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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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Traffic Safety Trends: State Legislative Action 2013March 7, 2014 The National Conference of State Legislatures has released a summary of states’ legislative action of occupant protection, distracted driving, driver licensing, impaired driving, aggressive driving, speed limits, motorcycle helmets, automated enforcement, school bus safety, and pedestrian and bicycle safety. |
 State Department of Transportation Fleet Replacement Management PracticesMarch 1, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 452: State Department of Transportation Fleet Replacement Management Practices explores the current state of the practice regarding fleet replacement management and financing methods by state departments of transportation. The report also includes a discussion of the perceived strengths and weaknesses of different management ... |
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Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving ResearchFebruary 22, 2014 TRB’s SHRP 2 program is co-sponsoring the Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research on August 25-28, 2014, in Blacksburg, Virginia. The symposium is designed to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of international naturalistic driving studies (NDS) and insight into the next generation of NDS. The symposium will also be preceded and followed with full-day... |
RFP Reissued: Guide for Optimal Replacement Cycles of Highway Operations EquipmentFebruary 22, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has reissued a request for proposal to produce a guide that includes processes and tools to assist state highway agencies with making decisions about the optimal replacement cycles of on- and off-road highway operations equipment. Proposals are due April 15, 2014. A request for proposals for this project was originally released on October 28, ... |
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RFP: A Look at the Legal Environment for Driverless VehiclesFebruary 16, 2014 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposal to develop an overview of the legal issues generated by developments in automated vehicles, and communications related to vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle to roadway technologies. Proposals are due by March 19, 2014. |
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 Alternative Fuels and Technologies 2013February 12, 2014 TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2385 consists of 8 that explore plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; biodiesel from lagoon microalgae; sustainable biofuel supply chain planning and management; location of electric vehicle charging stations; neighborhood effects on hybrid vehicle adoption; travel behavior and electric mobility in Germany; plug... |
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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.
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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.
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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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