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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 through at least June 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.
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.
Panel nominations for the FY 2022 projects are now open. We are seeking individuals with expertise directly relevant to the research proposed, and we would particularly welcome your help in identifying women and minority candidates. We request that those interested in serving on a specific project oversight panel, or nominating someone else to serve on a specific project oversight panel, to complete a nomination form no later than February 4, 2022 by going to MyTRB.
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 is seeking to fund seven potential synthesis study topics for the 2022 TCRP Synthesis Program. Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is March 18, 2022. All proposals for topics must be submitted through the TCRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal. Please direct any questions regarding this process to the TCRP Synthesis Senior Program Officer Mariela Garcia Colberg.
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
View all active and completed projects of the TCRP.
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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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