Transportation Research into Practice: A Multi-Agency Government Perspective

Abstract

Safety is the top priority of the US Department of Transportation (DOT), with much of its $1B of annual research and development budget focused on this priority. Each organization within DOT, and its oversight origination, the National Transportation Safety Board, have research programs that independently and jointly aim to impact and address these current and emerging safety issues, many of which are rooted in human factors causes. This panel will provide insight into understanding these issues, and how research was designed to deliver fieldable results that produced tangible safety benefits.