The Exploratory Advanced Research Program

2015Workshop Summary Report; Dec 2015PDFProceedingsOSTR-2015-02DTFH61-14-V-00025;DTFH61-15-A-00001Evaluation and assessmentTechnological innovationsWorkshopsHighwaysMultimodal transportationPublic transitRailroadsPublic policyUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and InnovationMachek, ElizabethLewis, KristinPeirce, SeanBerthaume, AndrewColton, PaigeMorton, TomJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Woodward Communications, Inc.United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation ManagementNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATIONNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Technology TransferNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Rail Planning and PolicyNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and PolicyVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;Federal Highway AdministrationOn December 2-3, 2014, the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Exploratory Advanced Research Program, with support from the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, convened the 2-day workshop "Novel Modes." It was held concurrently at FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia; Federal Transit Administration's Region 9 Offices in San Francisco, California; and via Web conferencing. The purpose of the workshop was to assess and document the state of technology for new modal systems, thereby providing FHWA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other government agencies with (1) and educated understanding of potential technological trends that could affect the current highway, transit, and rail systems; (2) a foundation for considering the appropriate government policy and research roles for novel modal systems; and (3) an opportunity to provide ongoing fair and open access to innovators in the business and academic sectors