be posted periodically as each program's fiscal year project selection is made.

• Administration and Management
• Traffic and Safety
• Construction and Materials
• Design 
• Environment, Energy, and Planning
• Maintenance and Preservation 

• Standing Committee on Highways
• Standing Committee on Planning
• Standing Committee on the Environment
• Standing Committee on Public Transportation

• Reports: Reports are the main product of the research project and are often written as guidebooks or manuals.
• Syntheses of Practice: Syntheses report on the state of the practice based on literature reviews and surveys of recent activities about innovations being used by others to solve problems.
• Research Results Digests (RRDs): RRDs are used to promote early awareness of project results in order to encourage implementation.
• Legal Digests (LRDs): LRDs report on timely legal issues, compile case law, or recommend specific solutions to specific problems.
• Web-Only Documents: Web-only documents are fully searchable PDFs of contractor-prepared reports or supporting appendix materials.
• Selected Studies in Transportation Law: The SSTL series is jointly published by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP).

Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection January 23, 2015 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection describes methods and technologies for counting pedestrians and bicyclists, offers guidance on developing a non-motorized count program, gives suggestions on selecting appropriate counting methods and technologies, and provides examples of how organizations have use...

Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems: 2015 January 13, 2015 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 392: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems is a digest of the progress and status of NCHRP Project 20-5, “Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems.”

Median Cross-Section Design for Rural Divided Highways January 5, 2015 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 794: Median Cross-Section Design for Rural Divided Highways provides guidelines for designing typical cross-sections for medians on new and existing rural freeways and divided highways.

Design Methods for In-Stream Flow Control Structures December 5, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 795: Design Methods for In-Stream Flow Control Structures presents design guidelines for in-stream flow control structures used to limit lateral migration and reduce bank erosion. Appendices A through E and Appendix G are available on the project webpage .

Design Guidance for Channelized Right-Turn Lanes December 2, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 208: Design Guidance for Channelized Right-Turn Lanes develops guidance for channelized right-turn lanes based on balancing the needs of motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles.

A Debris Management Handbook for State and Local DOTs and Departments of Public Works December 1, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 781: A Debris Management Handbook for State and Local DOTs and Departments of Public Works provides debris management practices for local, tribal, and state departments of transportation and for public works agencies. A PowerPoint presentation and a final report describing the methodology of the project are available online.

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