What is a TRB Standing Committee?
The Standing Committees should not be confused with other TRB committees and panels that are formed through TRB’s Policy Studies Division (B), Cooperative Programs Division (D), or the SHRP II program. These committees are most often formed by invitation only to develop scopes of work for transportation studies and/or prepare reports for outside agencies and oftentimes the U.S. Congress on current transportation policy issues. A TRB Standing Committee is a group that is created and managed through the Technical Activities Division (A), to do the following: • Bring together communities of interest • Identify research needs • Review study papers for the Annual Meeting • Sponsor sessions, conferences and meetings • Generate papers and reports • Share information on ongoing and recently completed research Currently, there are nearly 200 standing committees which cover all modes of transportation research that are a part of TRB’s Technical Activities Division. They often serve as an entry p
