TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) has issued a request for proposals to prepare an inventory of existing state passenger and freight rail programs; identify innovative funding mechanisms in this inventory; and conduct an analysis of targeted innovative funding programs extracted from this inventory that may be of use to other state or local governments. Proposals are due June 7, 2013.

TRB National Cooperative Freight Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook for practitioners for conducting benefit-cost analyses of proposed infrastructure investments on multimodal, multi-jurisdictional freight corridors to inform public and private decision makers and other stakeholders at local, state, regional, and national levels. Proposals are due June 14, 2013.