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Nongovernmental research programs

Subject: Transportation management and vehicle control systems
Name: PATH

PATH is a research program that develops solutions to transportation problems. With more than 11,000 citations, the California PATH database is the world's largest bibliographic database pertaining to intelligent transportation systems.

(510) 231-9495
www.path.berkeley.edu

Subject: Nature and performance of transportation systems
Name: Transportation Research Board (TRB)

TRB is part of the National Research Council, and its mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.

TRB has outstanding technical committees and task forces that address all modes and aspects of transportation. It publishes and disseminates reports and peer-reviewed research papers. TRB administers two research programs and conducts special studies on policy issues requested by Congress and government agencies. It operates a computerized file of transportation research information and hosts an annual meeting that typically attracts 8,000 transportation professionals.

Two TRB programs that local decision makers might find useful are the National Cooperative Research Program and the online information service known as the Transportation Information Service (TRIS) Online. Both are described in the figure below.

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) conducts research in acute problem areas that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and roadway maintenance nationwide. Research findings are published in the NCHRP Reports and the Synthesis of Highway Practice reports. The reporting format is designed specifically for transportation administrators and practicing engineers. In addition, to promote awareness and use of the research findings, the NCHRP produces Research Results Digests and Legal Research Digests. These and other publications can be ordered online through TRB's Bookstore (click "Bookstore" on TRB's home page).

NCHRP Manager
(202) 334-2379
(202) 334-2006 Fax
cjencks@nas.edu

TRIS Online

TRB also coordinates TRIS Online, the largest and most comprehensive source of information on published transportation research on the Web. TRIS Online currently contains over 400,000 records of published transportation research. TRIS not only provides access to the bibliographic records and abstracts, it also includes links to the full text of public-domain documents or document suppliers. Currently there are almost 200 links to full text documents and over 50,000 links to the websites of corporate authors. Links to full text documents will continue to be added. Access TRIS Online at http://ntl.bts.gov/tris/

The Transportation Research Board can be reached at:

(202) 334-2972
(202) 334-2519 Fax
www.nas.edu/trb
www.nationalacademies.org/trb/

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