State Planning and Research (SP&R) Guide
TRB
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) promotes innovation
and progress in transportation by encouraging research, communication,
and implementation activities.
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TRB
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NCHRP
TCRP
The TRB is a unit of the National Research Council (NRC), a
private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating
agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National
Academy of Engineering. The TRB Board's mission is to promote
innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and
conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information,
and encouraging the implementation of research results.
TRB fulfills this mission through the work of its standing
technical committees and task forces addressing all modes and
aspects of transportation; publication and dissemination of
reports and peer-reviewed technical papers on research findings;
administration of the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program (NCHRP)
and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
conduct of special studies on transportation policy issues at
the request of the U.S. Congress and Government agencies; operation
of an online computerized file of transportation research information;
and the hosting of an annual meeting that typically attracts
10,000 transportation professionals throughout the United States
and abroad.
TRB's varied activities annually draw on more than 4,000 engineers,
scientists, and other transportation researchers and practitioners
from the public and private sectors and academia, all contributing
their expertise in the public interest. The Board is supported
by State transportation departments, the various administrations
of the U.S. Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies,
industry associations, and organizations and individuals interested
in the development of transportation.
Your contact for questions or suggestions on this guide is
William.Zaccagnino@fhwa.dot.gov.
