A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF NCHRP RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2002

Notice Date

May 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418

ZIP Code

20418

Point of Contact

Brenda Douple, 202-334-2176

Description

Announcement of NCHRP Research Allocations for FY 2002 The Research Committee for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials met in Washington, D.C., on March 27-29, 2001 and selected the following new projects for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program in fiscal year 2002: 03-64, Highway Capacity Manual: Applications Handbook; 03-65, Modern Roundabout Safety and Operations: U.S. and European/Australian Experience; 04-30, Improved Testing Methods for Determination of Critical Shape/Texture Factors for Aggregates; 08-42, Freight Movement by Rail-Impacts and Opportunities; 08-43, Methods for Forecasting Statewide Freight Movements and Related Performance Measures; 08-44, Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Plans; 09-33, Superpave Mix Analysis Method, Software, and Manual; 09-34, Improved Test Procedure for Determining the Moisture Damage Susceptibility of Bituminous Pavements; 10-61, Highway Construction Project Procurement-Alternatives to the Low-Bid System; 12-60, Transfer and Development Length of Prestressing Strand and Development and Splice Length of Reinforcement in High-Strength Concrete; 17-23; Safety Profile and Other Implications of Changed Speed Limits on High-Speed Roads; 17-24, Use of Event Data Recorder (EDR) Technology for Highway Crash Data Analysis; 18-11, Relationship of "Processing Additions" in Cement Manufacturing to Concrete Durability; 19-04, GASB 34 Impacts on State DOT Infrastructure Asset Management and Finance-Short-Term and Long-Term Research Projects; 20-50(16), LTPP Data Analysis: The Impact of Design Features on Pavement Responses for New Flexible and Rigid Pavements; 20-56, Recommendations for AASHTO World Wide Web Site; 20-57, Analytic Tools Supporting Transportation Asset Management; 22-19, Aesthetic Design for Concrete Safety Barriers; 24-20, Prediction of Scour at Bridge Abutments. Projects contingent on availability of funds: 03-66A, Traffic Signal Operations with Railroad Preemption; 03-66B, Advanced Detection for Critical Intersection Control; 05-18, Improved Characterization and Field Measurement of Nighttime Color of Yellow Pavement Markings; 12-61, Simplified Shear Design of Structural Concrete Members. Preliminary scopes of work for each project are available on the Internet at http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/crp.nsf under "Upcoming Projects." Project Statements inviting proposals will be available at the same Internet site beginning around August 2001. 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 06/01/01. 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.

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