The Future of Transport (TRL) is a team of expert scientists, engineers and specialists working together with our clients and partners to create the future of transport.
We publish software that helps the world’s largest cities, and many smaller towns too, reduce pollution, carbon footprint and congestion with advanced traffic management, better road design and good asset management.
We conduct leading edge research into infrastructure, vehicles and human behaviours which enables safer, cleaner, more efficient transport.
We deliver detailed incident investigation, structural survey and other high value field services to help clients to improve the service they give their customers.
We work with universities and other partners to invest in basic and applied research that will underpin future needs.
We have built, with partners from government and industry, the Smart Mobility Living Lab: the world’s first physical and virtual testbed in a global megacity (London) that lets companies test new mobility products and services safely on live public roads.
Established in 1933 as the UK government’s Road Research Laboratory, the renamed TRL was privatised in 1996 and today has more than 1000 clients in many countries. Our headquarters are in Crowthorne House, near Bracknell, and we have offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Germany and India.
The Future of Transport Vision & Mission
Our vision is to create the future of transport, using independent research and innovative thinking.
Our mission is creating clean and efficient transport that is safe, reliable and convenient for everyone.
- Our work contributes to preventing serious injuries and fatalities from road traffic accidents in the UK and all over the world
- At the heart of our mission is a need to make transport more accessible and easier to use while preserving customer convenience and comfort
- We are supporting road authorities to make their transport policies fit for the derived demands of all road users including cyclists and pedestrians, people, vehicles and freight
- We aim to reduce the inefficiencies in operations and processes that delay goods delivery and people transit
- We are helping achieve the UK’s Net Zero target to decarbonise the transport sector by 2050
