This program provides an opportunity for OECD Member countries to explore road transport and intermodal linkages issues in a broad economic, social and institutional context. It is designed to develop a strategic framework in which national economic performance is enhanced by integrating road transport in the entire transport system to ensure seamless transport. TAC is represented on the Steering Committee of the Road Transport Research Programme which selects priorities and projects for the program and nominates experts to take part on project panels. Typical OECD projects involve collecting and documenting the current state of the art or practice. The work is usually done by a panel of volunteer experts from OECD member countries.
Some projects involve the organization of an international seminar or workshop.
In May 1997 the OECD Steering Committee for Road Transport Research approved its program for the next three-year period. International Road Research Documentation System TAC is the agent responsible for submitting information about Canadian transportation research to the OECD International Road Research Documentation database. The IRRD is a cooperative mechanism for the systematic collection, standardized formatting and centralized dissemination of road transportation scientific and technical information, both in published documents and research in progress. 19 countries contribute to the database, which is the world s largest road transportation information resource. The IRRD program provides the foundation that enables TAC s Transportation Information Service to collect and disseminate information about transportation research in Canada and to respond to Canadian requests for information about transportation research activity worldwide.