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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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Walking Tolerance of Transitway Park-and-Ride UsersApril 19, 2018 The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that identifies the walking tolerance of park-and-ride users to transit stations. This report determines which factors influence the willingness to walk to transit with the goal of informing future planning efforts for park-and-ride facilities. |
TRB Webinar: Case Studies: The Diversity of RoundaboutsApril 18, 2018 TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, May 21, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that identifies creative applications of roundabouts to solve intersection problems. Presenters will describe case studies in which roundabout implementation has provided safer and more efficient travel across various modes. This webinar will explore how roundabouts may be effective in easing congestion, prioritizing ... |
Australasian Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool User GuideApril 18, 2018 Austroads has released a report that provides guidance for using the Australasian Pedestrian Crossing Facility Collection Tool. This report is associated with an online tool. The report is available for no fee after logging onto the site. |
 Identification of High Pedestrian Crash LocationsApril 2, 2018 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that identifies and ranks high pedestrian crash locations. This report determines where pedestrian crashes occur or where there is a concern they are likely to occur in order to reduce their frequency. |
 TRB Volunteer Profile: Shawn M. TurnerMarch 29, 2018 Shawn M. Turner, senior research engineer at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), is a featured volunteer in the TR News . Mr. Turner is also head of the Mobility Division in TTI’s Planning and Environmental Group. His research interests are data and information systems for decision making and pedestrian and bicycle transportation. Mr. Turner has been instrumental in monitoring and... |
Safety in Numbers: Pedestrian and Bicyclist Activity and Safety in MinneapolisMarch 22, 2018 The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that evaluates whether the Safety in Numbers (SIN) effect is observable in Minneapolis, Minnesota. SIN is a terminology that refers to the phenomenon that pedestrian safety is positively correlated with increased pedestrian traffic in a given area. |
 First 2018 Transportation Research Record Papers Now AvailableMarch 19, 2018 To keep pace with accelerating rate of research distribution, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board is now publishing articles as soon as they are finalized. The latest papers to be published are as follows: Use of a Laser Diffractometer to Obtain the Particle Size Distribution of Fine-Grained Soils Interstate Speed Profiles Conditioning and Testing Pr... |
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2018 WTS Annual Conference March 9, 2018 The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International is sponsoring their annual conference on May 16-19, 2018 in San Diego, California. The theme of this year’s conference is “Driving the Waves of Change,” and will include discussions about all modes of transportation. Sessions will provide information about transportation funding, driverless technology, mobility innovations, and unmanned aer... |
 Innovator: March/April 2018March 7, 2018 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly Innovator newsletter, which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built. Articles in this issue feature: Planning for safer local roads Policies to enhance pedestr... |
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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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