TRB’s Freight Systems Group has released a brochure that highlights why and how to get involved in TRB freight transportation-related technical committee activities. The technical committees are communities of individuals who share a common interest and expertise. Standing committees are communities of individuals that share a common interest and expertise. They serve as open and unparalleled f...

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 22: Freight Data Cost Elements identifies the specific types of direct freight transportation cost data elements required for public investment, policy, and regulatory decisionmaking. The report also describes and assesses different strategies for identifying and obtaining the needed cost data elements.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment analyzes the driving forces behind high-impact economic and social changes as well as sourcing patterns that may affect the U.S. freight transportation system. The report also introduces scenario planning...

TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 195: Driving Forces Influencing Future Freight Flows includes a detailed discussion on the driving forces behind high-impact economic and social changes as well as sourcing patterns that may affect the U.S. freight transportation system. An analysis of the driving forces was published as NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issu...

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C20-RR-1: Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement documents the state of the practice for freight demand modeling. The report also explores the fundamental changes in freight modeling, and data and data collection that could help public and private sector decision-makers make better and more informed decisions. SHRP 2 ...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 10: Feasibility Study for Highway Hazardous Materials Bulk Package Accident Performance Data Collection explores methods to collect and analyze performance data for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-specified hazardous materials bulk packages such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles. The report also identifi...

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C20-RW-2: Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Strategic Plan outlines seven strategic objectives that are designed to serve as the basis for future innovation in freight travel demand forecasting and data, and to guide both near- and long-term implementation. This report is only available in PDF format. SHRP 2 Capa...

TRB joint National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 19/National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 739: Freight Trip Generation and Land Use explores the relationship between freight trip generation and land use. The report consolidates available freight trip generation models in an  electronic database to assist practitioners interested in using these m...

TRB joint National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 739/National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 19: Freight Trip Generation and Land Use explores the relationship between freight trip generation and land use. The report consolidates available freight trip generation models in an  electronic database to assist practitioners interested in using these m...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 9: A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents explores how local communities can develop or improve recovery planning and operations in response to hazardous materials transportation incidents.

TRB’s National Freight Cooperative Research Program (NFCRP) Report 21: Handbook on Applying Environmental Benchmarking in Freight Transportation explores how benchmarking can be used as a management tool in the freight and logistics industry to promote environmental performance. The report provides a step-by-step overview of the benchmarking process and describes a framework for applying t...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2288 consists of 11 papers that explore traffic at intermodal logistic hubs; varieties of logistics centers; commodity forecasting; urban cooperative delivery and direct delivery strategies; public-private partnerships; impacts of freeway truck traffic on residential property values; modular B-triples; road ...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCR) Web-Only Document 1: Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs explores existing research, planned research, and research gaps; and includes list of potential research projects in the area of hazardous materials transportation research.

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 20: Guidebook for Assessing Evolving International Container Chassis Supply Models describes the historical and evolving models of international container chassis ownership and management in the United States. It is intended to provide an understanding of the most salient issues and implications as the chassis supply market cont...

The Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2285 consists of 19 papers that explore culvert asset management practices and deterioration, project-based roadway sustainability rating systems, asset deterioration and life expectancy, steel bridge weld fatigue retrofitting by peening, investment decisions, the effect of pavement roughness on user costs, ce...

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 732: Methodologies to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to the Goods Movement System describes the impacts of bottlenecks and interruptions to the flow of goods through the nation’s major freight corridors and intermodal connectors, the dynamics of that flow in response to disruptions, and the full economic impact on ...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2273 consists of 16 papers that explore mutually exclusive waterway project scheduling; off-loading capabilities at inland waterway terminals during sudden catastrophic closures; optimization models for liner ship fleet planning; implementation of port community systems; Panama Canal expansion impact on U.S....

TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C169: Measuring the Transportation System from a Supply Chain Perspective provides a synopsis of the information from a July 2012 workshop that was designed to help to advance the understanding of if and how public-sector decision making could be improved by having better supply chain information. The circular also summarizes initial themes that were ide...

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 57: Audience Measurement for Transit Advertising explores the development of methods for measuring the various segments of transit advertising media, including bus exteriors, bus and railcar interiors, and in-station advertising. • Appendix C – Transit Media Buyer/Planner Survey Responses • Appendix D – Transit Media Buyer/Plan...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2269 consists of 16 papers that explore distribution analysis of freight transportation, model for network assignment problem of capacitated freight with disruptions, centralized carrier collaboration, parametric and nonparametric trade gravity models, network design for shipping service of large-scale inter...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 7: Role of Human Factors in Preventing Cargo Tank Truck Rollovers analyzes the causes of the major driver factors contributing to cargo tank truck rollovers and offers safety, management, and communication practices that can be used to help potentially minimize or eliminate driver errors in cargo tank truck operations. The re...

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 17: Multimodal Freight Transportation Within the Great Lakes--Saint Lawrence Basin describes the current multimodal freight transportation system within this bi-national region--Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, and Quebec--and its importance to regional, United States, and...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 8: Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments examines the challenges of advancing the use of electronic shipping papers as an alternative to the current paper-based hazardous materials communication system.

The National Research Council’s Committee on Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Phase 2, has released its second report that reviews the 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP) as a whole, its major areas of focus, 21CTP management and priority setting, efficient operations, and the new SuperTruck program. The purpose of the Partnership is to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, inc...

TRB’s Conference Proceedings on the Web 5: Research on the Health and Wellness of Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers: Summary of an International Conference is the proceedings of a November 2010 conference held in Baltimore, Maryland. The proceedings highlight and document what transpired at the conference; summarize noteworthy issues and gaps in knowledge identified at the conference; and descri...

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 15: Dedicated Revenue Mechanisms for Freight Transportation Investment explores methods that might be used to raise revenue to support government investment in freight transportation facilities, primarily for highway transportation. The report assesses revenue-generating mechanisms such as motor-vehicle fuel tax surcharges, vehi...

In regions across the nation, bridge engineers know that the next major seismic event is coming—maybe tomorrow, maybe centuries from now. DOTs have the critical charge of designing for earthquakes and protecting the lives of travelers.

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 16: Preserving and Protecting Freight Infrastructure and Routes provides guidance to decision makers involved in freight facility operations, freight transportation planning, and land use on how to avoid conflicting land uses or mitigate existing uses. The report provides information about freight transportation and its importan...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2261 consists of 21 papers that explore the economic impacts of high-speed rail and intercity passenger rail service, safe high-speed rail operation, fire development and spread in passenger rail vehicles, geometry of high-speed turnouts, and international variation in cost–benefit analysis of urban rail pro...

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 14: Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement is designed to help facilitate decisions that accommodate and expedite urban goods movement while minimizing the environmental impact and community consequences of goods movement. The guidebook and cases studies are designed to help decision makers better understand the potent...