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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-16-014    Date:  April 2016
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-16-014
Date: April 2016

 

Summary of Projects Funded By The Federal Highway Administration for The National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence From July 2006 to June 2014

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to thank the stakeholders committee, who have helped shape the NSTSCE program into the thriving, innovative research center it is today. This includes both the organizations and the people who represent them: Carl Andersen and Lincoln Cobb from FHWA, Richard Deering and John Capp from General Motors®, Gary Allen and Cathy McGhee from VCTIR, Martin Walker and Terri Hallquist from FMCSA, Chris Hayes and Daniel Brown from Travelers® Insurance, and Tom Dingus from VTTI.

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