Transportation Industry - Knowledge & Resource Center

GCat: Policy and Organization
MCat: Education and Research
Cat: Transportation Research

Reports on traffic safety topics such as pavement markings, cellular phone use, drowsiness, etc. Vehicle safety research studies.

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Assoc of American Railroad Papers [34354] ?

List of papers on economic, environment, re-regulation, safety and more.

Australian Road Safety Research [14422] ?

ATSB Road Safety reports on topics such as drunk driving, women drivers, motorcycle crashes, etc

Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) Research Papers [32349] ?

List of research papers from the ASRS.

Center for Transportation Research and Education [10063] ?

Innovative methods, materials, technologies for improving transportation efficiency, safety, etc

Center for Transportation Studies Research Reports [35227] ?

Archive of transportation reports from the University of Minnesota.

Data Library: Freight Transport [17318] ?

Factors affecting freight

European Transport Thematic Research [35201] ?

Potential policy issues associated from different research projects.

Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology [12408] ?

Provides advanced research and development related to new highway technologies

Federal Highway Administration Research Topics [12396] ?

Highway safety reports from the FHWA

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Safety Research [12173] ?

Publications on motor carrier safety research conducted by the US Dept of Transportation

FHWA International [14418] ?

International research by the US Federal Highway Administration

FHWA Research, Development and Technology [12575] ?

Highway Research Center reports

FHWA Tranportation Policy Studies [14818] ?

Reports and studies related to highway safety and highway use

Human Factors Research [12390] ?

Study topics including older drivers, traffic management centers, user characteristics, visibility

IACP Technology Center [12391] ?

A leading source of information for law enforcement related technology on crash data

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy [32199] ?

Strives to promote environmentally sustainable and socially equitable transportation worldwide.

Land Transport New Zealand Research Reports [32608] ?

List of reports on asset management, safety and personal security, environmental effects, travel behaviour, etc.

Motor Carrier Safety, Economics, and Management [24457] ?

A series of reports on research conducted at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury [25177] ?

Research results regarding child safety seats, safety belts and alcohol impaired driving interventions

National Crash Analysis Center [12398] ?

A federally funded research center concentrating on vehicle crash research

National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission Papers [33600] ?

Technical papers designed to give an overview of current data, literature and state-of-the-practice.

National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse [3221] ?

Promotes a transportation system of diverse modes to ensure communities are more sustainable

National Transportation Library [22174] ?

Charged with improving the availability of transportation-related information needed by Federal, state, and local decisi

NC-University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center [14792] ?

Created by the state legislature to conduct highway safety research - online reports

NHTSA Research & Development [14124] ?

Extensive research, development, testing, crash investigation, and data collection and analysis

NHTSA Safety Research [11576] ?

Vehicle safety studies conducted by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIOSH Selected Topics: Motor Vehicle Safety [12967] ?

NIOSH documents related to motor vehicle crashes

Updated NTSB Highway Safety Studies [2104] ?

National Transportation Safety Board Research on highway safety

Pavement: Petrographic Methods of Examining Hardened Concrete [12572] ?

Manual provides a set of instructions for the petrographic examination of HCC used in highways

Research Project Solicitation, Prioritization, and Selection Process [pdf] [34049] ?

How states solicit, prioritize, and select research problem statements.

Review of US DOT Research, Development, and Technology Program [pdf] [31818] ?

Opportunities for Improving the Oversight of DOTs Research Programs and User Satisfaction with Transportation Statistics

Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations [pdf] [34837] ?

Report on improving priorities, coordination and quality.

Social Research in Transport Clearinghouse [33154] ?

Increase awareness of social issues in transport with research reports, abstracts and research results.

Speed and Speed Management [12584] ?

Safety Research Related to Speed and Speed Management

Speed Limits [10059] ?

Documents on speed limits published by the US government

Strategic Plan for Particulate Matter Research [32217] ?

Identifies priority particulate matter (PM) research issues for the transportation community.

Surface Transportation Policy Project [14411] ?

Studies related to highway traffic

Traffic Safety Center at UC Berkeley Research Reports [30377] ?

Browse internally published research papers.

Traffic Safety Research Reports [1181] ?

Reports on traffic safety topics such as pavement markings, cellular phone use, drowsiness, etc.

Transport Research Knowledge Centre [33669] ?

Connecting transport research with EU policy.

Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database [32323] ?

Search for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), technical reports and journal articles.

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Online (fees) [30759] ?

Full papers from the Transportation Research Record available online for a fee. (fees)

Transportation Studies [8941] ?

Transportation-related National Academy of Sciences research studies

TRB Webinar Program [33067] ?

Participants must register at least 24 hours in advance of the start of each Webinar

TX-Texas Transportation Institute [12287] ?

Mission is to solve transportation problems through research

UMTRI: Transportation Research Institute [1646] ?

University of Michigan research designed to increase safety of surface motor vehicle travel

Vehicle Research Center [6571] ?

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Vehicle Research Center

Virginia Transportation Research Council [1919] ?

Conduct transportation-related research

Wisconsin DOT Transportation Synthesis Reports [35022] ?

Listing of reports that capture recent research and best practices on requested transportation topics.


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