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Passenger Transportation 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 passenger transportation research activities. In addition, it includes links to selected research 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 passenger transportation-related products. |
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TRB Passenger Transportation-Related Programs and Activities
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 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. |
 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record Call for PapersMay 15, 2013 TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential... |
 50th Anniversary for the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board May 15, 2013 The 2013 series marks the 50th year of TRB’s peer-reviewed journal, which debuted as the Highway Research Record in 1963; became the Transportation Research Record in 1974, with Number 480; and added the subtitle, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, in 2000, with Number 1653. In all, TRB has published more than 25,000 papers in volumes of the TRR Journal and continues to build on its ... |
RFP: Inventory of State Passenger and Freight Rail Programs May 1, 2013 TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) has issued a request for proposals to prepare an inventory of existing state passenger and freight rail programs; identify innovative funding mechanisms in this inventory; and conduct an analysis of targeted innovative funding programs extracted from this inventory that may be of use to other state or local governments. Proposals are due ... |
 Review of California High-Speed Passenger RailApril 6, 2013 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that reviews the reliability of the project’s cost estimates, revenue and passenger rail ridership forecasts, risks of the funding plan, and the extent to which economic impacts were identified. |
 Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass TransitApril 4, 2013 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 102: Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit examines the integration between land- and water-based transit systems and explores successful aspects of seamless integration. |
Examining Consumer Behavior and Travel ChoicesMarch 28, 2013 The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium has released a report that explores the history of scholarly work on impacts of non-work travel along with consumer spending by mode of travel. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site. |
New Study: Teen Driver Deaths Increase in 2012March 6, 2013 Governors Highway Safety Association that examines trends in the numbers of 16- and 17-year-old driver deaths in passenger vehicles in the United States and proposes solutions to reduce that number. |
Thematic Research Summary: Passenger TransportMarch 6, 2013 The Transport Research and Innovation Portal has released a report that provides an overview of research on passenger transport focused on European Union-funded projects as well as an analysis and compilation of research findings and recommendations. |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) report series, Synthesis of Transit Practice.
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Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice.
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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. |
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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