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Pedestrian and Bicyclist 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 pedestrians and bicyclists. In addition, it includes links to selected pedestrian and bicyclist 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 pedestrian and bicyclist-related research products. |
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TRB Pedestrians and Bicyclists-Related Programs and Activities
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 Contribute to TRB’s Centennial Activities Today: TRB History Book Recognition Opportunity Ends Sept. 30September 11, 2019 Individuals or organizations wishing to be recognized as a Century Club or Century Patron contributor in the TRB history book, Transportation Research Board 1920–2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited must make their contributions by September 30, 2019. TRB’s history book will be made available to all full registrant attendees and your contribution recognition will be a lasting testimonial to you... |
 TRB Centennial - “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story” - What was one of your “aha” moments as a result of TRB?September 11, 2019 TRB officially turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To help celebrate, TRB is asking you to “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story.” The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” Story” Centennial activity consists of a series of ... |
“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story” August Responses - What do you believe is TRB's greatest strength?September 9, 2019 The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” Story” Centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help capture your stories. Here are some of the responses from our question in Au... |
Regulating bikesharing and ridesourcing appsSeptember 6, 2019 App-based mobility services are discussed in Regulating App-Based Mobility Services: Summary and Conclusions , a report from the International Transport Forum. This report is based on a roundtable discussion that focused primarily on bikesharing and ridesourcing apps. This report identifies potential regulatory principles to optimize consumer benefits of app-based mobility and ensure that these... |
Increasing safety of child pedestriansSeptember 6, 2019 The safety of child pedestrians is reexamined in Redefining the Child Pedestrian Safety Paradigm , a report from the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University. This report identifies locations in urban areas where child pedestrians are at particular risk for fatal collisions with vehicles and determines ways to mitigate these risks. |
TRB Webinar: Implications of Technologies for Visually Impaired PedestriansSeptember 5, 2019 Transportation technology developers are invited to a TRB webinar on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar will provide an overview of the demographics and characteristics of the visually impaired population and discuss the implications of technologies developed to aid this population. Developers of wayfinding or safety technologies intended to help the visually i... |
RFP: Research Roadmap for the AASHTO Council on Active TransportationSeptember 5, 2019 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop a research roadmap that can be used by the Council to focus its efforts to foster, support, monitor, disseminate, and implement research on active transportation. Proposals are due October 30, 2019. |
Which of Your Colleagues Have Contributed to TRB's Centennial Activities? Join Them Today!August 29, 2019 TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. You are invited to join your colleagues listed below who have contributed to the TRB Century Club to support activities that will mark the anniversary; promote the value of transportation research; and celebrate the achievements of TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and staff. Contributions made before September 30, 2019, will be recognized in TRB's 100 ... |
 2020 TRB Annual Meeting: Register TodayAugust 29, 2019 Register and make hotel reservations today for the TRB 99th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend the exhibit hall, career fair, or any workshops. As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, all full registrants at the 99th Annual Meeting will be eligib... |
Mobility systems in Syracuse, New YorkAugust 28, 2019 The viability of developing urban mobility systems in Syracuse, New York is discussed in Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Transportation (FAST): Syracuse , a report from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. This report assesses the feasibility of implement, growing, and promoting three urban mobility systems in Syracuse. These projects aim to enhance walking and bi... |
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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. |
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. |
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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