Propose New Topics for the 2019 TCRP Syntheses
You are invited to submit new TCRP Synthesis topics. Submissions are due by March 15, 2019. Click on the hot link below to create and submit a topic.
Suggest a Topic
New topics for 2019 will be selected and posted on this website in late May 2019.
The following factors are considered in the selection process for synthesis topics:
- The topic should address a problem that is widespread enough to generate broad interest in the synthesis.
- The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of transportation programs.
- The topic is appropriate if current practice is non-uniform or inconsistent from agency to agency, or if the validity of some practices appears to be questionable.
- The quality and quantity of useful available information should indicate a need to organize and compress that which has already been learned and written on the topic.
- The topic should not be one where ongoing research or other activities in progress might be expected to render the synthesis obsolete shortly after completion.
For further information on the TCRP synthesis program and processes, please see the Overview section of this Web site. Click on the following links to view TCRP Synthesis topics currently under study or completed.
Current Studies
Completed Studies
The following also shows titles of all completed studies and a detailed index of topics covered by these studies.
Full Program Summary, RRD 114
If you require further information please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg by email at mgarciacolberg@nas.edu or by phone at 202-334-2361. If you don't receive confirmation email, please send your topic statements to mgarciacolberg@nas.edu.
Consultants
Letters of Interest are requested for TCRP Synthesis SD-05: Third Rail Insulator Failures- Current State of the Practice. All submittals should be submitted through this link and must be received by March 22, 2019 by 6:00pm EST.
After the 2019 topics are selected, if you would like to be considered as a consultant for any of these, there will be a portal on this website for your submission.
Consultant contracts are issued with a fee varying from $40,000 - $45,000. Payment is based on the submittal and acceptance of four staged deliverables. The deliverables are: Stage I, Work Plan, Outline, and Questionnaire; Stage II, First Draft; Stage III, Final Draft; and Stage IV, Revised Final Draft. Synthesis staff support and limited expenses for minor direct costs and travel are also provided. The contract duration is up to 8 months. Further information can be found at "Instructions for Consultants Preparing Syntheses."
Please send comments on the TRB Synthesis website to mgarciacolberg@nas.edu