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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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Three TRB Executive Committee Members Join Biden AdministrationJanuary 25, 2021 We congratulate three TRB Executive Committee members who have been appointed to senior positions in President Biden's administration. Vicki Arroyo , 2019 Chair of the Executive Committee, has been appointed as Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nuria Fernandez , an Executive Committee member, has been appointed as Deputy Federal ... |
TRB Dominant in President Biden's U.S. DOT Appointee ListJanuary 22, 2021 We're happy to note that more than a third of President Joe Biden's appointees to key U.S. Department of Transportation leadership positions have volunteered their service to or have engaged with TRB in the past. See the full list of appointees. |
Third Episode of TRB's Transportation Explorers Podcast Features Susan ShaheenJanuary 22, 2021 TRB is pleased to announce the third episode of our new podcast, Transportation Explorers. The series gives voice to the many volunteers of the Transportation Research Board and other leading transportation experts. The co-hosts explore the latest and most critical research and innovations in transportation. In this episode, Susan Shaheen of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the Univer... |
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New Transportation Research Thesaurus Video PostedJanuary 21, 2021 A new 7-minute video will help preparers populate ‘Field 17 Keywords’ field with the best terms from the Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT) that most accurately describe the content of their report. See AASHTO’s Report Guidelines and Requirements for more information about the Technical Report Documentation Page. SPR-funded reports must include this form in the report, and it is good... |
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TR News November-December 2020 issue table of contents now onlineJanuary 20, 2021 The November-December 2020 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on the development of a Recycled Material Web Map—is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Other feature articles in the issue include "Living with Transformational Technologies and Other Surprises," "Asphalt Recycling: History of Recycled M... |
TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in the newsJanuary 19, 2021 The January 2021 TRB Annual Meeting is generating headlines from press and participants alike. Catch up on your reading, watching, and listening! Video Kittelson & Associates, Inc. TRB 2021 - Conversation with Kittelson Cambridge Systematics TRB 100th Anniversary Celebration Podcast AASHTO's ETAP Podcast Environmental Topics at the Vir... |
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2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Mobile App Now AvailableJanuary 15, 2021 Download the TRB Annual Meeting mobile app before the 100th Annual Meeting. To download the app, search “TRB 2021” in the Apple Store or Google Play. When opening the app for the first time, enter the same email address used to register for the Annual Meeting to unlock the app. The app provides registered attendees with the ability to search the full schedule of events, program participants, ex... |
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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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