Bicycle Transportation Research

Do you have research that you’ve done that needs to be disseminated?

The Bicycle Transportation Committee encourages you to submit your research findings in the form of a paper for presentation at the Annual Meeting and publication in Transportation Research Record. Each year we select 10-20 papers for presentation at the meeting and 5-10 papers for publication. All papers go through a peer review process. Only the best papers are recommended for publication. Check the TRB Annual Meeting web site for details on deadlines (usually August 1) and the submission process.

What is a good paper for publication with TRB Bicycle Transportation Committee?

• It contributes something new in terms of data, concepts, models, or methods related to bicycle transportation.  This is not always quantitative, it could for example involve describing a new planning approach.
• It includes a literature review of existing research that places the author's research in context and makes the paper's contribution to advancing that research clear. Note that including as many references as possible will improve the Transportation Research Record citation index ratings.
• It recognizes and discusses the limitations of the research methodology and makes reasonable conclusions within those limitations.
• The target audience should be the transportation professionals and researchers. The paper can be based on a report or document used for another purpose or submitted to the sponsoring agency, but it should be re-written to be a good paper, not just a short version of the report.
• The paper is free of pure advocacy or commercial interests.
• It is written clearly, using proper grammar.
• It follows the TRB guide on formatting including the word limit.
• The graphics are simple, clear, and legible in black and white (for publication).

Are you looking for research ideas?

The Bicycle Transportation Committee has developed several research needs statements (RNSs) that are in the Transportation Research Board's RNS database.

The Committee has also developed a list of ideas for research that could be done by university students (undergraduate and graduate) as a class project, independent study, or theses/dissertation.

Bicycle research database (ongoing project)

Click here to download a Microsoft Access database compiling bicycle transportation research.