TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has issued its  New IDEAS for Transit: Annual Report of the Transit IDEA Program , which summarizes recent investigations conducted under the Transit IDEA program. The Transit IDEA Program is designed to foster innovative concepts that have the potential to enhance security, increase ridership, improve efficiency for transit agencies, and protect the environment. IDEA programs differ from traditional research programs in two ways: IDEA ...

TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has released the latest issue of its  New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Report of the Highway IDEA Program , which summarizes projects active or completed during the 2023 program year. A project of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the NCHRP Highway IDEA program seeks proposals with potential to advance the construction, safety, maintenance, and management of highway systems. The program is sponsored by the ...

New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program  presents a summary of progress on investigations conducted as part of the Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (Rail Safety IDEA) program sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration and overseen by the Transportation Safety IDEA Program Committee. The Rail Safety IDEA program provides funding for projects that promote innovative approaches to improving railroad safety or performance.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released its annual report. This Annual Report provides a concise list of research published in 2023 and a list of all active projects, projects completed in 2023, and projects that were approved in 2023 but are not yet under contract. The Annual Report also presents detailed information about how NCHRP operates with oversight by the AASHTO Special Committee on Research and Innovation.

The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released its annual report, which provides an overview of the program, status of each of TCRP’s projects, and a summary of some of the program's accomplishments for the year. TCRP focuses on issues significant to the public transportation industry, with emphasis on developing near-term research solutions to a variety of transit problems involving facilities, vehicles, equipment, service concepts, operations, policy, planning, human resources, mainte...

The 2023 Annual Report for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) is now available. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP Annual Report highlights current and pending projects, sponsors, publications, and other details about the program.

The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released its annual report, which provides an overview of the program, status of each of TCRP’s projects, and a summary of some of the program's accomplishments for the year. TCRP focuses on issues significant to the public transportation industry, with emphasis on developing near-term research solutions to a variety of transit problems involving facilities, vehicles, equipment, service concepts, operations, policy, planning, human resources, mainte...

ACRP’s 2022 Annual Report of Progress describes the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s activities and accomplishments over the past year. The annual details how ACRP encourages collaboration to address emerging challenges and fosters professional networking across miles and generations. Program metrics and practitioner feedback are presented to highlight ACRP’s accomplishments. Since its establishment in 2005, the Airport Cooperative Research Program has helped foster and sustain these benefits b...

ACRP’s 2023 Annual Report of Progress describes the TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s activities and accomplishments over the past year. The annual details how ACRP encourages collaboration to address emerging challenges and fosters professional networking across miles and generations. Program metrics and practitioner feedback are presented to highlight ACRP’s accomplishments. Since its establishment in 2005, the Airport Cooperative Research Program has helped foster and sustain these benefits b...

The 2022 Annual Report summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how the non-profit organization has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout the year. TRB provides leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportation. TRB is a program division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, a...