Motor Carrier Safety Research Analysis Committee, Task 1

FMCSA has established an external standing research review committee (the Motor Carrier Safety Research Analysis Committee, or MCSRAC) to provide a consistent process for recognized experts to review the Agency’s research portfolio and provide knowledgeable suggestions for addressing pressing motor carrier safety challenges and opportunities. FMCSA’s research program can benefit from the suggestions and ideas on prioritizing scarce research dollars, and increasing the quality, relevance, and dissemination of motor carrier-related research projects. These funds will be used to support the services of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in strengthening FMCSA’s Research and Technology Program to better meet the needs of the Agency’s safety mission as well as to inform commercial motor vehicle carrier enforcement, the research community, safety advocates, and industry of active and planned projects. The MCSRAC is a panel of nationally recognized experts in transportation-related research and technology who can provide professional analysis to FMCSA on its research work. The first committee task is complete; the first letter report with recommendations was published in March 2017 and is available at: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/175792.aspx.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/research-and-analysis/motor-carrier-safety-research-analysis-committee
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The establishment of an external standing research review committee is considered a standard practice for executive branch agencies that support research and development.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $150,000.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Mueller, Jonathan

• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Start Date: 20160800
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Motor carriers; Research; Safety
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Research Board
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); SAFETY: SAFETY;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01625938
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 14 2017 12:02PM