Reports from the Transportation Research Board's 2006 Field Visit Program--Transforming Transportation Institutions, Finance, and Workforce:Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century

Each year, TRB’s Technical Activities Division staff visit every state department of transportation, as well as selected universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry organizations, to determine the issues they are facing and how TRB can help in addressing those issues.  In field visits to all states in 2006, senior program officers in TRB’s Technical Activities Division identified a focus on issues involving institutional transformation, financing, and workforce among departments of transportation and other agencies.  This summary of the reports reviews ways that state transportation agencies are addressing the challenges, defining the needs for innovation, and implementing some of the latest solutions.