00983327

Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...nepubs/circulars/ec070.pdf

This circular is the result of a joint initiative by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on the Conduct of Research and TRB Committee on Technology Transfer to investigate the issues and challenges associated with optimizing the dissemination and implementation of research results. It documents the problem exploration process and the potential priority actions from these efforts. The process was initiated with a workshop on May 5, 2003 that brought together over 60 transportation professionals from federal, state, city, and county agencies, the private sector, and research and educational academia to address the process of research dissemination and implementation. Then, the two sponsoring TRB committees met jointly for a midyear meeting on September 10-11, 2003 for a follow-up discussion to expand on issues and to develop priority actions for the committees. The following were among the priority actions mentioned most often by workshop participants and committee members: (1) Conduct a study to document best practices for research implementation, including a benchmarking effort; (2) Develop a guide to support implementation activities, including a contract verbiage, implementation plans, reporting mechanisms, and training tools; (3) Develop a framework and strategies for engaging end-users in all steps of the research process; and (4) Encourage the use of incentives for promoting implementation activity and promote the use of state planning and research funds to support these activities. Another suggested action was to promote the recognition and use of the National Transportation Library (NTL) as a key resource for research dissemination and implementation.

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E-C070

English

60 p.

2004-11

Transportation Research Circular

Benchmarks; Best practices; Contracts; Financing; Implementation; Incentives; Information dissemination; Meetings; Promotion; Reports; Research; Strategic planning; Technology transfer; Training; Workshops

National Transportation Library

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Research; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

Dec 16 2004 12:00AM