Virginia and West Virginia's transportation research co-peer exchange (June 22-26, 2014).

Details

• Creators:
  Williams, Donald L. ; Jared, David M. ; King, Jr., William
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Virginia. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Peer groups
  • State departments of transportation
  • Research management
  • Project management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/VCTIR 15-R14
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia ; West Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research
• Abstract:
  To be eligible for managing State Planning and Research (SP&R) funds, a state must agree to a peer review of its ; management process with regard to Research, Development, and Technology Transfer (RD&T2) efforts. Specifically, the federal ; regulation regarding this requirement is 23 CFR 420, Subpart B. ; The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) interpreted the regulation as requiring an exchange of information ; regarding the various practices a state uses to manage its RD&T2 program. The intent of the regulation was to strengthen weak ; programs and enhance strong programs with a sharing of ideas. ; The peer exchange panels are typically composed of state research managers and FHWA, university, or industry ; personnel, at least two of whom must have received training on peer exchange procedures and guidelines provided by the FHWA ; and be listed by the FHWA as a qualified peer exchange team member. ; Peer exchanges are generally conducted in an informal atmosphere and last from two to four days. Techniques used to ; gather the information needed by the peer exchange panel include discussion of individual state practices and brainstorming ; sessions on the focus areas of interest to the host state. Open-ended questions are used during the interview sessions to solicit the ; strengths and weaknesses of the program from the user’s perspective. ; From June 22 through 26, 2014, the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research (VCTIR) hosted ; Virginia and West Virginia’s Transportation Research Co–Peer Exchange (hereinafter co–peer exchange) with state department ; of transportation (DOT) research managers/directors from Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, and West Virginia and representatives of ; the Virginia and West Virginia divisions of the FHWA. The Research and Special Studies Section of the West Virginia ; Department of Transportation’s (WVDOT) Division of Highways is in the planning stages of developing an innovation center ; and wished to learn from these states. VCTIR was interested in implementation successes and lessons learned.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  106070
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28812/dot_28812_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 483.17 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:669b6efe45b7f1bc8b42bff14527473639122e08b90d27326b96afc7bbcb33eb