Transportation

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 39: Competition Requirements of the Design/Build, Construction Manager at Risk, and Public-Private Partnership Contracts—Seven Case Studies explores the use of various project delivery methods, including design-build, construction management at risk, and ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 425: Waterproofing Membranes for Concrete Bridge Decks documents information on materials, specification requirements, design details, application methods, system performance, and costs of waterproofing membranes used on new and existing bridge decks since ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 693: Attracting, Recruiting, and Retaining Skilled Staff for Transportation System Operations and Management provides guidance designed to help transportation agencies recruit and retain qualified professional staff in the systems operation and management ...

TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L06-RR-1: Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management examines a large number of topics concerning organizational and institutional approaches that might help transportation agencies enhance highway operations and travel time ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 423: Long-Term Performance of Polymer Concrete for Bridge Decks addresses a number of topics related to thin polymer overlays (TPOs).

Those topics include previous research, specifications, and procedures on TPOs; performance ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 365: Sustainable Pavement Maintenance Practices highlights the current practice in sustainable pavement maintenance and preservation.

The report is designed to help quantify and understand how pavement maintenance and preservation ...

TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R26-RR-1: Preservation Approaches for High-Traffic-Volume Roadways documents the state of the practice of preservation treatment on asphalt and concrete pavements on high- and low-volume roadways.

The report also report includes ...

TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Report 148: Cleaning Device to Remove Debris and Chemicals for Crack/Joint Sealing explores development of a tool designed to efficiently remove deicing chemical buildup and prepare pavement cracks and joints for sealing.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 364: Validation of LRFD Metal Loss and Service-Life Strength Reduction Factors for Metal-Reinforced Systems summarizes the results of research to further validate some key results of a project that resulted ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 417: Geometric Design Practices for Resurfacing, Restoration, and Rehabilitation documents the current state-of-the-practice related to nonfreeway resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation projects.

Appendix G, Summary of Good Practices: Incorporating Safety into Resurfacing ...