Strategic Plan for The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Moving Forward

Implementation of the TFHRC Strategic Plan, already well underway, will enable TFHRC to strengthen its national leadership of highway and intermodal transportation research. By putting in place mechanisms to assure that the center's programs identify and undertake the right research, TFHRC will establish a continuing basis for effecting the following:

• Forging productive partnerships with all levels of the public sector, private industry, academia, and the international research community that will leverage and amplify the Federal investment in highway research.

• Systematically planning TFHRC's research capabilities, in terms of both human and infrastructure resources.

• Quickly transitioning innovation from the laboratory to the Nation's transportation network, where the benefits of the research will accrue.

There is great potential for added safety, efficiency, economy, mobility, and quality of life in the U.S. highway network. Only research of the caliber, breadth, and depth that have characterized TFHRC since its inception can fully unlock that potential. This Strategic Plan presents the principles and strategies that will enable TFHRC to achieve its vision, accomplish its mission, and–ultimately–realize a safer, longer–lasting, and more productive highway network for America.