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Research Activities 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 research activities. In addition, it includes links to selected research 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 programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s research related products. |
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TRB Research-Related Programs and Activities
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 Research Pays Off: Effective Use of Chip Seals in MinnesotaApril 21, 2014 In the early 1990s, chip seal use throughout Minnesota declined to a historic low. State and local agencies were not obtaining a consistent quality of performance from the technique; however, long-term data show that successful application of chip seals extended service life of the state’s asphalt pavements by an average of 6 years. To address the problem, the Minnesota Local Road Researc... |
Ninth Annual Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Safety SymposiumApril 21, 2014 TRB is sponsoring the Ninth Annual Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Safety Symposium on July 10, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The symposium is designed to provide updates on SHRP 2 safety projects and to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners from the private and public sectors. Topics that will be addressed include SHRP 2’s naturalistic dri... |
SHRP2 Round 4 Implementation Assistance Program Webinars Begin April 25, 2014April 20, 2014 The SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program is available to help state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other interested organizations deploy SHRP2 solutions. The official application process for Round 4 of the assistance program will begin May 30, 2014, and will close June 27, 2014. Each of the 12 products in Round 4 of the assistance program were s... |
Nordic Road and Transport Research: No. 1, 2014April 18, 2014 VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released its triannual magazine that summarizes road research news from public road and transport research organizations in the Nordic countries. |
 FHWA Focus Magazine: March 2014April 18, 2014 The Federal Highway Administration has released the latest version of its Focus magazine, which highlights efforts designed to accelerate infrastructure innovations in order to build better, safer roads. |
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RFI: TCRP FY 2015 Research Problem Statements SoughtApril 18, 2014 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program has issued a request for problem statements identifying research needed for TCRP’s FY 2015 program. Research problem statements for the TCRP FY 2015 program are due June 15, 2014. These submittals form the basis for selection of the annual TCRP research program. The TCRP undertakes applied research and technical activities focusing on the needs of tran... |
Volpe eNews Bulletin: April 15, 2014April 17, 2014 Volpe, the National Transportation Systems Center at the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released its eNews Bulletin that features its news briefs, tools for practitioners, and reports. |
CTS Catalyst: April 2014April 17, 2014 The latest issue of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Catalyst newsletter is now available. Catalyst provides current information on the latest in transportation-related research and activities from the CTS. |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Highway 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 National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) report series, Synthesis of Highway Practice.
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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.
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Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) report series, Synthesis of Commerical Truck and Bus Safety Practice. |
Cooperative Research Programs
TRB's Cooperative Research Programs Division manages several cooperative research programs that frequently produces reports that have relevence to issues outside of the program's core focus areas.
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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 investigate the underlying causes of highway crashes and congestion in a short-term program of focused research. To carry out that investigation, SHRP 2 targets goals in four interrelated focus areas--Safety, Renewal, Reliability, and Capacity.
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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.
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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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