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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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 Warning: Annual Meeting Mailing List SolicitationsAugust 15, 2018 Don’t be fooled! If you receive a solicitation to purchase the TRB Annual Meeting attendee mailing list, it is not coming from TRB. TRB recommends that you do not click on any links in the email and that you delete it immediately. TRB also recommends that you do not request to be remove from the mailing list as that likely would confirm to the sender that your email address is valid and t... |
 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Jon A. Epps, 2019 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship RecipientAugust 10, 2018 Jon A. Epps, Executive Associate Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, is the 2019 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Epps will deliver his lecture, “ Innovative Asphalt Pavement Technology: Paving the Way for the World’s Roadways ,” during the 98th TRB Annual Meeting , on Monday, January 14, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Walter E. Washington Co... |
2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Thank You For Submitting Your PapersAugust 6, 2018 More than 6,000 papers were submitted to TRB for possible presentation as part of the 98th TRB Annual Meeting , January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). The papers will be peer reviewed and authors should expect to be notified of the status of their papers by late October 2018. More t... |
2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Showcase Your Organization to More Than 13,000 AttendeesJuly 5, 2018 Maximize the visibility of your organization with a patron, sponsorship, presentation, or advertising opportunity at the TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. With promotional opportunities at all levels of investment, organizations and companies can leverage the 2019 meeting to reach leaders and professionals looking to fulf... |
 Practices for Preventing Roadway DeparturesJune 12, 2018 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 515: Practices for Preventing Roadway Departures identifies and summarizes practices being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to prevent roadway departure crashes and to identify the data-driven advantages and disadvantages of these practices. More than half of all traffic fatalities result from roadway depart... |
 Contribute to TRB’s Centennial CelebrationJune 6, 2018 TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To commemorate this milestone, TRB has a yearlong celebration planned that will begin in January 2020 to recognize and honor the extraordinary record of achievements accomplished by TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, friends, and staff. Please support to the celebration by contributing to the Century Club (individuals) or Century Patron (organizations) f... |
 Enhanced Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Now AvailableMay 25, 2018 TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released more than 200 papers from the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Enhancements to the journal include: Articles published much closer to final acceptance A new user interface for the journal Article-level metrics Full-text HTML to enhance discovery of the research Interactive proof markup for author... |
The Passing of Anthony "Tony" KaneMay 21, 2018 The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Anthony "Tony" Kane, who passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Dr. Kane served as an ex officio member of the TRB Executive Committee and was an active volunteer with TRB since 1977. “Tony Kane is someone whose professionalism, friendship, and passion, especially for safety, we all admired and benefited from." states Neil Pe... |
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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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