Strategic Plan for The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Moving Forward

References

Web site references are current as this Strategic Plan goes to press but are subject to change.

1. TFHRC is the only federally owned and operated highway research facility, and is a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC), "the nationwide network of Federal laboratories that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace." Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (2013). "About the FLC." (Web page) Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, Cherry Hill, NJ. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. http://www.federallabs.org/flc/home/about)

2. Meyer, M. (2013). Letter from Michael Meyer to Victor Mendez. (Web page) Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/reports/rtcc_july_2013.pdf)

3. Federal Highway Administration (2003). "Corporate Master Plan for Research and Development of Technology & Innovation." (Web page) Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/policy/cmp/03077.htm)

4. U.S. Department of Transportation (2013). "FHWA Strategic Plan." (Web page) Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 22, 2013. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/fhplan.htm#intro)

5. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, "U.S. Department of Transportation Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan, Fiscal Year 2013-2018," Washington, DC. Accessed online: December 17, 2013. (http://www.rita.dot.gov/rdt/sites/rita.dot.gov.rdt/files/rdt_strategic_plan_2013.pdf)

6. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "FHWA Strategic Plan." (Web page) Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/fhplan.htm)

7. Application to highway R&T is paraphrased from: Department of Defense, Manager's Guide to Technology Transition in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment, Version 2.0, June  2005, Defense Acquisition University Press, Fort Belvoir, VA. Accessed online: October 2013. (http://www.dau.mil/publications/publicationsDocs/Managers_Guide.pdf )

8. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Research and Development Programs." McLean, VA. Accessed online: October 23, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/programs/)

9. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research and Technology Agenda." (Web page) McLean, VA. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/fhwaresearch/agenda/index.cfm)

10. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Infrastructure Research and Development (R&D) Program." (Web page) McLean, VA. Accessed online: October 22, 2013. ( https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/programs/infrastructure/index.cfm

11. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Operations Research and Development (R&D) Topics." (Web page) McLean, VA. Accessed October 22, 2013. ( https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/topics/operations/index.cfm)

12. "Big data is a term used to describe high-volume, -velocity and -variety information assets that demand cost-effective, innovative forms of information processing for enhanced insight and decision making." John Radcliffe, "The Impact of Social and Other "Big Data" on Master Data Management," Gartner, June 25, 2012, ID:G00233199; available at Gartner.com.

13. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Safety Research and Development (R&D) Program." (Web page). McLean, VA. Accessed October 22, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/programs/safety/index.cfm)

14. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Research & Financial Services." (Web page). Washington, DC. Accessed October 22, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/research/)

15. The summary of Policy research is adapted from U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013), Research Agenda, Meeting the Challenge: Policy, Accessed November 29, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/fhwaresearch/agenda/researchareas.cfm?urlanchor=policy# ) Additional information on Office of Policy research is available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/

16. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Exploratory Advanced Research Program."(Web page). McLean, VA. Accessed October 22, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch/index.cfm)

17. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2013). "Innovative Program Delivery."(Web page). Washington, DC. Accessed October 22, 2013. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/)

18. Federal Lands Highway (2013). "Technology Deployment (TD)." (Web page) Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. (https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/td/)

19. Federal Lands Highway (2013). "Coordinated Technology Implementation Program (CTIP)." (Web page) Washington, DC. Accessed online: October 10, 2013. (https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ctip/)