EVALUATION OF ODOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTIVENESS. FINAL REPORT

Thirty Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) research and development projects out of the 71 that were completed between 1980 and 1987 were included in this research. Twenty-four of the projects were evaluated as having implementable results that varied from zero to 100 percent. Six projects ended without findings or it could not be determined if the findings from the research were implementable or implemented. Of the 24 projects that had some degree of implementability, 12 projects could have had all of the research results implemented, but only 10 projects (at least one-third) were fully implemented. At a 90% level of confidence this research found that the ODOT R&D program has been successful and that benefit-cost ratios averaged medium to high. ODOT R&D implementation has been effective but there is room for significant improvement. Communication problems were found to be the root cause of research implementation ineffectiveness. Recommendations are included to improve the communication process and research implementation effectiveness.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Toledo

  Department of Civil Engineering, 2801 West Bancroft Street
  Toledo, OH  United States  43606-3390

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  25 South Front Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43215

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ardis, C V
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 119 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Communications; Development; Implementation; Improvements; Measures of effectiveness; Recommendations; Research; State departments of transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Research and development
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488575
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/OH-89/002
• Contract Numbers: State Job 14414(0)
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM