Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future examines how the mandate, role, funding, and operations of state departments of transportation (DOTs) will likely be affected by changes in energy supply and demand in the next 30 to 50 […]
Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand presents the results of research on how socio-demographic changes over the next 30 to 50 years may impact travel demand at the regional level. It is accompanied by a software tool, Impacts […]
Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 4: Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 4: Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies includes an analytical framework and implementation approaches designed to assist state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies evaluate their current and future capacity to support a sustainable society by delivering transportation solutions […]
Long-Range Strategic Issues Facing the Transportation Industry
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
The transportation industry will face new and emerging challenges in the future that will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recognizes that research can help ensure that transportation practitioners are equipped to deal with future challenges facing the industry over the next 30 to 40 […]
An Overview of National Transportation Research
Organization:
AASHTO RAC Education and Training Task Group
Description:
This summary was produced by the AASHTO RAC Education and Training Task Group and was adapted from a report titled “Transportation Research: Value to the Nation?Value to the States,” a product of NCHRP 20-80(1), which was prepared by CTC & Associates LLC.
Scientific Approaches to Transportation Research
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
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Effective Experiment Design and Data Analysis in Transportation Research (NCHRP Report 727)
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
This report describes the factors that should be considered in designing experiments and presents 21 typical transportation examples illustrating the experiment design process, including selection of appropriate statistical tests. The examples encompass a wide range of transportation disciplines and statistical methods. This report will be very beneficial to anyone with limited research experience needing to […]
Facilitating the implementation of Research Findings
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
NCHRP Report 382: This report contains the findings of a study that was performed to identify the factors affecting implementation of research results, to delineate strategies that are expected to promote this implementation, and to recommend research to test the more viable strategies for putting transportation research results into practice. The report describes the research […]
Putting Research into Practice: A Synopsis of Successful Strategies and Case Histories
Organization:
Transportation Research Board
Description:
NCHRP Research Results Digest 225: This synopsis summarizes implementation practices leading to the successful and timely application of research findings, and illustrates the use of these practices in several case studies drawn from the research findings.
Managing Contract Research, NCHRP Synthesis Report 231
Organization:
Transportation Research Board (TRB) - NCHRP Program
Description:
This report explores the state of the practice for managing contract research programs.