Research Focus Group
Statement of Direction
The purpose of the Reasearch Focus Group is to serve as liaison
for the AASHTO Highway Subcommittee on Maintenance and provide
support to Roadway, Roadside, Bridge, Traffic Services, and
Snow & Ice Task Forces to meet their research needs. This
sall be accomplished through the following:
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Providing a forum for the interchange of research information;
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Surveying the Task Forces annually for items that warrant
research and assisting them in the development of appropriate
research problem statements;
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Prioritizing the research problem statements and preparing
a letter of transmittal to the Secretary of the AASHTO
Standing Committee on Research presenting research problem
statements and synthesis of practice problem statements
which have been endorsed by the delegates; and
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Establishing lines of effective communications with research
coordinators with the Federal Highway Administration,
Transportation Research Board, and other groups (private
partnerships, State pooled fund projects, etc.), as needed.
Maintenance & Operations
Related Research and New Technology
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