Summary of Initial-Stage Investigations 2006-2010
Initial Stage Investigations
Following the initial set of think tank forums in 2005, the EAR Program began to conduct smaller...
General
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Innovative Ideas
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 This process includes conducting reference searches of published and unpublished...
Exploratory Advanced Research Initial Stage Investigations
Examples of EAR Program Investments Based on Initial-Stage Investigations
Summary of EAR-Sponsored Think Tanks
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...
Exploratory Advanced Research Focus Areas
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...
Research Overview
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...
Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Overview
Announcements
Privacy Preservation Solicitation Opportunity
The EAR program is working with the National Science Foundation to fund research that supports privacy preservation for naturalistic driving studies.
Novel Modes Explored During Multimodal Workshop
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation published summary reports on a 2014 Novel Modes Workshop. The research project was a multimodal effort, supported by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program. On December 2–3, 2014, at the...