Plan decades into the future despite uncertainty.
#NCHRP Research Report 1168 provides guidance for incorporating uncertainty into long-range transportation planning and developing effective strategies for future scenarios. https://ow.ly/3YHY50Yv3ox
Can drivers clearly see roadside barriers in time to react?
Find which treatments make roadside hardware most visible to drivers for road safety in a new #NCHRP research report that looks at human factors and crash data analysis.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/RRRj50Yv3my
How can signal performance data help improve roadway safety?
#NCHRP Research Report 1170 examines how automated traffic signal performance measures can be used to evaluate crash frequency and severity.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/LRHp50YuXpJ
#TRBvolunteers come from all over the U.S. to work on Cooperative Research Programs.
Which programs have volunteers from your state? https://ow.ly/SNsL50YtxAi
#ACRP #BTSCRP #NCHRP #TCRP
Aerial glance at a cable-stayed bridge under construction, showcasing yellow crane work over a river.
Detailed view of gray and red gravel stones in bright sunlight, perfect for backgrounds.
A view of an iconic Pittsburgh bridge and fountain with a scenic urban backdrop.
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Explore how transportation engineers turn research into standards, specs, & structures.
#NCHRP delivers applied research on bridges, pavements, materials, geotechnics, and traffic system. #WorldEngineeringDay
See what’s driving researchers and practitioners forward. https://ow.ly/ooM650YolnT
How do state DOTs fund and maintain #CompleteStreets? A new #NCHRP publication examines maintenance policies, cost-sharing with local & Tribal partners, and strategies for staffing, training, and equipment to support active transportation long term. Learn more: https://ow.ly/NsxU50Yok78
Construction has higher-than-average suicide and substance use rates yet support across transportation agencies is uneven. TRB’s #NCHRP Synthesis 658 examines how state DOTs address #mentalhealth, addiction, and #suicideprevention—and where gaps remain. https://ow.ly/BaUX50YkxJl
We want you 🫵
Serve on an #NCHRP synthesis project oversight committee. Explore the projects to see if your practical experience or research expertise on planning, design, safety, operations and maintenance, or program delivery qualify you to serve.
https://ow.ly/fcRP50YhoZ1
Find out how automated traffic signals are doing across the U.S. with a new #NCHRP synthesis.
Case studies from North Carolina Department of Transportation, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Maryland Department of Transportation, and Utah DOT.
https://ow.ly/zmbK50Yh3MK
Bats in your belfry? How about in your bridges? 🦇🦇🦇🦇
Get tips from #NCHRP on balancing conservation efforts with providing safe, effective transportation infrastructure.
https://ow.ly/zCvt50Ycr9m
https://ow.ly/POXe50Ycr9l
Street view of traffic with vehicles, bus, and motorcycles from a car's interior on a sunny day.
Automated systems can enhance traffic operations. Detector events are collected up to 10 times every second and this granularity and wealth of information allows for continuous and proactive monitoring of traffic flow, signal operations, and maintenance. More from #NCHRP
https://ow.ly/cRPj50Yc40n
Urban winter scene in Date, Hokkaido with snow-covered streets and pedestrian crossing.
How do your snow and ice control operations measure up? Implement performance measures, your agency's capabilities to monitor these measures, support decision-making processes and report on the effectiveness with an #NCHRP report. #SnowRemoval
https://ow.ly/3k0450Y6o5h
Volunteer to serve on a TRB #NCHRP synthesis project committee. Explore available projects to put your practical experience or research expertise on planning, design, safety, operations and maintenance, or program delivery qualify you to serve.
https://ow.ly/xn5q50Y8klK
TRB's Cooperative Research Program produces practical research that you can put into real-world results. Read the 2025 CRP Annual Report highlights accomplishments from throughout the year for #ACRP, #BTSCRP, #NCHRP, and #TCRP!
https://ow.ly/2J1R50XW8Y7
#NCHRP research is used by many stakeholders in the U.S. road system. From DOTs to insurers, we all need insights to make the system safer and more efficient.
A report on leveraging AI and big data for safety analysis was one of the most downloaded in 2025.
https://ow.ly/z7lo50XPZtM
Close-up of a car speedometer displaying a warning indicator. Ideal for automotive themes.
How do you get them to slow down? If you have expertise in researching safety, speed, and operations, nominate yourself as a potential PI for a TRB's #NCHRP synthesis project.
There is an fixed-price award of $65,000. Submit your Letter of Interest by Jan 19.
https://ow.ly/ogC650XAjyo
What's working for utility coordination and RoW? Help us synthesize performance-based practices. Nominate yourself as a potential PI for any of TRB's #NCHRP projects on project delivery.
There is an fixed-price award of $65,000. Submit your Letter of Interest by Jan 19.
https://ow.ly/Bt8H50XAjnJ
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💰 Do you have expertise in transportation planning or budgeting? Submit your Letter of Interest as a PI for a #NCHRP synthesis on accounting inflation in cost estimates, estimating for early project dev, or strategic planning.
Fixed-price award of $65K. Due Jan 19.
https://ow.ly/CZIV50XAa90
With #Halloween and the end of DST this weekend, expect more walkers out after dark. Between 2018 - 2022, 76% of U.S. pedestrian crash fatalities occurred in darkness.
Find #NCHRP strategies informed by a multimethod study of pedestrian safety in darkness.
https://ow.ly/f3mo50X9qmf
To improve nighttime road safety, automated inventory of street assets, like streetlights, can be performed with high precision using computer vision tools.
See the latest report on #AI and #transportation #safety, via TRB's #NCHRP and University of Washington: buff.ly/Rz4hG1p
Transportation leaders encounter multiple situations daily that require decision making. TRB's #NCHRP has a new guide that combines practical advice and experiences from transportation agency executives, with the latest findings from cognitive science: buff.ly/QxXy3PW
AASHTO's Special Committee on Research and Innovation is soliciting problem statements for #NCHRP. Employees of state DOTs, @fhwa.bsky.social staff, or AASHTO staff on behalf of an AASHTO Committee or Council can submit by November 3.
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Widespread adoption of high-tension cable barrier (HTCB) systems calls for a unified understanding of material performance and design practice. TRB's #NCHRP offers a comprehensive guide:
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#HighwaySafety #DOT #BarrierDesign #RoadSafety
#Construction contract documents for state departments of transportation have begun changing from paper or two-dimensional (2D) plans to #3D models that are contractually binding.
Find out more from TRB's #NCHRP: buff.ly/EmKUr8S
“Snapshots” of practice like this one about #CompleteStreets are developed with a focus on current and emerging topics in #TransportationPlanning. This week, TRB's #NCHRP released several reports like this that will be valuable to transportation agencies: buff.ly/Mv7aaPb
When a serious roadway incident occurs, it triggers a network of emergency responders to handle a wide range of responsibilities. Connected, automated vehicles have added another factor.
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TRB's #NCHRP, RSG., IBI Group, and Foursquare ITP offer suggested future improvements to the U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Intercity Bus Atlas, such as including more service characteristics and strategies to address data collection challenges.
State departments of transportation are aiming to leverage AI and cloud-based big data tools for highway construction. However, there are challenges with traditional procurement methods. Here's how to manage the process, from TRB's #NCHRP:
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More than 25 years of applied research to advance #roundabout planning and design is celebrated in the latest issue of #TRNewsMagazine.
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#roundabouts
TRB's #NCHRP
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Sunrise Transportation Strategies
TRB's #NCHRP details how to improve the climatic inputs and related models of flexible and rigid pavement performance. Data-extraction locations of NASA's model are shown here and is part of what can be implemented by transportation agencies.
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