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Highway 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 highways. In addition, it includes links to selected highway 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 highway-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s highway-related research products. |
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TRB Highway-Related Programs and Activities
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International Conference on Ecology and TransportationOctober 3, 2024 The Colorado Department of Transportation and Department of Parks and Wildlife host the 2025 International Conference on Ecology and Transportation on May 11-15, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The conference will provide a venue for sharing information and for training across multiple disciplines related to transportation and ecology, suitable for DOT, ac... |
American Society of Civil Engineers (ACE) International Airfield & Highway Pavement ConferenceOctober 3, 2024 The transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Arizona Department of Transportation is hosting the 2025 International Airfield and Highway Pavement Conference on June 8-11, 2025. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. This conference will bring together transportation systems and infrastructure practitioners and researchers, ope... |
Highway Geology SymposiumMay 4, 2023 HGS is sponsoring the 72nd Highway Geology Symposium on August 13-15, 2023 in Tacoma, WA. TRB will cosponsor a workshop titled “ Geotechnical Data Sourcing and the Quality and Use of Models for Geotechnical Design ” on August 14, 2023. This session at HGS will highlight how though the application and use of new innovative sources of geotechnical data, engineers can increase reliability and cert... |
Bridging Transportation Researchers ConferenceFebruary 23, 2023 Sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, ARRB, COTA, UNSW Sydney, and the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation, the Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference will be held on August 9-10, 2023 online. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The event is open to the public and there is no registration fee. This free conference will b... |
International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET)February 23, 2023 Organized by the Road Ecology Center (UC Davis), the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation will be held on June 4-8, 2023 in Burlington, VT and online. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. ICOET is the foremost interdisciplinary, inter-agency supported conference addressing the broad range of ecological issues related to transportation systems in all modes. It provides a ve... |
Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis ToolSeptember 16, 2022 An important operational characteristic of an airport is the length of its longest runway. The longest runway determines the types of aircraft that can use the airport and dictates the operational limitations at the airport. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 54: Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool provides a user-friendly computer tool... |
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6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design*June 26, 2022 Arcadis and Association Infra Design are hosting the 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design (ISHGD) on June 26-29, 2022 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. The symposium consists of informative podium sessions on geometric design issues from throughout the world. Registration is open . |
Climate Change Challenges International Transportation WebinarsJune 25, 2022 China Highway & Transportation Society is hosting a series of Climate Change Challenges International Transportation Webinars . TRB is pleased to cosponsor these events. Register for Webinar 2: Resilience of Urban Transportation Systems – Strength in Diversification. The urban transportation network is an integrated network in which multiple transportation modes are intertwined. Presenters ... |
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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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Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program
TRB's Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program is designed to provide an opportunity to investigate new and unproven concepts or to evaluate novel applications of technologies that have been tried, tested or used for highway systems 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. |
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)
Congress established the SHRP 2 in 2006 to find strategic solutions to three national transportation challenges: improving highway safety, reducing congestion, and improving methods for renewing roads and bridges. Research was focused in four areas, which are described below. The program carried out 145 research projects and produced 130 products as well as 132 research reports. |
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. |
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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