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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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 Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Transit AgenciesMarch 2, 2015 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 115: Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Transit Agencies documents the current state of the practice in the use, policies, and impact of open data for improving transit planning, service quality, and treatment of customer information. |
Evaluation of Automated Vehicle Technology for TransitFebruary 27, 2015 The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that reviews the state of automated vehicle technology in transit, including the technology that could be used in demonstration projects. |
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 Transit 2014, Vol. 5February 27, 2015 TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2419 consists of 12 articles that explore the impacts of real-time passenger information signs in rail stations at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; the performance of Australian light rail and comparison with U.S. trends; rail transit networks with ring lines; a study that informs the Ch... |
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Getting There: NCSL's Mobility Newsletter-- January/February 2015February 20, 2015 The National Conference of State Legislatures has released the latest version of its quarterly newsletter that covers state and federal policy development, activities, upcoming events, funding opportunities, publications, and resources that relate to increasing the mobility of different segments of the population--such as those with disabilities and those with low incomes. |
Hearing on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization BillFebruary 13, 2015 On February 11, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing to explore the relationship of the proposed Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill to issues such as U.S. economic competitiveness and traffic congestion. Witness statements and a webcast of the hearing are available online. |
 Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2014February 13, 2015 The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that summarizes the progress of fuel cell electric bus development in the United States and discusses the achievements and challenges of introducing fuel cell propulsion in transit. |
World Transit Research Newsletter: January 2015February 6, 2015 Monash University’s Institute of Transport Studies has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter that is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database. |
 Developing Countries 2014February 5, 2015 TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2451 consists of 17 papers that summarizes transportation workers’ perspective on indigenous transportation and climate change adaptation; automobility in Brazil, Russia, India, and China; the classification of rural residents on the basis of activity travel characteristics; the influence of accessibil... |
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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.
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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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