|
|
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. |
|
What's New
|
TRB Research-Related Programs and Activities
|
|
NCSL Transport Report Newsletter: November 2013December 6, 2013 The National Conference of State Legislatures has released the latest version of its monthly newsletter that covers state and federal transportation news, trends, and analysis. |
|
 Transportation Planning Update: Fall 2013December 6, 2013 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to provide information to the transportation planning community. Articles are written and submitted by FHWA and U.S. Federal Transit Administration staff to promote the sharing of ideas, highlight good practices, and inform on current events. |
|
 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Transportation Options from D.C. Airports and Union StationDecember 6, 2013 To make the process as easy and as economical as possible to travel from any of the three D.C. area airports or from Washington D.C. Union Station to the Annual Meeting hotels, TRB has negotiated a special discounted rate with GO Airport Shuttle. Solo travel rates vary for each starting location; however, each additional person in your reservation party will travel for only $9 each way. Even if... |
ACCESS Magazine: Fall 2013December 6, 2013 The University of California Transportation Center has released the latest issue of its ACCESS magazine. The semi-annual publication highlights selected research projects funded by the Center and research findings judged likely to interest a diverse audience of transportation professionals and public officials. |
RFP: Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Achievement--Case StudiesDecember 5, 2013 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to measure those factors that influence the impact of aircraft noise on student achievement; identify appropriate metrics that define the level and characteristics of aircraft noise that impact student achievement; and develop practical guidance on potential ways to reduce the impact of aircraft noise on studen... |
 Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s FutureDecember 4, 2013 TRB Special Report 313: Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future explores opportunities for improving the productivity of U.S. expenditures on surface transportation research by building on lessons learned from the strategic approach to developing priorities and investing in transportation research in other countries and nontransportation sectors in the United States. Des... |
|
 Critical Issues in Transportation: 2013December 2, 2013 TRB’s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on their likely impact on the nation’s economy and quality of life. The discussion of the critical issues identified in this document is intended to facilitate debate and to encourage research leading to their resolution. Previous editions of Critical Issues in Transportation have hig... |
|
|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
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. |
|
|
|