RESEARCH AND TRANSPORTATION, IN THE OUTLOOK FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1985

The 1985 Outlook for Science and Technoogy is the fourth report in a series originally mandated by the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976. Subsequent to the passage of that Act, a reorganization of the Executive Office of the President gave the National Science Foundation responsibility for preparing the Outlooks. In turn, the Foundation asked the National Academy of Sciences to assist. Since 1982, the Outlooks have been prepared by the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP), a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The purpose of these reports are to describe and discuss: current and emerging problems of national significance that are identified through scientific research or in which scientific or technical considerations are of major importance; and opportunities for the use of new and exisitng scientific and technological capabilities that can help to resolve these problems and impediments to the effective use of these capabilities. This outlook has two major parts. Part I is a view of recent progress in certain fields of science and technology, taken from nine research briefings prepared in 1984 by the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. Part II summarizes several national issues that can be inferred from the fields covered in these briefings and from other areas of science and technology. Among the issues addressed in the field of transportation; the creation of a research program on highway transportation that is coherent, durable, adequately funded, and of a quality commensurate with the level of national investment; and the need for systems studies to attain optimal utilization of the various components of the transportation system-air, marine, motor vehicle, and rail. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Academy of Engineering

  Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 30-32

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Future; Policy; Research; Statistical trends; Technology; Transportation; Walking distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Future research
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation research
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395683
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1985 12:00AM