TRS: Writing Literature Reviews for Transportation Research Projects Status: CompleteReport Date: 04/30/2014 Summary: The literature review is an important part of research, but researchers often treat it as an afterthought. This research examines the various functions of a literature review and the formats and organizational methods that help the literature review perform those functions. It also includes guidelines for producing a literature review, examples of effective transportation-related literature reviews and draft specification language. Final Deliverables: TRS: Writing Literature Reviews for Transportation Research Projects (Synthesis #TRS1405) Related Materials: Related Research: