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TCRP Homepage
TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) serves as one of the principal means by which the public transportation industry can develop innovative near-term solutions to meet demands placed on it. The TCRP has an established reputation for providing useful reports and other tools to help public transportation practitioners solve problems and inform decision makers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TCRP's Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Response
Following the direction of our parent organization the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the majority of our staff are working from home, until at least January 4, 2021. Business is continuing as usual, and we have worked out procedures to replace most of our paper-based correspondence with electronic distribution. Pending RFPs have been extended for four weeks and will be submitted electronically. There may be a few delays as we all get familiar with the new working environment, and your patience is appreciated. Our staff thanks all of our sponsors, volunteers, and contractors who make this program work.
For more information, please contact Chris Hedges (Director, CRP) at chedges@nas.edu.
TRB is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2021 TCRP Synthesis Program. Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is March 19, 2021. Click here to review the Synthesis Topic Outline Guide. All proposals must be submitted through the TCRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal.
TCRP has released its annual report, which provides background and an overview of the program, status of each of TCRP’s projects, and a summary of some of the program's accomplishments for the year.
The Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program proposal deadline is May 1, 2021. You are invited to review the program guidance and submit Transit IDEA proposals for consideration here.
Requests For Proposals (RFPs)
RFPs for new research projects are here!
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is seeking panel nominations for newly announced research projects for the Fiscal Year 2021. Those interested in serving on a specific project oversight panel should complete a nomination form by going to MyTRB. Your nomination would be appreciated as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, February 5, 2021.
The TOPS Committee met on October 16, 2020, and approved new research projects for the Fiscal Year 2021. Click here for the preliminary descriptions of the FY 2021 research projects.
In celebration of 30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the TCRP has curated a list of resources that address public transportation for older people and people with disabilities, specialized transit, service configuration, service delivery, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other areas relevant to the ADA and public transportation.
PROJECTS
View all active and completed projects of the TCRP.
All Projects
PUBLICATIONS SERIES
Research Reports are the main products of research projects and are often written as guidebooks or manuals. Supplemental project material—such as appendixes, which describe technical details, information-gathering activities, or survey instruments; glossaries; and bibliographies—is posted on the Research Report web page.
Syntheses are compendiums of the best knowledge available on measures found to be successful in resolving specific problems. To develop Syntheses in a comprehensive manner and to ensure inclusion of significant knowledge, available information assembled from numerous sources, including numerous transit agencies, is analyzed. Each Synthesis is an immediately useful document that records practices in use at the time of its preparation.
Legal Research Digests report on timely legal issues, compile case law, or recommend specific solutions to specific problems.
Web-Only Documents are fully searchable PDFs of contractor-prepared reports or supporting appendix materials. Web-Only Documents are linked to other related project products, as well as to the relevant project write-ups.
Research Results Digests are used to promote early awareness of project results in order to encourage implementation. Research Results Digests also summarize specific findings that emphasize how the research may be used. The contents are organized in terms of the problem and the solution to the problem, the findings, and the applications.
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