{"product_id":"highways-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289117528","title":"Highways: How State Agencies Adopt New Pavement Technologies: Pemd-88-19","description":"In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed state highway agencies' efforts to improve highways and reduce costs, specifically: (1) how states adopt highway pavement technologies for use; (2) the extent to which states use selected technologies; (3) criteria states use in adopting selected technologies, such as cost or performance measures; and (4) barriers that prevent states from adopting selected technologies. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) state highway agencies both receive and provide information about technologies through technology transfer; (2) most states relied on the Federal Highway Administration and research review committees to select and prioritize potential technologies for test and evaluation; (3) highway agencies have widely differing levels of experience with the six technologies; (4) highway agencies' examples of their technology evaluations showed their use of the six technologies, their evaluation criteria and results, and the importance of other factors in adoption decisions; (5) all the states used hot mix recycling and about 30 states adopted or evaluated the other five technologies; (6) states' experiences with the selected technologies varied widely from 2 months to 30 years; (7) states considered performance and cost, then physical factors, in their technology adoption decisions; and (8) key barriers to technology adoption included key decisionmakers' opposition, limited expertise in the technology application, and lack of the necessary equipment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1289117527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781289117528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.29d","brand":"U. S. Government Accountability Office (","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611419656447,"sku":"9781289117528","price":20.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dceb6c9-52d6-4ffa-b44f-887bf673e3eb.jpg?v=1764513761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/highways-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289117528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}