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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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 Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: King County Metro Battery Electric BusesApril 20, 2018 The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that summarizes the results from a battery electric bus demonstration funded under the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction program. This report evaluates the battery electric buses in King County Metro, Seattle, Washington, in comparison to hybrid, trolley, or diesel fleets. |
 TRB Webinar: Air Cargo Facility Planning and ActivitiesApril 19, 2018 TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, May 3, 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Report 143 : Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development and Synthesis 80 : Estimating Truck Trip Generation for Airport Air Cargo Activity. This webinar will explore the tools and techniques for sizing air cargo facilities, wh... |
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TRB Webinar: Who’s Riding TNCs and What Does It Mean for Public Agencies?April 16, 2018 TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, May 15 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)’s Research Report 195 : Broadening Understanding of the Interplay Between Public Transit, Shared Mobility, and Personal Automobiles. This research explores how transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft are affecting the use ... |
TRB Webinar: Technology Changes Influencing the Decline of Vehicle EmissionsApril 16, 2018 TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that highlighted emerging technologies and programs that are designed to mitigate emissions from vehicles. Presenters discussed hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles, connected and autonomous vehicles, and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Alternative Fuels Corridor Program. The goal of each of these e... |
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 Charging Electric Vehicles in Smart Cities: An EVI-Pro Analysis of Columbus, OhioApril 14, 2018 The National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that offers guidance about plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging infrastructure to stakeholders in the Columbus area. This report seeks to ensure the effective use of private/public investments in PEV charging infrastructure. In 2016, the City of Columbus, Ohio, won the U.S. Department of Transport... |
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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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