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Oversight Unit

TRB Consensus and Advisory Studies Division

The Consensus and Advisory Studies Division conducts studies examining complex and controversial transportation issues at the request of the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies, states, and other sponsors. Studies address a variety of safety, economic, environmental, energy, and research policy issues affecting all modes of transportation.

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Review of Methods and Data Needs for Calculating the Potential Impact Area of a Natural Gas Pipeline Failure for Regulatory Compliance

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Airspace Design, Civil-Military Coordination, and Operational Safety in the National Capital Region

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Study on Data, Metrics, and Analytic Tools for Transportation Investments that Support Family Quality of Life and Communities

Consensus/Advisory Activity

TRB Consensus and Advisory Studies Division

Oversight Unit

Health and Safety Impacts of Aircraft Cabin Temperatures

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Accelerating the Commercialization and Deployment of Technologies and Innovations in Transportation: A Workshop Series

Workshop

Recently Completed

Symposium on the Future of Transportation and the Role of Europe-U.S. Research Collaboration (2026)

Workshop

Recently Completed

Peer Review of Federal Aviation Administration Research on the Effect of Passenger Seat Pitch and Width on Aircraft Cabin Evacuation Efficiency

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Impacts on Shipping and Commercial, Tribal, and Recreational Fisheries from Development of Renewable Energy on the West Coast

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Workshop on the Capacity of Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions to Advance Diversity in the Transportation Workforce

Workshop

Study on Furthering the Development and Use of Innovative Materials in Water Resources Infrastructure

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Used for the cover of: Innovative Materials in Water Resources Infrastructure: Opportunities for the Corps of Engineers

FAA Planning for Air Traffic Control Facility Staffing

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Critical Issues in Transportation for 2024 and Beyond

Other

Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Investments: Phase 2 Study to Support State and Local Decision Making

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Alcohol at Sea

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

A large container cargo ship in motion

Review of Approaches for Managing Pollutant Loads in Highway Stormwater Runoff

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

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Symposium on the Future of Transportation and the Role of Europe-U.S. Research Collaboration

Workshop

Best Practices for the Efficient Supply of Chassis for Transporting Intermodal Containers

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Impacts of Trains Longer Than 7,500 Feet

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance Examination Program for Gas Carriers

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Impacts of Alternative Compensation Methods on Truck Driver Retention and Safety Performance

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Transitioning Evidence-based Road Safety Research into Practice

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Study and Recommendations on the HIMS, FADAP, and Other Drug and Alcohol Programs within the USDOT

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Repurposing Plastics Waste in Infrastructure

Consensus/Advisory Activity

New Coast Guard Authorities

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Funding Programs

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Criteria for Installing Automatic and Remote-Controlled Shutoff Valves on Existing Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Cross-Cutting Themes for U.S. Contributions to the Ocean Decade

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) 2022-2027 Research and Technology Plan

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Emerging Trends in Aviation Safety

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

U.S. Coast Guard Oversight of Recognized Organizations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

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