FHWA Research and Technology Evaluation Program Summary Report Spring 2016
FHWA Research and Technology Evaluation Program Summary Report Spring 2016

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 46

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This report summarizes the 16 evaluations being conducted by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on behalf of FHWA’s Research and Technology Program. The FHWA R&T Program furthers the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center’s goal of ensuring transparency, accessibility, and responsiveness of R&T for all stakeholders. The 16 evaluations can be grouped into two waves. The first wave consists of six retrospective and four prospective evaluations, while the second wave comprises six prospective evaluations. Five evaluation teams have finished data collection and written final reports. One team has delivered a final Phase I report and is preparing its Phase II report. Three evaluation teams have submitted Final Evaluation Plans while five other teams have written Draft Evaluation Plans. Of the remaining two, one team has submitted a preliminary evaluation plan and the other is initiating planning activities.

Evaluating Federal Research Programs
Evaluating Federal Research Programs

Author: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-02-24

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0309517982

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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.

Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation
Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 0309462754

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In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day public workshop on Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation. The workshop was organized to consider ways to bolster the integrity and protect the objectivity of the evaluation function in federal agenciesâ€"a process that is essential for evidence-based policy making. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

ITF Research Reports Smart Use of Roads
ITF Research Reports Smart Use of Roads

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 9282165914

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This report considers the innovative use of existing infrastructure and the adoption of emerging digital technologies to optimise the use of road capacity. It focuses on using big data to identify the traffic bottlenecks in real-time and manage peak demand with innovative measures at the local and network levels. The report examines the effectiveness and efficiency of a range of instruments for active traffic demand management and also considers application issues. It includes a review of the latest road pricing technologies used in several Asian cities.

Bridge Preservation Guide
Bridge Preservation Guide

Author: U.s. Department of Transportation

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2012-10-26

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781480191730

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This guide provides bridge related definitions and corresponding commentaries, as well as the framework for a systematic approach to a preventive maintenance program. The goal is to provide guidance on bridge preservation. This guide is intended for Federal, State, and local bridge engineers, area engineers, bridge owners, and bridge preservation practitioners.

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields
Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

Author: Andreas Loizos

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-07-20

Total Pages: 3209

ISBN-13: 1351585789

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Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields includes the contributions to the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA 2017, 28-30 June 2017, Athens, Greece). The papers cover aspects related to materials, laboratory testing, design, construction, maintenance and management systems of transport infrastructure, and focus on roads, railways and airfields. Additional aspects that concern new materials and characterization, alternative rehabilitation techniques, technological advances as well as pavement and railway track substructure sustainability are included. The contributions discuss new concepts and innovative solutions, and are concentrated but not limited on the following topics: · Unbound aggregate materials and soil properties · Bound materials characteritics, mechanical properties and testing · Effect of traffic loading · In-situ measurements techniques and monitoring · Structural evaluation · Pavement serviceability condition · Rehabilitation and maintenance issues · Geophysical assessment · Stabilization and reinforcement · Performance modeling · Environmental challenges · Life cycle assessment and sustainability Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields is essential reading for academics and professionals involved or interested in transport infrastructure systems, in particular roads, railways and airfields.