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Title:

RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

Accession Number:

00983349

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has a strong and successful research program. One of its key features is an emphasis on ensuring that innovative products developed during research are effectively implemented in the field. Implementation efforts succeed for several reasons: (a) the involvement of all levels of TxDOT staff in research and implementation, including each of TxDOT's 25 district engineers and technical division directors; (b) the use of implementation programs specifically designed to bring new products into actual use; (c) the use of senior-level program coordinators who accept responsibility for a project and champion its implementation; (d) the use of regularly distributed project summary reports that track a project from inception through development and implementation; (e) the dissemination of a special annual report that showcases the year's top innovations; and (f) dedicated funding being secured specifically for implementation projects. In 2002, TxDOT conducted an analysis to determine the value of its research. It focused on the 21 most innovative products implemented in the previous 3-year period and concluded that the operational cost savings derived from the use of these 21 products exceeded the cost of the research program by approximately $268 million--a net return-on-investment ratio of 5:1.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1885, Transportation Management and Public Policy 2004.

Monograph Accession #:

00983332

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Griffith, A
Krugler, P

Pagination:

p. 121-130

Publication Date:

2004

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1885
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309094801

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (3) ; Tables (4)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 17 2004 12:00AM

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