Informational Reports

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ITE Informational Reports (IRs) are research-based technical publications that help transportation professionals understand and explore topics of interest to the profession. They provide a comprehensive synthesis of available knowledge and may document emerging issues, summarize research findings and evidence, describe the state of the practice, present case studies and lessons learned, and identify considerations for practitioners.

Unlike ITE Standards or Recommended Practices, Informational Reports do not establish requirements, prescribe a preferred course of action, or present ITE recommendations. Instead, they provide technically grounded information that transportation professionals can use to support informed professional judgment.

What Makes an ITE Informational Report?

• Informative and Research-Based: IRs bring together research, data, professional experience, case studies, and other technical information to provide a comprehensive understanding of a topic.
• Focused on the State of Knowledge and Practice: IRs may document emerging issues and technologies, summarize available evidence, describe approaches currently in use, and identify lessons learned from implementation.
• Non-Prescriptive: IRs present information, considerations, tradeoffs, and examples without identifying a preferred method, practice, design, or course of action as an ITE recommendation.
• Technically Grounded: IRs are developed using relevant research, data, references, and other authoritative resources and are coordinated with related ITE Standards, Recommended Practices, and technical publications.
• Collaboratively Developed and Reviewed: IRs are developed by transportation professionals and subject matter experts through a structured process that promotes openness, balance, coordination, transparency, and consideration of stakeholder input.

Informational Reports generally provide a more comprehensive treatment of a topic than an ITE Quick Bite or Technical Brief while using a development process that is less formal and less rigorous than the consensus-based process required for an ITE Recommended Practice. An Informational Report typically takes approximately 12 to 18 months to develop and publish.

More information about the Informational Report development process is available in this document.

Informational Reports Under Development or Being Updated

ITE is continually developing and updating Informational Reports on topics important to the transportation profession. Projects currently underway, along with available opportunities to participate or provide input, are listed below.

• Parking Generation Manual, 7^th Edition
• Strategies and Considerations for Safety Cameras and Systems
• Prohibition of Turns on Red, MUTCD Update
• Expert Witness Handbook, Update
• Roadway and Public Area Light Informational Report
• Critical Conflict and Near-Miss Analyses Informational Report
• Data-Driven Safety Analysis Handbook

Published Informational Reports

ITE has developed Informational Reports covering a wide range of transportation engineering and planning topics. Published reports are available through ITE's technical resource and publication channels.

• Active IRs: PDF listing all ITE Informational Reports that are active and available for purchase.
• Comprehensive Listing of IRs: Listing of all ITE IRs regardless of status. (coming soon)

 

 

Contact

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Email: mhardy@ite.org