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Strategic Highway Research Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life -- Special Report 260 (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 152-156

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From page 152...
... SHRP's success in contributing to improvements in the highway system and its operations has been attributed to its focus on a few strategic needs, addressed through research that complemented the efforts of established highway research programs. New and perhaps more challenging strategic needs have arisen for the nation's highway system since the SHRP research was first performed.
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From page 153...
... ; · Preventing or reducing the severity of highway crashes through more accurate knowledge of crash factors and of the cost-effectiveness of selected countermeasures in addressing these factors (see Chapter 5) ; Box 9-1 Characteristics of a Future Strategic Highway Research Program The committee has identified various criteria and characteristics to help define different aspects of F-SHRP, the four strategic focus areas, specific research programs, and the overall program's administrative structure.
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From page 154...
... ; (b) it should have the characteristics required to carry out a large con tract research program (including possessing appropriate man agement, administrative, and contract support capabilities and the ability to attract and retain talented staff and other re sources)
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From page 155...
... Given the relative scope and complexity of the required activities, the distribution of funding among the four research areas should be approximately 25 percent for the infrastructure renewal research; 40 percent for the safety research; 20 percent for the travel time reliability research; and 15 percent for the research on tools for providing new capacity in an environmentally, economically, and socially responsive manner. During the interim planning stage, detailed cost estimates should be developed and the total funding requirement, distribution, and percentage takedown modified as necessary.
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From page 156...
... . The interim work should include extensive outreach, a broad range of technical expertise appropriate to each research program, and review of relevant international efforts.
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