The Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) is a new cooperative research program sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and administered by the Transportation Research Board. The program was authorized in late 2001 and began in 2002 in support of the FMCSA's safety research programs. The program initiates three to four synthesis studies annually that address concerns in the area of commercial truck and bus safety. A program oversight panel has been formed for the CTBSSP. Major responsibilities of the panel are to (1) provide general oversight of the CTBSSP and its procedures, (2) annually select synthesis topics based on an industry-wide solicitation, (3) refine synthesis scopes, (4) select researchers to prepare each synthesis, (5) review products, and (6) make publication recommendations. This staff digest reports on the progress and status of the CTBSSP. It contains the following four tables: (1) CTBSSP Program Oversight Panel; (2) Synthesis Studies - In Progress as of November 2003; (3) Published CTBSSP Syntheses; and (4) Suggested Format for Recommended Synthesis Topics.
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