The Committee has developed the following statements that detail specific research needs to better understand and drive transit performance. We particularly encourage paper submittals on these topics for presentation at the Annual meeting. We also reference these statements when considering topics to submit to the Transit Cooperative Research Program.
A Study of Third-Party Contracting in Transit Rail O&M: Practices and Performance
Coming soon: Bus Network Redesign Evaluation Metrics
Coming soon: Workforce Data
If you have an idea for another area that needs research, or are aware of relevant research that addresses these statements, please reach out to Frances Fisher and Matthew Broughton.
Please use this template to frame your Research Needs Statement.
Upcoming dates for Transit Cooperative Research Program are available here: TCRP | TCRP
In addition to the detailed research needs statements above, we are broadly interested in research that addresses these focus areas:
Topics of interest include:
Headway management
Evaluating the success of bus network redesigns (measures to track/evaluate short-, medium-, and long-term operation/agency impacts and customer expierience)
Work schedules for frontline staff
Cost-effective use of Microtransit
Management and operation strategies during extreme weather events
Front-line workforce retention
Ensuring representative transit survey results: methods used to collect rider demographics that are statistically representative
AI use cases in transit
Impacts of AI and big data on asset management decision making