TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH: CURRENT PRACTICE AND A LOOK FORWARD

The waning years of the 20th century have seen major changes in the way we plan, coordinate, and conduct transportation research, primarily as a result of numerous trends in the transportation sector and in society as a whole. Transportation research programs must demonstrate how they support sound business practices while remaining responsive to the transportation profession's current and future needs. Tremendous advances in the fields of communication and information technology have had major impacts on research methods. Improved tools and resources, together with stronger partnerships with marketing and communications professionals, have contributed greatly to the ability to disseminate and implement research results. This paper examines the four most notable trends and future issues for transportation research: financing, administration, information management, and implementation of results.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/millennium/00131.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB Website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  A3B05: Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Authors:
  • Hedges, C
  • Harrington-Hughes, K
  • Carr, W P
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation in the New Millennium
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Communications; Financing; Forecasting; Implementation; Information dissemination; Information management; Information technology; Research; Research management; Technological innovations; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783799
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 24 2000 12:00AM