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Transit Cooperative Research Program

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is an applied, contract research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems facing transit agencies.

HIGHLIGHTS

A revised announcement of new FY 2012 TCRP research projects is provided here. This revised announcement updates that previously issued based on FY 2012 funding reductions incurred by the TCRP. The table of contents of this revised announcement provides information on changes made. RFPs for these new projects will likely be released starting in May 2012.
REMINDER: TCRP solicits new problem statements for its FY 2013 program, and statements are due by June 15, 2012.
TCRP reports and other products are available at APTA's TCRP Product Dissemination Website.
FY 2011 TCRP Annual Report (PDF)
Unfunded CRP problem statements

Information about TCRP and other TRB activities is available in the TRB E-Newsletter. The TCRP is managed by the Cooperative Research Programs of the Transportation Research Board.

RECENTLY RELEASED TCRP PUBLICATIONS

Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation

May 3, 2012

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 99: Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation explores the use of social media among transit agencies and documents successful practices in the United States and Canada. For the purposes of the report, social media are defined as a group of web-based applications that encourage users to interact with one another, such as blogs, Fac...

Practices for Wayside Rail Transit Worker Protection

April 4, 2012

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 95: Practices for Wayside Rail Transit Worker Protection is designed to highlight knowledge, practice, lessons learned, and gaps in information related to wayside rail transit worker protection programs.

Ridesharing as a Complement to Transit

April 2, 2012

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 98: Ridesharing as a Complement to Transit explores current practices in using ridesharing to complement public transit and highlights ways to potentially enhance ridesharing and public transit.