1863

• National Academy of Sciences

1964

• National Academy of Engineering

1970/2015

• Institute of Medicine

• National Academy of Medicine

• Bringing the Transportation Community Together

• Delivering Policy Analysis & Advice

• Managing Research Programs

• Providing Tools for Researchers & Practitioners

• Annual Meeting – 12,000 Attendees• Conferences and Workshops – 50+ / 5,000+ Participants• Committees and Panel Meetings – 6,500+ Participants• Webinars – 25,000+ Participants• State, University, and Transit Representatives – 250+ Organizations• Staff Field Visits

•Highways

•Transit

•Airports

•Freight

•Hazardous Materials

•Rail

• Safety: Making a Significant Improvement in Highway Safety

• Renewal: Accelerating the Renewal of America's Highways

• Reliability: Providing a Highway System with Reliable Travel Times

• Capacity: Providing Highway Capacity in Support of the Nation's Economic, Environmental, and Social Goals

TRB Research Databases

TRB Strategic Plan1. Address emerging and critical issues2. Involve a broader cross section of stakeholders and

constituencies3. Review TRB’s legacy programs and products4. Evaluate impacts of TRB research programs5. Augment traditional funding sources6. Marketing and communications plan7. Succession and IT planning

Critical Issues in Transportation

• System performance is neither reliable nor resilient• Safety has improved, but avoidable losses are still

significant• The impacts on energy, climate, and the environment

are unsustainable• Funding sources for public infrastructure are

inadequate• Innovation lags – and R&D investment is low and

declining

Connected and Automated Vehicles

• Current TRB “Hot Topic”• 70 TRB committees addressing the issue• Numerous annual meeting sessions• NCHRP 20-102 – Impacts of Automated Vehicles on

State and Local Transportation Agencies• NCHRP 20-24 (98) – Connected/Automated Vehicle

Research Roadmap for AASHTO• Automated Vehicle Symposium: July 20-24, 2015

Transformational Technologies

• Transformational or “disruptive” technologies are those that can be expected to completely displace the status quo, forever changing the way we live and work

• General examples: internet, personal computer, email, smartphone

• Transportation: CC/AVs, shared economy/vehicles, advanced versions of on-demand shared ride services and micro-transit services, cog in “internet-of-things,” unmanned aerial systems (drones)

Resilience• New TRB “hot topic” identified by Exec. Comm.• Inadequate planning for natural and man-made

disasters• Adaptation could be a major cost to owners of

transportation systems• NCHRP 20-101 Guidelines to Incorporate the Costs and

Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change (2017)

• TCRP A-41 Improving the Resiliency of Transit Systems Threatened by Natural Disasters (2017)

Transportation/Public Health

• Traffic safety: Crashes are the #1 cause of death for persons aged 4 to 34 in U.S.

• Health effects of air and noise pollution from transportation

• Access to health care and pharmacies

• Transportation of contagious diseases

• Public health benefits of active transportation (walking and biking)

Comments and Questions Always Welcome

Neil J. PedersenTRB Executive Directornpedersen@nas.edu

202-334-2936