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Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool
9/16/2022 6:01:37 PM
An important operational characteristic of an airport is the length of its longest runway. The longest runway determines the types of aircraft that can use the airport and dictates the operational limitations at the airport. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 54: Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool provides a user-friendly computer tool to help airport planners and designers estimate runway length requirements for a variety of aircraft and design...
TR News 336 November-December 2021
3/31/2022 8:00:33 PM
The November-December 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on collaboration and innovation at the MnROAD Research Facility—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue include Airport Cooperative Research Program guidance on best design practices for service animal relief areas, worship spaces, lactation areas, and more; developing the transportation workforce; and infrastructure preservation and renewal. This is Issue 336. To subscribe to TR News, sign up through MyTRB.org. Su...
Methods for State DOTs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector
3/14/2022 12:00:00 PM
Many technical and institutional issues related to estimating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) lie across a wide spectrum of the activities undertaken by state departments of transportation (DOTs). The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 308: Methods for State DOTs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector documents the research effort for an NCHRP project that focused on developing a guide for state DOTs on reducing GHG emission...
Long-Term Infrastructure Program Letter Report: January 31, 2022
2/1/2022 7:00:28 AM
A January 31, 2022 letter report from TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program's Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP) summarizes recent program progress, strategic issues, and committee recommendations for future actions. The program has produced some useful products and results over the past year and continued to improve user accessibility to data and information. Although FHWA’s infrastructure research and development is considerably broa...
TR News 335 September-October 2021: State of Emergency: What Transportation Learned From 9/11
1/28/2022 1:00:15 PM
The September-October 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on what the transportation industry learned from 9/11—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue focus on how, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11), transportation has broadened its role to include response and operations—from traffic incident management as a multiagency function to aviation security. But in the 20 years since 9/11, natural disasters, technology changes, and pandemics have pr...
NCHRP 2021 Annual Report
1/19/2022 9:00:04 PM
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released its annual report. This Annual Report provides a concise list of research published in 2021 and a list of all active projects, projects completed in 2021, and projects that were approved in 2021 but are not yet under contract. The Annual Report also presents detailed information about how NCHRP operates with oversight by the AASHTO Special Committee on Research and Innovation.
BTSCRP 2021 Annual Report
1/3/2022 9:00:04 PM
The 2021 Annual Report for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) is now available. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP Annual Report highlights current and pending projects, sponsors, and other details about the program.
Transportation Research Board 2021 Annual Report
1/3/2022 8:00:37 PM
The 2021 Annual Report summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how TRB has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout the year. TRB provides leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportation. TRB is a program division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The...
ACRP 2021 Annual Report of Progress
12/30/2021 12:53:58 PM
ACRP’s 2021 Annual Report of Progress describes the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s activities and accomplishments and how they encourage collaboration to address emerging challenges and foster professional networking across miles and generations. By presenting program metrics and practitioner feedback, the report describes ACRP’s highlights and accomplishments. Since its establishment in 2005, the Airport Cooperative Research Program has helped foster and sustain these benefits by conducting...
TCRP Annual Report of Progress 2021
12/29/2021 1:08:25 PM
The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released its annual report, which provides an overview of the program, status of each of TCRP’s projects, and a summary of some of the program's accomplishments for the year. In FY 2021, TCRP produced 21 publications, including 12 research reports, 5 syntheses, 2 legal research digests, 1 research results digest, and a web-only document, bringing the total to more than 741 publications since the inception of the program. In the period from August 19...
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