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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program focuses on high-risk, high-reward research that fills the gap between basic research and applied research or development. It also supports the development of transformative research tools that can accelerate...
Highlights of recent Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program results.
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Following the initial set of think tank forums, the EAR Program began conducting smaller, more focused investigations, called ...
Following the initial set of think tank forums in 2005, the EAR Program began to conduct smaller...
Since the initial set of think tank forums in 2005, the EAR Program has been conducting smaller, more focused investigations. This process includes conducting reference searches of published and unpublished...
A series of think tank forums, organized by the Volpe Center and futurist Glen Hiemstra of Futurist.com, were held in Boston, MA, Minneapolis, MN, and Berkeley, CA, in 2005. Each of the interactive forums brought together stakeholders and experts involved in the future of transportation, and...
Focus areas provide direction on the research objectives of the EAR Program. A focus area is a defined topic area where breakthroughs are most needed, or where there is high potential for longer-term, higher-risk research to lead to dramatic improvements.
FHWA has and continues to work...
Exploratory advanced research includes foundational work that anticipates the questions and future needs in applied research or the application of innovations from other industries to the transportation sector.
The nature of exploratory advanced research stimulates the use of...