Division B: Studies and Special Programs

Stephen Godwin, Director

The TRB Studies and Special Programs Division (Division B) conducts policy studies at the request of the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies, states and other sponsors; operates a bibliographic database of completed and ongoing research and provides library reference services; produces syntheses of current practices in highway, transit, airport and commercial truck and bus operations; and manages Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs in rail, truck, highway and transit operations.

B0002:   TRB Information Services Committee

B0024:   Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (FHWA)

B0085:   Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC)

B0099:   Committee for Pavement Technology Review and Evaluation

B0102:   Committee for the Study of Traffic Safety Lessons from Benchmark Nations

B0103:   Committee for the Study on the Relationships Among Development Patterns, Vehicle Miles Traveled, and Energy Consumption

B0105:   Committee for Review of the Federal Railroad Administration Research and Development Program

B0106:   Committee for a Study of Potential Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Transportation

B0107:   Committee for a Review of U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Study on Implementation of Changes to the Section 4(f) Process

B0108:   Committee for Study on Transportation Research Programs to Address Energy and Climate Change

B0109:   Committee on Equity Implications of Alternative Transportation Finance Mechanisms

B0110:   Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program

B0111:   Committee on Alaska's Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure: Risk Assessment Peer Review

B0112:   Committee on Naval Engineering in the 21st Century

B0113:   Committee for a Review of the En Route Air Traffic Control Complexity and Workload Model

B0114:   Committee on Strategies for Improved Passenger and Freight Travel Data

B0115:   Committee on Offshore Oil and Gas Platform Inspection Program of the Minerals Management Service: A Review

E1002:   TRB Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Committee

E1002-B:   Expert Task Group on LTPP Special Activities

E1002-C:   Expert Task Group on LTPP Traffic Data Collection and Analysis

E1003:   Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG)

E1005:   Committee for the High-Speed Rail IDEA Program

E1008:   Transportation Safety IDEA Program Committee