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Policy Research at TRB
The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. This page highlights recently released TRB reports, meeting announcements, requests for proposals, and other announcements related to policy. In addition, it includes links to selected policy research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Finally, this page also highlights and provides links to TRB programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s policy-related research products. |
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TRB Policy-Related Programs and Activities
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 Achieving Airport-Compatible Land Uses and Minimizing Hazardous Obstructions in Navigable AirspaceMay 21, 2012 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Legal Research Record 14: Achieving Airport-Compatible Land Uses and Minimizing Hazardous Obstructions in Navigable Airspace discusses airport-compatible land-use requirements, the legal issues related to achieving airport compatible land use, and legal issues particular to eliminating hazardous obstructions to airspace. The report also includes... |
 2013 TRB 92nd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record Call for PapersMay 18, 2012 TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential... |
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 FMCSA 2012-2016 Strategic PlanMay 11, 2012 The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released its strategic plan for the next five years. The plan is designed to establish a framework that places safety as the highest priority and employs three core principles--raising the bar to entry, maintaining high safety standards, and removing high-risk carriers and drivers. |
Transportation Funding CommissionsMay 10, 2012 The Council of State Governments has released a brief that highlights the experience of four panels in Iowa, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington that were established to develop recommendations on ways to fund transportation within their states. The brief addresses the panels’ processes, findings, and how their funding recommendations have fared politically. |
2012 TRB/AASHTO Policy Committees' Summer Meeting: Mapping the FutureMay 9, 2012 TRB will be sponsoring the 2012 TRB/AASHTO Policy Committees Summer Meeting on June 25-27, 2012, in Irvine, California. The event will consist of a gathering of a dozen TRB standing committees and subcommittees, as well as an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) subcommittee. The agenda for the meeting will consist of the summer busines... |
2012 TRB Planning Committee Summer MeetingMay 9, 2012 Join more than 150 transportation professionals expected to participate in the 2012 TRB Planning Committee Summer Meeting, July 8-10, 2012, in Irvine, California. Transportation professionals specializing in planning, policy, and data systems will share information in open committee meetings, joint collaborative discussions, and general sessions. Advance registration expires June 8, 2... |
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2012 Statewide Conference on HeritageMay 4, 2012 TRB is cosponsoring the 2012 Statewide Conference on Heritage on July 15-19, 2012, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The conference will focus on the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for the preservation of historic structures and archeological materials, information, and cultures. |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) report series, Synthesis of Highway Practice.
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Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) report series, Synthesis of Transit Practice.
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Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice.
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Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) report series, Synthesis of Commerical Truck and Bus Safety Practice. |
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Cooperative Research Programs
TRB's Cooperative Research Programs Division manages several cooperative research programs that frequently produces reports that have relevence to issues outside of the program's core focus areas.
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Technical Activities Standing Committees
TRB's Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals in all modes and functions to identify research needs and to share information on research and issues of interest. The Division's staff of specialists in each mode and discipline work with a network of volunteers to carry out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community, including the TRB Annual Meeting, conferences and workshops, publications, visits to each state, and responses to inquiries. This network includes members and friends of over 200 standing committees, supplemented by designated TRB representatives in each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies. |
Research in Progress in this Subject Area
TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database now contains more than 11,900 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by federal and state departments of transportation. University transportation research is also included. The RiP Database also serves as a clearinghouse of University Transportation Centers ongoing research.
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Research Needs in this Subject Area
An important function of TRB is to stimulate research that addresses concerns, issues, or problems facing the transportation community. In support of this function, TRB Technical Activities standing committees identify, develop, and disseminate research need statements (RNS) for use by practitioners, researchers, and others.
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Research Completed in this Subject Area
TRB's TRID is integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services ( TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ( ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide. |
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