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Volume 48, Number 4 (2012) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: What We’ve Done Together A Shared History of Meeting National Challenges TTI Landmark NCHRP Reports That Set National Standards Warming Up to New Ideas: The Pros and Cons of Warm-Mix Asphalt National Crash-Testing Standards: TTI Makes a Big Impact with 18-Wheelers Demanding a Recount [...]
TTI Celebrates 50 Years with NCHRP by Dennis Christiansen Agency Director In 2012, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). As I’m sure you know, NCHRP sponsors research in a wide range of topics critical to state departments of transportation. Doing so saves time, effort and resources in solving [...]
TTI has conducted numerous NCHRP projects for half a century, providing national leadership in transportation research.
Using warm-mix asphalt (WMA) in lieu of its hotter alternative is one way to reduce the cost of maintaining transportation networks. Yet,
nagging questions remain about WMA’s durability.
At TTI’s crash facility, a fully loaded 18-wheeler traveling at 50 mph slammed into a concrete barrier placed on top of a retaining wall. The data from the unique crash test will prove vital.
NCHRP Project 08-81, Improving the Quality of Motorcycle Travel Data Collection, tasked TTI with reviewing current traffic detection methods, investigating new technologies and reporting on which count motorcycles the best.
To evaluate America’s marine highways potential as a substitute for road and rail, the U.S. Maritime Administration has launched the North American Marine Highways Initiative.
Public policy serves the greatest good when based on objective information. TTI research supports the legislative process by providing science-based findings to facilitate informed decisions and actions.
Although much information exists on all aspects of freight movement and their intricacies, a comprehensive catalog of freight-related data sources does not exist.
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Commentary: A Shared History of Meeting National Challenges
In a three-way agreement in 1962, the predecessor organizations of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) established the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) as a state department of transportation (DOT)-driven, collaborative research program. Via state-DOT financial support, AASHTO sponsors [...]