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For 50 years, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has delivered implementable research, developing objectively derived solutions to the complex and changing issues facing state departments of transportation. The author reviews a selection of significant products addressing highway safety; bridges; long-lasting pavements; design, operations, and maintenance; planning and environmental stewardship; and infrastructure security, as well as related programs.

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2012-11

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Highways; History; Research

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Highways; History; Research; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 25 2013 10:09AM

• Advancing the State of Highway Practice: Testimonials from NCHRP Participants
• Evolution of an Effective and Productive Partnership: NCHRP’s “Splendid History”
• Introduction: A Half Century of Delivering Research That Works: Lessons from a Proven Organizational Model
• J. Douglas Carroll, Jr.: Pioneer of Urban Transportation Planning
• Metropolitan Transportation Planning: An Abbreviated History of the First 50 Years
• Research Pays Off: Low-Cost and Environment-Friendly Asphalt-Treated Mixtures: Louisiana Tests Designs
• The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962: Legislation with a Lasting Impact
• The Value of Research to Transportation Executives
• TRB’s IDEA Programs Turn 20: Sparking Innovation Through High-Risk, High-Payoff Research
• Working Through the Evolving Legacy of Metropolitan Transportation Planning