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TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
RFPs for new research projects are here.
Register for both afternoons of this Insight Event here.
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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 through Spring 2022. 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.
Please join the Transportation Research Board/Transit Cooperative Research Program (TRB/TCRP) in a two day virtual insight event to discuss air quality in transit buses and the research needed to improve the health and safety of all riders and workers. During this two-afternoon event, held on June 21 & 22, 2022 speakers from transit organizations, academia, the Federal Government, and private industries will present on various topics related to transit air quality and mitigation of transmission risks of infectious diseases.
Register for both afternoons here!
TCRP announces 7 new synthesis study topics selected for the Fiscal Year 2022 program. You are invited to nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels that oversee the content of these studies. Nominations should be submitted online at the MyTRB panel nominations portal. Nominations will be reviewed on a rolling basis and panels will be completed by June 30, 2022.
Please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg with any questions.
TCRP is looking for consultants to perform as synthesis principal investigators. To formally express interest in authoring a topic
please submit letters of interest to the Letters of Interest Submission Portal by August 26, 2022.
The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is soliciting problem statements identifying research needs for TCRP, these problem statements form the basis for the TCRP Fiscal Year 2023 Research Program. Problem Statement submittals should follow the format in this outline. Most statements are 1-3 pages in length. The deadline for consideration in the FY 2023 program is June 17, 2022. Submit your problem statement here!
The TOPS Commission met on October 15, 2021, and approved new projects for Fiscal Year 2022. The descriptions of those FY 2022 projects for which RFPs are expected to be issued can be found here. When active, RFPs will be made available online on the TCRP Website.
TCRP On The Go
Avid podcast listener? Check out Transit Research Today the official podcast of the Transportation Research Program. Organized by APTA, each episode is hosted by one of our very own Senior Program Officers in conversation with the research team of a recently published TCRP report providing an in-depth look at the research as well as on the ground experiences.
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.
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.
Requests For Proposals (RFPs)
RFPs for new research projects are here!
PROJECTS
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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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