The Transportation Research Board (TRB), of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), turns 100 on November 11, 2020. As part of the celebration, TRB is focused on the role of research and taking the lessons learned into the future of transportation. This is an exciting time for young people to be considering transportation as a career path. To read the report online, please go to: nap.edu/catalog/25472/the-transportation-research-board-1920-2020-everyone-interested-is-invited
Our economic prosperity and quality of life will continue to rely on transportation! Transportation improvements will continue to rely on research, creation of new ideas, innovative approaches to old and new problems. Transportation industry will be more diverse than any other industry in the future.
The future of transportation will need to be:
1. Transformative—more automative
2. Sustainable—Building cities, economy, environment and health—Ride sharing
3. Safe & Secure—Data protection, roadway protection, national security in shipping, …