Who We Are

TRL is a team of expert scientists, engineers and specialists working together with our clients and partners to shape the future of transport.


TRL is a team of expert scientists, engineers and specialists working together with our clients and partners to shape 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. Our headquarters are in Wokingham, our virtual test track is in London, and TRL Technologies is the Indian provider of TRL Software’s world-leading traffic management systems and consultancy services. We work with partners around the globe to improve road safety and deliver infrastructure projects.

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