The New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) : a summary of the multistate cooperative research program between 1994 and 2011.

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• Creators:
  Oliveira, Dionysia F.
• Corporate Creators:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • State departments of transportation
  • Intergovernmental partnerships
  • Highways
  • Rehabilitation (Maintenance)
  • Reconstruction
  • Resource allocation
  • Resource development
  • Operating revenues
  • Research projects
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CT-2107-F-14-4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Connecticut
• Corporate Publisher:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The six New England state transportation agencies are cooperating with the six New England state land-grant ; universities and the Federal Highway Administration in a program of transportation research. This joint venture is ; called the “New England Transportation Consortium (NETC)”. The NETC was formed as a regional approach to ; address transportation research needs of mutual concern to the New England states. Its purpose is to pool the ; financial, professional and academic resources of the region and to use them to research and develop improved ; methods of dealing with common problems in the planning, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction ; and operation of transportation systems in the participating states. ; This report discusses the following issues regarding NETC: description; funding; history (from October 1, 1994, to ; December 31, 2011); establishment and start-up activities; organization and management; project selection process; ; award of funding; strengths; and, challenges. The report also provides recommendations and guidelines for the ; establishment, operation and sustained growth of an intergovernmental, multistate cooperative research program.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-2107
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28716/dot_28716_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 959.13 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:346da10804e9f684bf2785ea66f5e83092f59dc49c6ac7a8221513f040e9222f