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Strategic Highway Research:

Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life -- Special Report 260

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Size: 216 pages, 6x9

Publication Year:2001

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Committee on a Study for a Future Strategic Highway Research Program, National Research Council
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TRB Special Report 260 - Strategic Highway Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life examines the goals, research agenda, administrative structure, and administrative needs for a new strategic highway research program. After extensive outreach to the highway community, ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Introduction	13-31	(skim)
2 The First Strategic Highway Research Program	32-45	(skim)
3 A Future Strategic Highway Research Program: Overview	46-48	(skim)
4 Renewal: Accelerating the Renewal of America s Highways	49-70	(skim)
5 Safety: Making a Significant Improvement in Highway Safety	71-97	(skim)
6 Reliability: Providing a Highway System with Reliable Travel Times	98-116	(skim)
7 Capacity: Providing Highway Capacity in Support of the Nation s Economic, Environmental, and Social Goals	117-134	(skim)
8 Administrative and Funding Structure	135-151	(skim)
9 Recommendations	152-156	(skim)
Appendix A Committee Meetings and Outreach Process	157-166	(skim)
Appendix B Development of Research Focus Areas	167-191	(skim)
Appendix C Review of Related Work and Analysis of Research Gaps	192-199	(skim)
Study Committee Biographical Information	200-204	(skim)

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TRB Special Report 260 - Strategic Highway Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life examines the goals, research agenda, administrative structure, and administrative needs for a new strategic highway research program. After extensive outreach to the highway community, the committee recommended the establishment of a Future Strategic Highway Research Program (F-SHRP). F-SHRP would comprise four research program areas: accelerating the renewal of America's highways; making a significant improvement in highway safety; providing a highway system with reliable travel times; and providing highway capacity in support of the nation's economic, environmental, and social goals.

The committee recommended that F-SHRP be administered by a credible, independent organization capable of managing a large-scale contract research program in a manner that would ensure the highest-quality research. The initial SHRP program was managed by the National Academies for just these reasons. The committee recommended that F-SHRP be funded at $75 million per year through a 0.25 percent takedown of federal-aid highway funds apportioned under the next surface transportation legislation. As recommended by the committee, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has funded the development of detailed research program plans. These plans will be implemented if F-SHRP is authorized.

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