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Vehicles and Equipment 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 safety and human factors. In addition, it includes links to selected safety and human factors research-related 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 safety and human factors-related research products. |
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TRB Vehicles and Equipment-Related Programs and Activities
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 U.S. Department of Transportation Public Listening Summit on Automated Vehicle PolicyJuly 21, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released a report that summarizes automated vehicle perspectives and insights from government, industry, and other experts at the Automated Vehicle (AV) 3.0 Listening Session held March 1, 2018, at DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. The summit allowed a diverse group of stakeholders to bring their ideas, reactions, and concerns directly to DOT s... |
Traffic Safety Trends: State Legislative Action 2017July 20, 2018 The National Conference of State Legislatures have released a report that examines traffic safety bills implemented in 2017. This report identifies bills related to occupant protection, impaired driving, driver licensing, speeding, driver characteristics and behavior, and more. |
Impacts of Socio-Demographic Changes on the New Zealand Land Transport SystemJuly 20, 2018 The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that determines how socio-demographic factors in New Zealand affect the demand for personal land travel, especially by private vehicle. This report considers the factors of population size and composition, employment and income, urbanization, access to public transport and its quality, and new technologies and attitudes toward greenhouse ga... |
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Hearing: Examining Drug-Impaired Driving July 19, 2018 On July 11, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held a hearing to examine the state of drug-impaired driving. Witnesses included experts from the Institute for Behavior and Health, the Orange County Crime Lab, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Witness statements and a webcast of the hearing are availa... |
 Adaptive Signal ControlJuly 19, 2018 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that evaluates various adaptive signal control technology (ASCT) research and outreach activities conducted by FHWA for more than twenty years. This report identifies the ways in which FHWA’s investment in ASCT research and related outreach activities have influenced the development and deployment of these technologies, and ad... |
 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Papers Due August 1, 2018July 19, 2018 TRB is accepting papers for consideration as part of the program for 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) . All papers—whether for presentation at the 2019 TRB Annual Meeting or publication in the TRR —must be submitted in PDF format directly to ... |
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 Optimal Replacement Cycles of Highway Operations EquipmentJuly 16, 2018 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 879: Optimal Replacement Cycles of Highway Operations Equipment acts as a handbook on equipment replacement concepts and an instruction manual for making cost-effective replacement decisions. The research report presents a process for determining replacement needs for highway operations equipment, identifying candidate ... |
 Clean Vehicles, Fuels, and Practices for Airport Private Ground Transportation ProvidersJuly 16, 2018 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 89: Clean Vehicles, Fuels, and Practices for Airport Private Ground Transportation Providers documents effective approaches and reviews best practices employed by airports to encourage different types of private ground transportation providers to run more environmentally friendly operations. The report summarizes the experiences of pub... |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) report series, Synthesis of Transit Practice. |
Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice.
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Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) report series, Synthesis of Commerical Truck and Bus Safety Practice. |
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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 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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