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... Subsequently the state departments of transportation, through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, asked the Transportation Research Board to convene an expert committee for a followup assignment: to describe and evaluate potential frameworks and institutional models for surface transportation research1 in the United 1 To render its task tractable with available resources, the committee focused on highways, rail, and public transportation.
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... Moreover, because research activities remain largely uncoordinated and fragmented, the integrative systems-level research needed to support national goals receives insufficient attention. A NEW NATIONAL RESEARCH FRAMEWORK A new and more cohesive national framework offers the opportunity to strengthen U.S.
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... A MORE PRODUCTIVE FEDERAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE The committee recommends actions to be taken by the federal government in support of the transition to a new national research framework for surface transportation. These actions would also help build a more productive federal research enterprise.
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... For example, there is no current organization or research group that could effectively serve the multimodal leadership, stewardship, and funding roles that the framework calls for. But by working together, surface transportation leaders and the research community have an opportunity to build a more productive research enterprise in support of national goals.
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