Propose New Topics for the 2020 TCRP Syntheses
You are invited to submit new TCRP Synthesis topics. Submissions are due by March 18, 2020. Click on the hot link below to create and submit a topic.
Suggest a Topic
New topics for 2020 will be selected and posted on this website in late May 2020.
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
If you require further information please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg by email at mgarciacolberg@nas.edu or by phone at 202-334-2361.
After the 2020 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 a fixed-fee of $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, Second Draft; and Stage IV, Final Deliverables. 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