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Public Transportation 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 public transportation. In addition, it includes links to selected public transportation 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 public transportation-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s marine transportation-related research products. |
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TRB Public Transportation-Related Programs and Activities
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TRB Webinar: Planning and Managing Park-and-RideAugust 17, 2017 TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, from 2:00PM to 4:00PM ET that features research from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 192 : Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public Transportation: Guidebook on Planning and Managing Park-and-Ride. This webinar will discuss the research that provides transit agencies ... |
 2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Plan Now to ExhibitAugust 16, 2017 Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. All indications are that attendance at the meeting will be the largest ever. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to more than 13,000 transportation professionals. Mor... |
 TR News May-June 2017: Valuing a Mature Highway System: In Search of the Holy GrailAugust 15, 2017 A featured article in the May-June 2017 issue of the TR News examines how to develop appropriate evaluation frameworks that account for the integration of new technologies into the infrastructure in order to accurately value the current highway system. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of trans... |
NTI Webinar: Onboard Camera Applications for BusesAugust 10, 2017 TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on Thursday, September 14, 2017 from 2:00-3:30 PM ET that features its Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 123 : Onboard Camera Applications for Buses. This webinar, hosted by the National Transit Institute (NTI), will explore how transit agencies across the country are using onboard camera applications for their buses for safety and security of b... |
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TCRP Video: Marking 25 Years of Service through ResearchAugust 3, 2017 TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) commemorates the first 25 years of its research program highlighting personal testimonies of how TCRP research is used and implemented in practice. TCRP produces practical solutions to problems facing public transportation agencies. TCRP is managed by TRB and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in cooperation with the Transit Develop... |
 Active Safety-Collision Warning Pilot in Washington StateJuly 27, 2017 TRB's Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has released Report 82: Active Safety-Collision Warning Pilot in Washington State that involved field testing and evaluation of the collision avoidance warning system placed on buses in revenue service over a three-month period. The system provides alerts and audible warnings to the driver about traffic conditions that coul... |
2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Feature Your Organization at the Careers in Motion Networking FairJuly 25, 2017 TRB's inaugural Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 7, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of sectors and modes to meet with transportation professionals interested in working for their organizations. TR... |
 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight: July 2017July 22, 2017 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released their monthly newsletter about the latest transit safety issues. This edition features information about a bus safety review, certification of rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO) programs, and the next SSO quarterly call. |
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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. |
Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program
TRB's Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program is designed to provide an opportunity to investigate new and unproven concepts or to evaluate novel applications of technologies that have been tried, tested or used for transit systems practice.
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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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