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TRL, in partnership with the World Bank, is proud to announce the next-generation Highway Development and Management Model (HDM-5), a vital upgrade to the world’s most widely adopted tool for road ...
The literature showed that there are several other countries with similar differences in gender pass rates for components of the driving test, and outlined several key areas in which genders may ...
The following summary reports were produced at the conclusion of a series of research contracts commission by Department for Transport in 2024/25 under a Grant Funding Agreement. For those full ...
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has funded a research project to collect information on the casualties who attended a national sample of hospitals for treatment following ...
DRIVEN Autonomous Vehicle Trials DRIVEN ws a consortium of partners committed to insuring, ensuring and exporting fleet wide Level 4 connected autonomy. In 2018 it brought together dedicated autonomy ...
TRL is calling for further research into distracted driving to address fundamental flaws in existing legislation. This comes off the back of promising news that the Department for Transport (DfT) are ...
Glare on the roads is undesirable, as it can make drivers less able to see the road ahead. TRL is working with the Department for Transport to understand the factors that can cause glare, and how to ...
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) commissioned TRL to undertake a programme of research into the use of non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads. A prescribed zebra crossing has black and ...
As part of Bill Clinton’s successful bid to become US president in 1992, campaign strategist James Carville coined the phrase “The economy, stupid” as one of three messages on which the Clinton team ...
TRL Enters Exciting New Era with Investment TRL, a pioneering force in transport research and innovation since 1933, is re-inventing itself with the support of Blandford Capital. Established as a ...
The Transport for London Bus Safety Standards A summary of the work done to date to support Transport for London's mission to achieve Vision Zero for London, with no one killed in, or by, a London bus ...