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A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF NCHRP RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2000 POC Brenda Douple (202) 334-2176 Announcement of NCHRP Research Allocations for 1999 (FY 2000) The Research Committee for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials met in Washington, D.C., on March 30-31, and April 1, 1999 and selected the following new projects for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program in fiscal year 2000: 01-39, Traffic Data Collection, Analysis and Forecasting for Mechanistic Pavement Design; 02-23, Development of an Update to the 1977 AASHTO Redbook; 03-59, Variable Speed Limit Implementation; 04-27, Application of Advanced Composites to Highway Infrastructure: Strategic Plan; 04-28, Feasibility Study for an All-White Pavement Marking System; 06-14, The Use of Winter Pavement Friction in Snow and Ice Control Operations; 08-37, Statistical and Methodological Standards for Metropolitan Travel Surveys; 09-22, Beta Testing and Validation of HMA PRS; 09-22A, Variation of AC Air Voids as a Function of Specifications and its Significance to Performance; 09-23, Adaptation of the FHWA Integrated Climatic Effect Model to the Superpave Performance Models System; 09-24, Validation of a Simple Performance Test Device; 10-57, Structural Safety Appraisal Guidelines For Suspension Bridge Cables; 10-58, Construction Engineering Management Research and Development Program; 14-14, Optimal Timing of Preventive Maintenance Treatments; 15-19, Context-Sensitive Design Best Practices; 17-19, Implementation of Model Deployment Strategies In AASHTO's Strategic Highway Safety Plan; 17-20, Technical Support for the AASHTO Task Force for Roadside Safety; 18-09, Early Age Cracking on Durability of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements; 20-50(09), Feasibility of Using FWD Data for Rapid Field Characterization of Pavement Quality; 20-50(10), Common Characteristics of Good and Poor Performing Pavements; 20-50(11), Significance of Traditional Materials Pay Factors to Pavement Performance; 20-51(01), Manuals and National Workshop on Pavement Smoothness; 20-51(02), PCC Pavement Practice Manual and Workshop; 20-52,The "Next Generation" TRAC PAC -- - A Hands-on Educational Program; 21-07, Development of Portable Scour Monitoring Equipment; 21-08, Innovative Load Testing Systems; 22-18, Generic Crashworthy Traffic Control Devices; 25-23, Environmental Management Information System for Transportation Projects. Preliminary scopes of work for each project are available on the Internet at http://www4.nas.edu/trb/crp.nsf under "Upcoming Projects." Project Statements inviting proposals will be available at the same Internet site beginning around August 1999. You may register electronically, at the same site, for notification of project statement postings. Inquiries may also be addressed to Manager NCHRP, Cooperative Research Programs, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. If you are not interested in submitting a proposal, but believe you have expertise that would be valuable to an oversight review panel, please fax your resume to Ms. Brenda Douple at 202/334-2006 or e-mail to bdouple@nas.edu by 06/01/99. It is important to identify the project for which you are interested in serving on the panel. Nominations are also appreciated for other people who may be interested in serving on a panel. Posted 05/07/99 (W-SN328856). (0127)

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