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General Transportation Research 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 general transportation 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 general transportation-related products. |
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TRB General Transportation-Related Programs and Activities
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 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... |
 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Mobile App Now AvailableDecember 1, 2013 TRB is pleased to announce release of its Annual Meeting Mobile App, supported by the PTV Group , that provides registered attendees access to the schedule of events, program participants, floor plans, exhibitors, and more through their iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. The app allows users to search for events chronologically or by subject area, program participant name, committee... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: State DOT CEOs to Discuss Critical IssuesNovember 27, 2013 Funding and financing, performance management, and the systems management and operations culture are the critical issues that will be the focus of a three part State Department of Transportation Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) Roundtable that will take place on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, during the TRB 93 Annual Meeting. A total of 13 CEOs are scheduled to participate in this unique series of s... |
TRB Webinar: 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting -- How to Survive and ThriveNovember 26, 2013 On December 17, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, TRB will hold a webinar designed to help both new and returning Annual Meeting attendees get the most out of their meeting experience. The webinar will review issues related to personal planning for the meeting, including hotel reservations, airline reservations, and other basics; help attendees plan their schedules during the meeting; and e... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Future Prospects and Potential Impacts of Automated VehiclesNovember 22, 2013 The TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 16 sessions and workshops that examine the future prospects and potential impacts of automated vehicles on all modes of the transportation systems. Sessions and workshops will explore technical, operational, and policy challenges related to the implementation of autonomous vehicles. Areas that will be examined include behavioral and travel mode... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Big DataNovember 22, 2013 The TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 26 sessions and workshops that address the explosion in the types and amount of transportation data available. In addition to exploring the second Strategic Highway Research Program’s (SHRP 2’s) naturalistic driving study data, sessions and workshops will examine the application of big data to issues and activities such as policy decisions, hig... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Extreme Weather Events: Prepare, Respond, and RecoverNovember 20, 2013 To assist transportation agencies and their partners, the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 16 sessions and workshops that examine the increased frequency and severity of weather events and explore how transportation agencies can prepare for, respond to, and recover from extreme weather events. Sessions and workshops will consider the issue from the perspective of planning, operati... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Performance Management Learning OpportunitiesNovember 20, 2013 To assist states and their partners develop outcome-based approaches to measure performance as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include 20 sessions and workshops dedicated to performance management. Attendees at these sessions and workshops will learn about federal rules and state performance management experiences in areas such... |
 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Susan Martinovich to Receive the George S. Bartlett AwardNovember 15, 2013 Susan Martinovich is the 2013 recipient of the George S. Bartlett Award. The award will be presented during the Chairman’s Luncheon on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting. Martinovich will be honored for her leadership in advancing new and innovative ways to finance, plan, and build highway infrastructure projects and for her strong advocacy for highway safety and resear... |
2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Six Standing Committees Recognized with Blue Ribbon AwardsNovember 7, 2013 TRB congratulates the six standing committees that have been recognized by the Technical Activities Council as Blue Ribbon Award committees. Blue Ribbon Awards recognize exemplary practices and associated volunteer efforts in the activities of standing committees. Blue Ribbon Award committees serve as role models, and the committee chairs and members are available to share their experiences wit... |
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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. |
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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