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 widespread support.  It is sponsored by the [Transportation Research Board](http://www.trb.org) 
 Committee on Planning Applications.
 
-## Participating in developing research needs
-
 If you have a topic area that you think is a valid research need for our industry, you can 
 add it to this list – even if you don't have a fully formed idea yet.  If you see a topic that 
 is on this site, but you are interested in it or have a perspective to add, you can edit it.
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 We are testing the open, trackable, and user-friendly [ and free ] environment of GitHub to generate and edit research needs.  Please reach out to @e-lo if you have any problems using it.  There are plenty of helpful articles giving an overview of GitHub.  If you are new to it, then it might be helpful to read an [overview article](http://readwrite.com/2013/09/30/understanding-github-a-journey-for-beginners-part-1) that explains the gist.
 
-To add or edit a research need:  
+## Congtributing 
  - [Get a GitHub Account](http://github.com/join)
  - ["Fork"](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) this repository
  - [Add](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-new-files/) your research need -or- 
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 However, that is just one possibility for progressing research needs.  Another is contracting 
 directly with a university either by yourself, using pooled funds, or via a research organization 
 such as [researcHQ.org](http://ResearcHQ.org). The TRB research needs process is discussed below.
-
-### TRB Research Needs Statements
-
-TRB maintains a [database of Research Needs](http://rns.trb.org) 
-that is updated by the [TRB standing committee](http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/StandingCommitteesMT.aspx) 
-chairs and [research coordinators](http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/crc.aspx).  Research needs 
-are often generated by committee research subcommittees, committee members, or committee 
-friends.
-
-### Research Needs Selection
-
-How research needs are selected for funding varies widely depending on the 
-[research program](http://www.trb.org/ResearchFunding/ResearchFunding.aspx). 
-
-For example, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) [Standing Committee 
-on Research (SCOR)](http://research.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx) receives project 
-nominations in mid-September.  Problem statements can only be nominated by:
- - Federal Highway Administration
- - State DOTs
- - AASHTO Committee chairs
-
-The SCOR votes on research statements and [they are announced](http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/UpcomingCRPProjects.aspx) 
-in April.
-
-
-### Research in Progress
-
-TRB maintains a [database on research in progress](http://rip.trb.org/).
-
-### Completed Research
-
-Completed research through these programs can be found in the [TRID](http://trid.trb.org/) 
-database.

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+# For RSS
+name: Research Needs for Planning Applications
+description: Research Needs Statements that are in development for Planning Applications
+url: http://adb50.github.io/research-needs
+
+# Site settings
+baseurl: /research-needs
+title: Research Needs Development for Planning Applications
+timezone: America/Los_Angeles
+
+collections:
+    ideas:
+        output: true
+
+include: ["resources"]
+
+# Color settings (hex-codes without the leading hash-tag)
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+  secondary: fed136
+  secondary-dark: 4d4d4d
+
+# Social networks usernames (many more available: google-plus, flickr, dribbble, pinterest, instagram, tumblr, linkedin, etc.)
+social:
+  - title: github
+    url: http://github.com/adb50
+
+# Build settings
+markdown: kramdown
+permalink: pretty

_ideas/accessible-accessibility.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Accessible Accessibility
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+Testing accessibility metrics with planners.
+
+Metrics that help explain accessibility across scenarios and across geographies?
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/big-data-model-design.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Leveraging Big Data in Model Design
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+How do we leveraging big data in model design?
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/cav-models.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Representing Connected Automated Vehicles in Models
+Interested-Practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+How do we add connected and autonomous vehicles to our long range planning analysis?
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/data_governance.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Data Governance
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Krishnan Viswanathan, Cambridge Systematics
+   link: https://github.com/krishnan-viswanathan
+ - name: Josie Kressner, Transport Foundry
+   link: https://github.com/josiekre
+ - name: Kendra Levine, Berkeley
+   link: http://libraryattack.com/
+interested-researchers: .
+interested-committees:
+ - name: ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems
+ - link: http://www.trb.org/ABJ30/ABJ30.aspx
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+There are a lot of data available from a variety of private sources. There are many 
+variations of terms offered by these data providers. Some are permissive of all internal 
+uses; others have restrictive clauses that prevent public agencies from internally sharing 
+data for different purposes. Additionally, some prevent the publication or presentation of 
+the data externally to the public and outside stakeholders completely; others require 
+advanced approval.
+
+Public agencies on the other hand have broad public access laws that leads to the following issues:
+
+* How to fulfill contractual obligations while being true to existing laws?
+* What are the impacts of not having such data for transportation applications?
+* How should RFPs and contracts be structured to be true to the letter and spirit of both 
+existing laws and data contracts?
+
+# Objective
+
+Potential research questions:
+
+* Are there standard terms that can be developed that define this type of data use case 
+between agencies, practicioners or consultants, and stakeholders? With a standard, 
+guidance/examples could be provided for permitted and non-permitted activities. For 
+example, x, y, and z types of graphics are allowed without advanced approval if the 
+graphics satisfy a, b, and c requirements. 
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation
+
+

_ideas/efficient-model-calibration.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Efficient and Effective Model Calibration 
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+Tools and techniques to calibrate models efficiently and effectively.
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/model-outputs-decisions.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Effective Model Outputs for Decision-Making
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+Which model outputs are the most informative and compel decisions?  
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/model-workforce.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Travel Model Workforce Development
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: Suzanne Childress, Puget Sound Regional Council
+   link: http://github.com/ennazus
+interested-researchers: .
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+How do we recruit and effectively develop the next generation of travel modelers?
+
+# Objective
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+
+# Suggested Funding
+
+# Related Research
+
+# Tasks
+
+# Implementation

_ideas/project-evaluation.md

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+---
+layout: rns
+title: Project Evaluation Guide
+interested-practitioners:
+ - name: a name
+   link: where can we find you on the internet
+ - name: a name
+   link: where can we find you on the internet
+interested-researchers: 
+ - name: a name
+   link: where can we find you on the internet
+ - name: a name
+   link: where can we find you on the internet
+comments: true
+---
+
+# Description
+Transportation agencies implement projects to achieve an increasingly wide range of objectives, including congestion relief, multimodal safety, transit speed/reliability, encouragement of non-SOV trips, economic development, and user comfort. Yet, there is relatively little research documenting the quantitative impact of specific projects and project types on many of these goals (e.g., under what circumstances is removing on-street parking to install bicycle lanes likely to improve retail sales).
+
+This lack of clarity reflects the fact that quantitative data on project impacts are collected for only a small portion of projects. Moreover, in those cases where data are collected methodologies differ widely between projects/agencies.
+
+
+# Objective
+This research will develop a Guidebook for Multimodal Project Evaluation that (1) establishes standard methodologies for project evaluations; (2) addresses evaluation for a wide range of objectives; and (3) recognizes agency resource constraints. The research will focus on urban street retrofits to reconfigure constrained rights-of-way to achieve better outcomes.
+
+# Benefits / Relevance / Priority / Urgency
+Lack of clear evidence from similar projects is recognized by practitioners as one of the largest barriers 
+to overcoming political barriers to improving multimodal mobility on urban streets. The successful completion of this research will encourage transportation agencies to collect more and better standardized data on the effect of transportation projects on stated objectives. More comparable data will allow for more accurate estimates of project effects during project planning and alternatives evaluation, in turn resulting in more effective projects.
+
+
+# Suggested Funding
+$300,000
+
+# Related Research
+•	NYC DOT retail sales before-after study
+•	Variety of safety research (particularly road diet research)
+•	TCRP 165: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual
+•	NCHRP 552: Guidelines for Analysis of Investment in Bicycle Facilities
+
+# Tasks
+The following set of tasks provide a draft research framework, subject to further refinement.
+
+Task 1: Review State of the Practice
+•	Review a representative range of recent projects to document commonly occurring project objectives.
+•	Summarize available transportation performance metrics that address key project objectives. Each performance measure should be assessed based on applicability to various project objectives, ease of measurement, cost, reliability, data availability, and methodological consensus.
+
+Task 2: Draft Methodology
+•	Develop recommended project evaluation methodology(s) based on results of Task 1 review.
+•	The recommended methodology(s) should reflect project objectives. For instance, the recommended evaluation methodology for a project intended exclusively to improve safety will differ from a project intended to improve economic vitality.
+
+Task 3: Test and Refine Methodology
+•	Apply methodology on a diverse range of real-world projects to assess costs, reliability, and practicality.
+•	Refine methodology based on test results.
+
+Task 4: Develop Draft and Final Guidebook
+•	Produce a user-friendly Guidebooks for Multimodal Project Evaluation. The Guidebook should assist agencies to (1) identify appropriate performance metrics based on project-specific objectives and (2) provide cost-effective and reliable methods for collecting before-after project data to support quantitative and comparable project assessments.
+
+# Implementation
+
+# Creation Process
+This research need was identified at the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting as a part of the 
+"Analyze This: What Planners Want to Know" workshop on Sunday January 10th.  The workshop 
+was attended by around 90 individuals from private industry, public service, federal, and 
+non-governmental organizations and was sponsored by the ADB50 Standing Committee on Planning 
+Applications.