TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mary Leary, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation (RD&I) at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The September 26, 2023 letter report provides feedback to FTA on its innovation initiatives that are a focus of the administration’s research plan. TRAC is an interdisciplinary committee of experts from industry, academia, and the private and public sectors. Based on these reviews, TRAC may...

TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mary Leary, Acting Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation (RD&I) at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The March 14, 2023 letter report provides feedback to FTA on its innovation initiatives that are a focus of the administration’s research plan. TRAC is an interdisciplinary committee of experts from industry, academia, and the private and public sectors. Based on these reviews, TRAC ...

A January 31, 2023 letter report from TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program's Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP) summarizes recent program progress, strategic issues, and committee recommendations for future actions. The program has produced some useful products and results over the past year. Although FHWA’s infrastructure research and development is considerably broader than the LTIP, the latter is the sole focus of this committee’s ...

A September 29, 2022 letter report from TRB's Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC) summarizes 2021 and 2022 meetings between the committee and the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology with a focus on Complete Streets activities. FHWA asked the committee for advice on this topic because it is an emphasis area in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that FHWA is intent on supporting through the development of research-informed guidance tools a...

A January 31, 2022 letter report from TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program's Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP) summarizes recent program progress, strategic issues, and committee recommendations for future actions. The program has produced some useful products and results over the past year and continued to improve user accessibility to data and information. Although FHWA’s infrastructure research and development is considerably broa...

TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program has issued its annual letter report on FHWA’s Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP). The LTIP includes FHWA’s Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) and Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Programs. In this report, the committee notes important accomplishments of the LTIP during 2019. The most recent LTPP data release includes new longitudinal transverse profile data, updated climate data, and pavemen...

TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mr. Vincent Valdes, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The April 22, 2019 letter report provides feedback to FTA on its innovation initiatives that are a focus of the administration’s research plan. TRAC, an interdisciplinary committee of experts from industry, academia, and the private and public sectors, will examine and recommend actions FTA ca...

TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program has issued its annual letter report on FHWA’s Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP). The LTIP includes FHWA’s Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) and Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Programs. In this report, the committee notes important accomplishments of the LTIP during 2018, including the development of a strategic plan for the LTIP, re-initiation of LTPP data collection, and development of a...

A November 9, 2018 report from TRB's Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC) to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides the committee’s reaction to the methods used by the Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) for ensuring strategic research, evaluating the impact of its research projects, and developing and leveraging research and technology partnerships. The report also describes the agency’s Exploratory Advanced Research program, research on rural hig...

On September 12, 2018, TRB released a letter report that reviews regulations and policy documents that establish vessel stability requirements for U.S. Flag vessels. The review, conducted at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards, considers options to make and keep stability requirements current, align them better with international standards, and improve their consistency, clarity, and usability. In addition to identifying a series of promising options for these p...