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Rail 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 railroads. In addition, it includes links to selected railroad 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 railroads-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s railroad-related research products. |
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TRB Railroad-Related Programs and Activities
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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... |
 What Will a Virtual TRBAM Be Like?November 24, 2020 Planning firm Kittelson & Associates decided to seek the answers and wrote an article and created a video interviewing Ann Brach and James Bryant of TRB. As Brach says, the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2021 will be a month-long "transportation geekapalooza." |
TRB Minority Student Fellows Compendium in Transportation Research RecordNovember 20, 2020 TRB is proud to release its first compendium of papers published in Transportation Research Record (TRR) by participants of its Minority Student Fellows Program. This compendium showcases these 17 students (out of 177 alumni of the program) who have had their papers accepted for publication in TRR. Learn more about where these fellows are now by clicking on “ Meet the Student Fellows ” on the w... |
 New Videos Available on TRB Centennial WebsiteNovember 20, 2020 TRB's Centennial happened on November 11, when we officially turned 100 years old. But the celebration didn't end there. Take a look at some great new videos that join our clip on "Your Future in Transportation," at the TRB Centennial website , including: "TRB's Centennial Celebration," "TRB Centennial Session at the 2020 AASHTO Annual Meeting," and "One Hundred Years of Progress: A Conversatio... |
“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story”: How has TRB affected the way you value transportation research?November 20, 2020 The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories, which are our stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our' Story” centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help capture your stories. TRB welcomes all stories: small... |
 2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Early Bird Registration Ends November 30!November 18, 2020 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. Early bird registration for the meeting ends on November 30. Register now to take advantage of discounts of up to $100 off the regular fees. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters,... |
TRB Webinar: Rail in the Time of Coronavirus - Planning, Operating, & Constructing RailNovember 18, 2020 How are passenger rail planners and operators adapting in the time of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)? TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will feature case studies from the public and private sectors. Representatives from each organization will discuss how COVID-19 has (or has not) affected their efforts. They will discuss where their proj... |
2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Online Program Now AvailableNovember 17, 2020 The Online Program for the 100th TRB Annual Meeting is now available. This helpful online tool enables you to navigate through more than 3,000 presentations in over 350 transportation-related sessions at the meeting, which is being held virtually in January 2021. The Online Program contains the full schedule of lectern sessions, poster sessions, workshops, and committee meetings. It includes ti... |
 Featured Centennial Paper - The Virtues of Light Rail Transit in Urban TransportationNovember 16, 2020 Perhaps no public transit-related committee in the TRB family has generated more enthusiasm and activity than its Standing Technical Committee on Light Rail Transit. Since its inception as a subcommittee under the Rail Transit Systems Committee, its evolution can be tracked by the growing interest in light rail transit spawned by developments of modern systems in Western Europe and promoted by ... |
 A Pandemic Playbook for Transportation AgenciesNovember 12, 2020 Understanding pandemics, their impacts to transportation, and potential effective response has become more important, not only for the response to COVID-19, but also if, as the World Health Organization warns, we are now “living in a time of viruses.” TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program and Transit Cooperative Research Program have jointly issued this pre-publication draft of NC... |
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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. |
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)
Congress established the SHRP 2 in 2006 to find strategic solutions to three national transportation challenges: improving highway safety, reducing congestion, and improving methods for renewing roads and bridges. Research was focused in four areas, which are described below. The program carried out 145 research projects and produced 130 products as well as 132 research reports. |
Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program
TRB's Safety 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 safety systems practice.
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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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