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Cooperative Research Programs

The Cooperative Research Programs (CRPs)—National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), and Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP)—collective mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation through research. The CRPs are applied research programs focused on advancing transportation innovation. They address today’s and tomorrow’s toughest transportation challenges through practical, customer-driven research. Continuous stakeholder involvement, from topic selection to implementation, ensures the work is relevant, accountable, and results in solutions that can be put into practice.

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Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date.

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Description

The Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) are customer-focused, applied research management programs whose collective mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation through research. Each CRP seeks and shares knowledge that helps tackle our nation’s toughest transportation challenges—those we face today and those we will likely face tomorrow.
There are four active CRPs:

  1. The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), established in 1962 and developed in partnership with Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
  2. The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), established in 1992 and developed in partnership with Federal Transit Administration and American Public Transportation Association.
  3. The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), established in 2004 and developed in partnership with Federal Aviation Administration and the Airports Council International.
  4. The Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP), established in 2017 and delivered in partnership with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Governors Highway Safety Association.

The most important factor in the success of these programs is continuous stakeholder involvement throughout the process, starting with identification of topics, continuing with selection of research projects and then technical oversight, and ending with implementation of results. Ultimately, these stakeholders are the research users; their ongoing involvement ensures accountability for applied research that is relevant and produces practical and implementable results.

Collaborators

Staff

Monique Evans

Lead

Waseem Dekelbab

Lead

Cynthia Butler

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