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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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 Maintenance Planning for Rail Asset Management—Current PracticesDecember 2, 2020 The occurrence of rail defects, broken rails, and broken rail derailments is consistent with the rate of development found in other studies that look at larger populations of rail defects. Likewise, the larger and more heavily used transit systems develop increased levels of defects, which is again consistent with what is seen in the railroad industry at large. The TRB Transit Cooperative Resea... |
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 MyTRB Users Must Create a New PasswordDecember 1, 2020 With a need to increase security, MyTRB users will be required to create a new password the next time they log in to the system. This is a one-time change designed to protect data and personal information even more than is already the case. |
 Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the PracticeNovember 30, 2020 Third rail systems provide traction power to electrified rail systems in many parts of the world, including the United States, and encounter problems such as failures that need to be investigated and remediated. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 150: Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the Practice documents the present practices and lessons learned... |
 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are AvailableNovember 30, 2020 Resource pages for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting are available. Visit this page for information about the online program , mobile app (available in late December), FAQs , and other information . The TRB 100th Annual Meeting will be conducted as a virtual event throughout January 2021. Exact dates are January 5-8, 11-15, 21-22, and 25-29. Registration is required for all Annual Meetin... |
2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)November 30, 2020 At TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021, more than 30 Spotlight Sessions will focus on this year's theme, "Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life." Specific sessions about COVID-19 will focus on: preparing for the next global pandemic, rapid repurpsing of urban streets, supply chain disruptions, mobility changes and community impacts, and measuring transportation needs. O... |
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 Improving Health Care through TransportationNovember 26, 2020 Most healthcare news in 2020 has been focused, rightfully, on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Meanwhile, many routine or non-emergency health care procedures have been postponed, and as these procedures make their way back onto our personal schedules, it’s worth remembering that many people delay non-emergency but necessary medical procedures all the time for many different reasons. It should ... |
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 Cristian Alvarez Tuta Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in November's ResponsesNovember 25, 2020 Cristian Alvarez Tuta, Civil Engineer - Project Developer, New York City Department of Transportation let us know that says that presenting at the 2019 Annual Meeting "on alternate regulation on truck loading zones in one important Avenue of Queens, New York, gave me momentum and experience to apply for my first job as a recent grad civil engineer. I was hired by the New York City Department of... |
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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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