ABSTRACT
Increasingly innovation and collaboration have become essential ingredients for success in the highway and transportation industry, and not surprisingly. In an era of global competition, diminishing resources, and the rapid advancement of technology, companies are striving to incorporate innovation into all of their operations.
For decades, both the public and private sector have been struggling to overcome the many barriers to introducing innovation into the highway system. Some obstacles include, developing adequate standards and specifications for untried technologies, shortening the length of time before a product is introduced into the marketplace, finding a cost-effective means for new product testing, and developing a comprehensive system under which information is shared between the various agencies.
