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TRB Special Report 313: Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future explores opportunities for improving the productivity of U.S. expenditures on surface transportation research by building on lessons learned from the strategic approach to developing priorities and investing in transportation research in other countries and nontransportation sectors in the United States.

Despite major progress in U.S. transportation systems and services, particularly since the 1950s and 1960s, further improvements are needed if the nation is to continue competing effectively in the global marketplace and enhancing its inhabitants’ quality of life. Research is expected to play a major role in addressing the challenges facing U.S. surface transportation.

According to the committee that produced the report, the timely development of a new national research framework that engages the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors and draws on the nation’s research capacity in academia, industry, and elsewhere is needed.

A four page summary of the report as well as an article on the report that appeared in the March-April 2014 TR News are available.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18611.

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167 pages |  6 x 9 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/18611

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