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Title: CUTTING COSTS WITH RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND SPECIAL SERVICES: NEW YORK STATE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU
Accession Number: 00736849
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The payoffs of research conducted by the Transportation Research and Development Bureau of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are not limited to study findings that suggest feasible solutions to a variety of design, construction, and maintenance problems. Benefits also derive from the bureau's provision of technical assistance and special services to clients throughout NYSDOT. Bureau staff render technical assistance in the form of advice, support, and instrumentation that help clients to define and solve problems of modest scope or short duration. Special services include technology transfer, through which the bureau uses the results of research (conducted by NYSDOT and other organizations) to improve the quality or cost-effectiveness of operations and products, and library operations, through which the bureau gives clients access to technical literature and diverse information services. The bureau also provides a team of professional statisticians who advise the department on research methodology, experiment design, and data analysis. In all these activities, considerable interaction occurs between researchers and clients, providing the mutual benefits of greater knowledge and appreciation of each other's roles and responsibilities. The research community must not hesitate to demonstrate and call attention to the benefits of its work, for appreciation of the research function is often a major determinant of the level of its continuation within an organization. This article provides three examples of the bureau's applied research, technical assistance, and special services which reveal just how significant these benefits can be.
Supplemental Notes: This article is part of a series of articles in this special issue of TR News on Benefits of Transportation Research--Part 1: The State Perspective.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Valenti, R ABendana, JLall, JBajorski, PPagination: p. 20-23
Publication Date: 1997-3
Serial: Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: May 13 1997 12:00AM
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