Implementing the Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program

Implementing the Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee for the Strategic Highway Research Program 2: Implementation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2009
Genre: Highway research
ISBN:

"(SHRP 2): Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life explores promising results expected from the SHRP 2 research and provides recommendations on how they could be most effectively implemented. The committee that developed the report believes that the widespread implementation of products developed by SHRP 2 is critical in order to address the nation's roadway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity issues." -- provided by publisher.

Highway Research

Highway Research
Author: David J. Wise
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437928978

The 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users authorized the Dept. of Transportation (DoT) to establish a highway research program to address future challenges facing the U.S. highway system. In 2006, the Second Strategic Highway Research Program was established to conduct research in four areas -- safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity. The legislation also required a review of the program no later than three years after the first research contracts were awarded. This report provides information about the process for selecting the program's projects for funding, the projects' status, and what, if any, research was eliminated because of funding and time constraints. Charts and tables.

Highway Research

Highway Research
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1991
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780727716354

The level of research activity in the highway sector as a whole has declined precipitously in recent decades, whilst the challenges facing US state highway agencies have escalated. As a result, a Strategic Highway Research Program - SHRP) was initiated to establish collaboration with research bodies tackling similar highway problems in countries worldwide. This collection of reports from around the world presents SHRP`s progress towards providing research-based new products from which the international highway engineering community may benefit. SHRP concentrates on six high-priority research areas: asphaltic materials; pavement performance; cement and concrete; maintenance cost effectiveness; concrete bridge component protection systems and the chemical control of snow and ice.

The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009

The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009
Author: Transportation Research Board
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2009-01-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309178231

TRB Special Report 295, The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009: Strengths and Weaknesses assesses how well the investments that Congress made in research programs through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users comply with the principles articulated in the preface to the act's research title. The book contains findings and recommendations about specific research programs and calls for reliance on competition and merit review in awarding funds through the Federal Highway Administration and in selecting institutions for the University Transportation Centers program of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

Asphalt Surfacings

Asphalt Surfacings
Author: J Cliff Nicholls
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 662
Release: 1998-04-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780419231103

Asphalt Surfacings has been written as a reference to the various asphalt course materials and surfacing treatments that are currently available to engineers, enabling them to select the materials and/or treatment that are appropriate for use on specific sites. Appropriate reference is made to the lower structural layers as the properties of all layers interact in producing the required pavement. The current established position in the UK and the emerging developments throughout the UK and Europe are covered. The contributors are all acknowledged authorities on their particular topics selected from every part of the highway engineering industry to achieve a balance between the various approaches required by the different functions they perform.