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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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 Connected and Automated Vehicles: NCHRP Support for Transportation Agency LeadersMay 24, 2017 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a brochure that summarizes its research in the field of connected and automated vehicle. This resource explores how TRB is coordinating research to explore the legal, societal, operational, and other impacts that connected and automated vehicle technology may have on transportation agencies and the traveling public. The br... |
 2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Create Your MyTRB Profile NowMay 22, 2017 Create or update your MyTRB profile now if you will be a credited author of a paper submitted for presentation at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting or for inclusion in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . Having up-to-date profile information in the MyTRB system will ensure that you’ll have a smooth paper-submission process. If you are the designated corr... |
TRB Seeks Your "Research Pays Off" ArticlesMay 14, 2017 TRB is seeking articles to feature in the TR News and TRB E-Newsletter as a part of its "Research Pays Off" series. “Research Pays Off” features research projects, studies, demonstrations, and improved methods or processes that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to important transportation-related problems in all modes. Articles should describe cases in which the application of projec... |
2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Calls for Papers Now OpenMay 8, 2017 TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . The deadline to submit papers to be considered for the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting and TRR is August 1, 2017. Papers must be submitted in PDF format via the paper submission websi... |
Use Your MyTRB Account to Register for TRB WebinarsMay 8, 2017 TRB has enhanced the way the public can register for upcoming webinars. You can now register using the same MyTRB account you use to get involved with TRB standing committees. With these new enhancements, TRB has simplified the registration process. By utilizing the information in your MyTRB account, the appropriate fields will now automatically populate. The system will also warn you if you ar... |
 Call for Nominations: Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in TransportationMay 3, 2017 The Transportation Research Board is seeking nominations for the Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation . This TRB award, which recognizes excellence in people-oriented initiatives throughout transportation, was inaugurated in 2002 and is presented biennially. The next presentation of the award will be made during the Chairman’s Luncheon on January 10 2018, during t... |
 TRB's Twitter Account Name Changes This Month to @NASEMTRBMay 1, 2017 If you follow TRB's twitter account, TRB will be changing its handle from @TRBofNA to @NASEMTRB. TRB is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Followers of @TRBofNA will automatically be following @NASEMTRB by the end of May 2017, and won't miss a message. For questions, contact Steve Andreadis at SAndreadis@nas.edu . |
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program - Applications Now Being AcceptedMay 1, 2017 The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship is now accepting applications from graduate and professional school students and those who have completed graduate studies within the last five years . The fellowship provides the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the Academies in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and... |
Visit the Redesigned TRB HomepageApril 10, 2017 TRB has redesigned its homepage at www.TRB.org . The new homepage design is mobile responsive. Meeting and report announcements that are linked in the weekly TRB E-Newsletter have also been made responsive to mobile devices. Visit the homepage and provide your feedback and questions to MyTRB@nas.edu . |
New Member of the TRB Executive Committee Announced: Dr. James M. Tien, University of MiamiApril 10, 2017 Dr. James M. Tien, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering at the University of Miami, has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Dr. Tien was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. Prior to his work with the University of Miami, Dr. Tien served as the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), wher... |
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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. |
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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