Transportation System Resilience: Research Roadmap and White Papers
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
OBJECTIVES The objectives of this project are to develop a research roadmap and three white papers for senior executives on transportation resilience. Together with the resilience CEO primer and engagement activities developed under NCHRP Project 20-59(55), this series of products and activities will lead into and inform the research in NCHRP Project 20-59(117) that will culminate in a […]
Research Roadmap for the AASHTO Council on Active Transportation
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
STATUS: Research is complete. The Research Roadmap, with prioritized research needs, is available here: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-123-02AASHTOCATResearchRoadmap.pdf The Research Review summarizes existing and ongoing research in 22 topic areas: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-123-02AASHTOCATResearchReview.pdf The Continuity and Implementation Plan provides the Council on Active Transportation (CAT) with tools and steps to implement the Roadmap: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-123-02AASHTOCATResearchRoadmapContinuity-Implementation.pdf A spreadsheet for tracking research is available for download here (xlsx format): http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-123-02AASHTOCATResearchRoadmapTrackingSpreadsheet.xlsx […]
Airport Environment Research Roadmap
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
BACKGROUND As an industry-driven research program, ACRP relies on a flow of quality research ideas. Traditionally, ACRP primarily has used a bottom-up approach for these ideas, expressed as formal problem statements. ACRP’s Oversight Committee has adopted a strategic plan for the program that includes as a priority ensuring “that problem statements are of the highest […]
Research Roadmap on Safety Issues
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
With the airport industry’s introduction and early adoption of safety management systems (SMS), safety processes are taking on a more proactive way of doing the business while continuously improving safety. This shift in approach will drive safety research in the near and long-term future. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program’s ACRP Web-Only Document 50: Research Roadmap […]
Airport Design and Construction Narrative Research Roadmap
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 40 outlines the key research gaps and areas of topics of interest for airports in the design and construction field over the next five years. The research ideas generated as part of this project are organized into seven high‐level themes that represent the main areas and challenges […]
The Federal Investment in Hghway Research, 2006-2009: Strengths and Weaknesses
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
This document is TRB Special Report #295. Since 1992, the Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC) has served as an independent advisor on national and federal highway research. Its work over the past 15 years has been supported by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). During the years in which it has advised FHWA and other […]
The Federal Role in Highway Research and Technology
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
This is TRB Special Report #261. The Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC) was convened in 1991 by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies to provide a continuing, independent assessment of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) research and technology (R&T) program. Funding for the committee is provided by FHWA. A previous RTCC […]
USDOT Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) Annual Modal Research Plans
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USDOT Office of the Secretary of Transportation - Research (OST-R)
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Under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 65 (Research Planning), Section 6501, each modal (operating) administration and joint program office is required to submit an Annual Modal Research Plan (AMRP) to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology each year for review and approval. The plans are required to provide a comprehensive annual modal research plan for the […]
DOT Five-Year Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) Strategic Plan (FY 2018-2022)
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USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
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The DOT RD&T Strategic Plan presents the Department’s research priorities for five years (FY 2018-2022) and describes the activities undertaken by the Department to address those priorities. This plan is an update to the previous Plan, covering FY 2017-2021, and meets the requirements set forth in Section 6019 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) […]
Safe System Strategic Plan
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration
Description:
The Safe System Strategic Plan provides a roadmap for the advancement of the Safe System Approach in the United States (U.S.). It describes the Safe System Approach, discusses the process involved in building the plan, outlines how to advance a Safe System mindset, and describes steps necessary to implement Safe System practices within the transportation […]