What are the goals of the scanning program?
The goals of the Scanning Program are to: • help ensure that the U.S. highway community is world class in technical and managerial areas of the highest priority; • enable the United States to access the results of foreign investment in highway research and development and implementation; • avoid unnecessary U.S. duplication of advances developed by other countries, enabling advanced technology to be developed and put into practice more quickly and allowing more efficient use of research funds; • facilitate opportunities for joint research and technology sharing with international counterparts, further conserving resources and advancing the state of the art; • foster international networking and the development of valuable professional connections between U.S. transportation professionals and their international counterparts; and • facilitate the successful implementation of key foreign innovations in the United States.
