THE BRAZILIAN HIGHWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AS COMPARED WITH OTHER SIMILAR AGENCIES

A REVIEW IS PRESENTED OF SOME OF THE SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES ON HIGHWAY RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AFTER LISTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN 19 COUNTRIES, THE ORGANIZATION OF THESE RESEARCH AGENCIES IS COMPARED WITH SIMILAR ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, WEST GERMANY AND BRAZIL. FUNDING OF HIGHWAY INVESTIGATION IN EACH OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES, WHICH FOLLOW A SIMILAR POLICY IS ANALYZED. ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS OF HIGHWAY RESEARCH WORK IN WEST GERMANY AND BRAZIL ARE COMPARED WITH THE FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS IN THE UNITED STATES' /1/ NONCENTRALIZED RESEARCH, /2/ CENTRALIZED COORDINATED RESEARCH, /3/ FORMAL RESEARCH, /4/ JOINT RESEARCH, AND /5/ CONTRACT RESEARCH. THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION NEED BECOMES EVIDENT. REFERENCES' HIGHWAY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES, HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD, SPEC. REPORT 55, WASHINGTON, 1959. COOPERATION IN ROAD RESEARCH, E. W. GOERNER, MADRID, 1962. HIGHWAY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, EARL M. CAMPBELL, SPECIAL REPORT 15, WASHINGTON, 1953. GENERAL REPORT ON THEME I-THE NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND THE DESIRABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ACHIEVING IT, SIR WILLIAM GLANVILLE, WASHINGTON, 1961. METHODOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE, INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION, WASHINGTON, 1965.