NEW CHALLENGES--NEW OPPORTUNITIES: TRB'S 1998 FIELD VISIT PROGRAM

Specialists in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Technical Activities Division are in a unique position to identify the current concerns and learn about the activities of the transportation community. The TRB Annual Meeting, Board-sponsored conferences and workshops, standing committees, publications, and contact with thousands of organizations and individuals provide TRB staff with information on all modes of transportation from both the public and private sectors. A major source of such information is the annual field visit program, through which TRB staff meet on site with each state transportation department, many universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry representatives. The objectives of the program are to (a) learn of problems facing these organizations and transmit information from states, industry, or educational institutions that can help solve those problems; (b) learn of research activities that are in progress or contemplated and exchange information on similar research being carried out elsewhere, thus preventing duplication of efforts; (c) identify new methods and procedures that might be applicable elsewhere; (d) identify innovative or experimental work that may not be widely published, but is worthy of broader attention; (e) describe the Board's range of services to new staff at transportation agencies that support TRB; and (f) identify potential candidates for TRB committees. Presented in this article are the issues, concerns, and recent program changes in transportation identified by the TRB Technical Activities Division staff through this year's field visits, supplemented with related information from other sources. The time period covered is July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

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• Publication Date: 1999-1

Language

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Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 31-49
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 200
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Highway transportation; Information dissemination; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Research; Water transportation
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Research Board
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field visits; Information exchange
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760543
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 24 1999 12:00AM