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National Cooperative Highway Research Program

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Established
  
1962

Budget
  
$37 million

Key people
  
Crawford F. Jencks

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Founder(s)
  
Transportation Research Board

Focus
  
transportation research

Location
  
Washington, D.C., United States

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) conducts research in problem areas that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance in the United States. Spearheaded by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), it is jointly supported by federal agencies, state departments of transportation, and other nonprofit organizations.

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Funding

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program was established in 1962 under TRB with a view to promote research on serious problems related to highway. It is sponsored by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This program is funded by all the state highway and transportation departments. State departments of transportation are requested to contribute 5.5% of their planning and research funds each year. Annual NCHRP funding has been approximately $37 million in recent years.

FHWA provides the funds to the NCHRP through a cooperative agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, the parent organization of the Transportation Research Board.

Projects

Examples of research projects previously approved by NCHRP include:

  • Barth, Matthew J.; et al. (2000). Development of a Comprehensive Modal Emissions Model (PDF) (Report). Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Project 25-11; Web-Only Document 122. 
  • Little, Dallas N.; Amit Bhasin; et al. (2006). Using Surface Energy Measurements to Select Materials for Asphalt Pavement (PDF) (Report). Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Project 9-37; Web-Only Document 104. 
  • Krenzke, Tom; et al. (2011). Producing Transportation Data Products from the American Community Survey That Comply With Disclosure Rules (PDF) (Report). Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Project 08-79; Web-Only Document 180. 

    • Reports

    Examples of final NCHRP reports include:

  • Isaac Shafran; Anne Strauss-Weider (2003). Financing and Improving Land Access to U.S. Intermodal Cargo Hubs (PDF) (Report). Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Report 497. 
  • Ralph D. Ellis, Jr.; Scott Amos; Ashish Kumar (2003). Illumination Guidelines for Nighttime Highway Work (PDF) (Report). Transportation Research Board. NCHRP Report 498. 

    • A comprehensive list of NCHRP reports by publication date can be found on the TRB website.

    References

    National Cooperative Highway Research Program Wikipedia
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