TRB Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report

Since September 11, 2001, more than 200 security-, emergency management-, and infrastructure protection-related planning and implementation projects have been initiated through programs managed by TRB. This report, updated monthly, provides information on more than $30 million worth of completed and ongoing TRB security-related research.

The report includes information on research that is formally coordinated between the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). The report also highlights security-related projects developed under TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP), Transit Innovation Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program, National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP), Legal Research Program, and Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program.