The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) began in 1997 to explore the scope and scale of organizational change that may be needed to enhance the relevance of public transportation in the decades ahead.

The search for "new paradigms" reflects, in part, a recognition that public transportation organizations have remained largely unchanged over the past 40 years in the face of trends, conditions, needs and expectations that are dramatically different than they were even a decade ago.  The need for more responsive and agile transit agencies is increasingly apparent and, as the new Paradigms project illustrates, there are more effective ways to organize and provide essential transit services.

This website was designed to present information about the search for new paradigms in a comprehensive and easily navigable manner.  Information about the project's background is available in our About the Project and Project Message sections, information on current status can be found in the Project Status section, while a calendar of recent activities and events is available in the Field Reports section, and documents and reports are available in the Sources and Resources section. 

If you have any questions you would like to pose to the project team, you may send email to  <mail address link>, or contact members of the Project Team directly.