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Transportation Science and Technology Strategy Released
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) report, Transportation Science and Technology Strategy, has been released. The Strategy was written to aid Congress, the White House, and federal Agencies in establishing national transportation R&D priorities and coordinating research activities. The report highlights ongoing federal research efforts in transportation science and technology and identifies areas of new opportunity and gaps for federal support.
The report found that understanding the transportation infrastructure of the nation from a global perspective is essential to the ability of the United States to compete effectively in the future as well as to support domestic commerce. Transportation R&D must focus on innovations to help the nation cope with an expanding world population, urbanization, a rising volume of air passenger and air freight trips, growing marine traffic, and an increasing automobile population.
The report focuses on transportation technologies designed to improve safety, enhance information and computer technologies, optimize energy-efficient technologies, and improve physical infrastructure and freight movement through international and domestic gateways.
The comprehensive strategic plan developed by the NSTC's Committee on Transportation Research and Development was the result of an inter-agency team representing the Departments of Transportation, Defense, Energy, and Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the White House.
Copies of the Strategy are available from NSTC by calling 202/456-6100, or via the web at http://scitech.dot.gov under "What's New."
As a result of the release of this report, a special session on the Transportation S&T Strategy and Deployment Activities will be held as part of the Transportation Research Board Meeting. The session will be held on January 12, 1998 in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Mortimer Downey, senior White House officials, and Federal program managers will be presenting. Contact Fenton Carey for more information at 202/366-4434 or by e-mail at Fenton.Carey@RSPA.Dot.Gov.