Transportation Technology Transfer: Successes, Challenges, and Needs (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Currently, FHWA is organized to provide expertise in close proximity to the users through the Resource Center and the division offices. In addition, program offices and the Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center provide technical expertise for technology transfer to the state DOTs and others.
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However, recognition of the relationship between technology transfer and achieving agency goals is relatively recent. State DOT research units are continuing to develop this concept.
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A key to maintaining a knowledge and skills level for technology transfer in state DOTs will be to encourage building on the basic experience of those relatively new to technology transfer activities and to retain the expertise of those who are in the middle experience level group (6 to 14 years)
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The survey results did not specifically identify the degree to which LTAP was associated with the research unit, but suggested that a direct connection existed among these states' research units and the technology transfer activities of the LTAP center. Additionally, having a role assigned in the DOT for agency-wide coordination of technology transfer or implementation of research results showed a strong relationship to larger investment in technology transfer activities.
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• More than half of the research units in state DOTs share the responsibility of technology transfer with other units in the agency, one-quarter are solely responsible, and two respondents reported that no unit in their department was specifically assigned responsibility for technology transfer. • The LTAP/TTAP centers that respondents represented have been operating for an average of nearly 20 years, with California DOT and INDOT centers having conducted organized technology transfer activities for 50 and 40 years, respectively.
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The Consortium creates an environment that adds value to and supports the technology transfer efforts of its members and potential partners. The FLC develops and tests transfer methods, addresses barriers to the process, provides training, highlights grass-roots transfer efforts, and emphasizes national initiatives where technology transfer has a role.
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Also, the private sector consistently has organizations whose primary role it is to make the successful connection between the innovation generator and the innovation user. In transportation, the innovation generators, whether they are the state DOTs, consultants, research institutes, or universities, generally do not have similar established offices (as with academia or the private sector)
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To its advantage, the public-sector transportation community's understanding of the unique expertise needed for technology transfer is growing. Of all the technology transfer activity that occurs in transportation, the LTAP/TTAP centers are most attuned to the diffusion models and change theory.
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