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From page 9... ... 4 Relevant Research Organizations Projects Association of American Railroads (AAR) 21 Association of American Railroads/Rail Research Foundation (AAR/RRF) Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 5 Hazardous Materials Safety and Security Operational Test completed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in 2004 and the Volpe Transportation Center's 2003 study, "The Role of Hazardous Material Placards in Transportation Safety and Security." The process to identify potential hazmat transportation research organizations and the resulting list of organizations is described in the preceding section of this report. There were one or more identified contacts for each organization based on project team or Project Panel experience. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 6 Table 2. Research Projects Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Read the entire page →
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From page 32... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 27 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 28 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
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From page 35... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 30 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
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From page 42... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 37 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 38 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
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From page 45... ... Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs April 17, 2012 40 Organization & Project Title -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Research Entity, Point of Contact, & Online Info. Context Area(s) Read the entire page →
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... 4 Relevant Research Organizations Projects Association of American Railroads (AAR) 21 Association of American Railroads/Rail Research Foundation (AAR/RRF)