Research Pays Off
Transportation organizations recognize the importance of research, and public agencies are no exception; however, research is one of many competing activities in an agency's budget. To properly assess the value of research, decision makers must understand the potential for longer-term rewards. The benefits of research must be continually demonstrated. Research Pays Off (RPO) articles appear in most issues of TRB's bimonthly magazine,
TR News. RPO articles highlight research results that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to important transportation-related problems. These solutions are multimodal and broad.
Submit a Research Pays Off article toTR News
When submitting your story to
RPO@nas.edu, consider the following:
Title: short, descriptive, and captivating
Introduction: keep it to about 50 words
Problem: an overview of about 100 words
Solution: describe the research objectives, scope, tasks performed, and findings in about 450 words
Application: briefly describe where the research findings were implemented in about 150 words
Benefits: describe actual or expected benefits from the research or innovative approaches for a transportation agency or the public in economic, social, or environmental terms (e.g., monetary savings, reduced fatalities and injuries, reduced pollutant emissions, enhanced productivity) in about 250 words
Contact: provide a name, e-mail address, website, or telephone number for readers to contact with further information
Materials: illustrations, photographs, charts, or tables help readers better understand the situation
Browse through a list of
Research Pays Off articles.
View the
Preparing a Research Pays Off article guidelines.
TRB's Task for on Research Pays Off review all articles. The Task Force includes Nancy M. Whiting (Chair), Inam Jawed, Sarah Kosling, Sid Mohan, Claire E. Randall, Monica A. Starnes, Dianne S. Schwager.
Contact:
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street NW
Keck 486
Washington, DC 2001
202-334-2956 phone
202-334-2030 fax