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Oversight Unit

Transportation Research Board

As part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) mobilizes expertise, experience, and knowledge to anticipate and solve complex transportation-related challenges. The Board’s varied activities annually engage more than 5,500 engineers, scientists, and other transportation researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors and academia, all of whom contribute their expertise in the public interest. The program is supported by state departments of transportation, federal agencies including component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation.

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In formation

News and Updates

Projects

U.S. Coast Guard Oversight of Recognized Organizations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Committee on Options for Improving the Safety of Amphibious Vessels (DUKW boats) When Used in Passenger Service

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Standing Committee on Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies

Standing Committee

Completed

Annual Workshop on Transportation Law

Workshop

In Progress

Response and Resilient Recovery Strategic Science Initiative: A Rapid, Multidisciplinary Scientific Capability for Scenario Analysis

Standing Committee

In Progress

2020 Virtual Forum on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technology

Workshop

Completed

Security of America’s Medical Product Supply Chain

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Fostering Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains with Emerging Technologies: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

How We Move Matters: Exploring the Connections between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health--A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

A Report Series on Progress and Opportunities Toward Decreasing the Risk of Offshore Energy Operations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Transportation Resilience Metrics

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Services

Roundtable/Forum

Transportation Research Framework Summit and Report

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Staffing Model Improvements: Expert Meetings

Meeting of Experts

Completed
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