Meeting the Challenges

FHWA's Offices and Programs are Meeting Today's Highway Challenges Through Research

A safe and secure transportation network is the foundation of a strong economy. Better-designed roads and improved construction practices increase the safety of our transportation network.

Planning, Environment, and Realty

Advanced materials and processes reduce our impact on the environment.

Policy

Exploratory Advanced Research

Innovative Program Delivery

FHWA defines objectives and strategies that guide research, development, and deployment activities across eight groups of offices and programs.. Each group targets one or more of the Nation's six key highway challenges.

Page Owner: Office of Research, Development, and Technology, Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management

Topics: research, infrastructure, pavements, safety, bridges, operations, policy, environment, planning, realty
Keywords: research, national research and technology agenda, activities, challenges, strategies, objectives, infrastructure, pavements, safety, bridges, operations, policy, environment, planning, realty, technology
TRT Terms: research, planning methods, strategic planning, planning stages

Scheduled Update: 08/01/2016

This page last modified on 08/26/2015