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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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What's New
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TRB Pedestrians and Bicyclists-Related Programs and Activities
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Australasian Pedestrian Facility Selection ToolFebruary 23, 2015 Austroads has released a report that presents an online Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool, designed to help practitioners select the most appropriate type of pedestrian crossing based on walkability, safety, and economic outcomes. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site. |
 Traffic Control Devices 2014February 17, 2015 TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2463 Traffic Control Devices 2014 consists of 8 papers that explore a simulator-based analysis of driver performance using three- or four-section displays for permissive left turns; predictions of driver actions at signalized intersections by using a nested logit model; an interactive decision support ... |
Streetside: February 2015February 13, 2015 The Alliance for Biking and Walking has released the latest edition of its newsletter that includes news on safety-related topics, policy updates, advocacy information, and upcoming events. |
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America Walks Newsletter: January 2015February 6, 2015 America Walks has released its monthly newsletter that highlights news, publications, and other resources that communities can use to promote walking as a form of transportation. |
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 Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data CollectionJanuary 23, 2015 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection describes methods and technologies for counting pedestrians and bicyclists, offers guidance on developing a non-motorized count program, gives suggestions on selecting appropriate counting methods and technologies, and provides examples of how organizations have use... |
 Methods and Technologies for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection January 23, 2015 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 205: Methods and Technologies for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection, documents the research that led to the guidance of NCHRP Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection . Research included the testing and evaluation of a range of automated count technologies that captu... |
TRB Webinar: Tools for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data CollectionJanuary 22, 2015 TRB will conduct a webinar on January 29, 2015, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that will explore NCHRP Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection . Webinar presenters will provide an overview of the guidebook's contents and a short summary of the research. This webinar will introduce applications for non-motorized count data, technologies and methods for collecting non-mot... |
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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.
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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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