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Pipeline 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 pipelines. In addition, it includes links to selected pipelines 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 pipeline-related research products. |
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TRB Pipeline-Related Programs and Activities
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 2011 Overview: Traffic Safety Fact SheetMay 22, 2013 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet provides an overview of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System for a variety of areas including restraint use, children pedestrians, and bicyclists. |
 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record Call for PapersMay 15, 2013 TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential... |
 50th Anniversary for the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board May 15, 2013 The 2013 series marks the 50th year of TRB’s peer-reviewed journal, which debuted as the Highway Research Record in 1963; became the Transportation Research Record in 1974, with Number 480; and added the subtitle, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, in 2000, with Number 1653. In all, TRB has published more than 25,000 papers in volumes of the TRR Journal and continues to build on its ... |
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 Review of the Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Permitting ProcessesFebruary 21, 2013 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that discusses the processes necessary to acquire permits to construct interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, information available on the time frames of the permitting process, and management practices that may improve the permitting process. |
Hearing on Pipeline Safety: An On-The-Ground Look at Safeguarding the PublicFebruary 4, 2013 On January 28, 2013, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to examine the nation’s pipeline infrastructure after the Sissonville, West Virginia explosion and evaluate the U.S. Department of Transportation’s implementation of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011. Witness testimonies and a video of the hearing are avai... |
 Review of Pipeline Safety: Improving Pipeline Operator Incident ResponseFebruary 4, 2013 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines the ability of transmission pipeline operators to respond to incidents, an analysis of installing automated valves in high-consequence areas, and ways that the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration can assist operators in deciding whether to install the automated valves. |
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 Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 31August 6, 2012 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence transportation energy use. Information on ordering printed copies of the report is available online. |
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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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