Council Resources

Cover of the NCHRP Research Report 988

NCHRP Research Report 988: Rural Transportation Issues Research Roadmap (2022)

Committees can use this to assist in identifying potential rural research needs statement topics

Appendix G contains hundreds of rural research need ideas which are categorized into fifteen topical portfolios

Whether you are a TRB committee, state DOT, public agency, or a university professor/student; you can use these portfolios to select an idea as the basis of your research needs statement, problem statement, capstone project, or graduate thesis. Check them out now!

https://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/182549.aspx

Cover the TR News 347 Transportation in Rural America

TR News 347 Transportation in Rural America (Sept.-Dec. 2023)

For committees looking to explain the uniqueness of rural transportation or to provide examples of rural best practices

https://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/183152.aspx

Snapshot from the first page on the TRB Snap Search on Rural Transportation

TRB Snap Search: Rural Transportation (July 2024)

Documents TRB’s involvement in research on rural transportation from 2021-2024

https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/snap/ruraltransportation.pdf