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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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 TRB Webinar: Systemic Pedestrian Safety Analysis and Risk Based PrioritizationJanuary 17, 2019 TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, February 4, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 893 : Systemic Pedestrian Safety Analysis. This webinar will describe how transportation agencies can utilize a systemic approach to pedestrian safety by outlining its process and needs. A systemic approach, as ... |
WTS and TRB Discuss How To Successfully Navigate the TRB Annual MeetingDecember 31, 2018 Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) is hosting an event on January 9, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM with TRB Executive Director, Neil Pedersen, and TRB staff officers who will describe ways to effectively navigate the TRB Annual Meeting. Register in advance. The event will take place at the Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, D.C. |
 Assessing Interactions Between Access Management Treatments and Multimodal Users December 28, 2018 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 256: Assessing Interactions Between Access Management Treatments and Multimodal Users describes operational and safety relationships between access management techniques and the automobile, pedestrian, bicycle, public transit, and truck modes. This contractor's report may help assist in the selection of alternati... |
 Guide for the Analysis of Multimodal Corridor Access ManagementDecember 28, 2018 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 900: Guide for the Analysis of Multimodal Corridor Access Management describes operational and safety relationships between access management techniques and the automobile, pedestrian, bicycle, public transit, and truck modes. This report may help assist in the selection of alternative access management techniques ... |
Measuring Equitable Access to New Mobility: A Case Study of Shared Bikes and Electric ScootersDecember 27, 2018 Populus has released a report that summarizes methods that may support an equity analysis of shared mobility services in the D.C. area. Mobility services include dockless bikes, scooters, and carsharing vehicles. This report maintains that a key priority for many policymakers and planners is to help ensure that these services are accessible and available to the underserved. |
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Optimising New Mobility ServicesDecember 15, 2018 The International Transport Forum has released a report that identifies lessons and practices from the rollout of dockless bike share programs. This report aims to inform how cities manage all types of technology-enabled mobility services in order to encourage the use of dockless bike shares as part of a more sustainable transportation network. |
 Safety Compass Newsletter: Fall 2018December 13, 2018 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Safety Compass newsletter. This edition features information about: A tool for calibrating safety performance factors Online safety courses Reducing rural roadway departures |
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Governing Dockless Bike Share: Early Lessons for Nice Ride MinnesotaNovember 30, 2018 The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that explores ways to regulate bike share in cities based on the implementation of Nice Ride Minnesota's dockless pilot program. This report also identifies challenges in implementation and highlights potential approaches, focusing on the future of bike share in the Twin Cities. |
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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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