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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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 Automated Vehicles 3.0: Preparing for the Future of TransportationOctober 20, 2018 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released a report that outlines the federal policy for automated vehicles. This report identifies six principles that guide DOT programs and policies on automation. It also determines strategies for how the DOT can translate these principles into actions. The document considers automation broadly, addressing all levels of automation (defined by th... |
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TRB Straight to Recording for All: The Alternative Fuels Corridor ProgramOctober 18, 2018 TRB released a series of recordings in October 2018 that examine the Alternative Fuels Corridor Program established under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The program creates opportunities for states to develop infrastructure for vehicles that use fuels other than "traditional" fuels such as gasoline and diesel. This may reduce vehicle emissions by promoting low-polluting... |
Measuring Automated Vehicle Safety: Forging a FrameworkOctober 17, 2018 The RAND Corporation has released a report that presents a framework to discuss how safety can be measured in a technology- and company-neutral way. This report focuses on highly automated vehicles (AVs) operating in the roadway ecosystem. The race to introduce automated vehicles (AVs) to consumers and communities is driven by the assumption that they will be safer than conventional vehicles. |
Suggested Good Practices for Road Tunnel Emergency Egress SignageOctober 17, 2018 Austroads has released a report that provides guidance about designing emergency egress signage and operations in road tunnels. Current Australian standards relating to emergency egress signage are not intended for use in tunnels, so there is no specific design standard. The report is available for no fee after logging into the site. |
 2017 FARS/CRSS Coding and Validation ManualOctober 17, 2018 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a manual that provides guidance for coding data elements at the crash level, vehicle level, driver level, precrash level and person level. It also highlights the changes to the 2017 manual. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS) are used to collect motor vehicle crash data from ac... |
 TRB Volunteer Profile: Dr. Erol TutumluerOctober 17, 2018 Dr. Erol Tutumluer, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is a featured volunteer in the TR News . Dr. Tutumluer specializes in transportation geotechnics, and his research focuses on designing and building a sustainable transportation infrastructure by applying geotechnical engineering and geomechanics... |
 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Feature Your Organization at the Careers in Motion Networking FairOctober 14, 2018 TRB's second annual Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 13, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, during the 2019 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of sectors and modes to meet with transportation professionals interested in working for their organizatio... |
Market Analysis of Heavy-Duty Commercial Trailers in EuropeOctober 13, 2018 The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that identifies cost-effective technologies for improving tractor-trailer efficiency. The European Union recently introduced a certification procedure for the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of heavy duty vehicles, of which tractor-trailers make up the largest percentage of CO2 emissions. This report des... |
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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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