In October 2009, FHWA became an Associate 

of the Forum of European National Highway 

Research Laboratories (FEHRL), an organization that brings together more than 30 national 

research and technical centers in Europe, 

along with associated institutes worldwide. 

The FEHRL and its member organizations 

are engaged in a range of road engineering 

research topics, which include safety, infrastructure, operations, environmental issues, 

and economic evaluation. 

In July 2011, FHWA and FEHRL signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that formed 

the foundation for an organizational and 

financial partnership. The MoC and ensuing 

agreements establish a business protocol 

for collaborating on and jointly funding 

priority research topics. The intent of the new 

partnership is to speed the development and 

implementation of innovations and highway 

technologies, while expanding markets for 

all engaged. The relationship will enable 

technologies first identified in Europe to be 

brought to the United States more quickly 

while also expanding markets for technologies developed by organizations in the 

United States. 
The Office of Research, Development, and 

Technology and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) at the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) play a vital 

leadership role in developing and implementing 

a coordinated highway research and technology (R&T) agenda within the United States. 

The FHWA accomplishes this objective and 

helps address future demands and needs in the 

highway sector by working with its partners 

in the public and private sectors, academia, 

industry, and in the international community.

FHWA focuses its international research 

activities on a variety of partnerships 

and interactions to access information on 

state-of-the-art technologies and practices 

used worldwide, as well as to transfer 

technologies and innovations developed in 

the United States to a growing world market. 

These technical exchanges and partnerships 

between domestic and international counterparts, 

participation in international organizations, 

and the establishment of business protocols 

are extremely beneficial and highly justified in a constrained economic environment. 

Although challenging to accomplish given the 

time and resources required to build international partnerships, the activities garnered 

from the partnerships help leverage and maximize the value of U.S. financial and technical 

resources worldwide.
The Office of Research, Development, and 

Technology and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) at the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) play a vital 

leadership role in developing and implementing 

a coordinated highway research and technology (R&T) agenda within the United States. 

The FHWA accomplishes this objective and 

helps address future demands and needs in the 

highway sector by working with its partners 

in the public and private sectors, academia, 

industry, and in the international community.

FHWA focuses its international research 

activities on a variety of partnerships 

and interactions to access information on 

state-of-the-art technologies and practices 

used worldwide, as well as to transfer 

technologies and innovations developed in 

the United States to a growing world market. 

These technical exchanges and partnerships 

between domestic and international counterparts, 

participation in international organizations, 

and the establishment of business protocols 

are extremely beneficial and highly justified in a constrained economic environment. 

Although challenging to accomplish given the 

time and resources required to build international partnerships, the activities garnered 

from the partnerships help leverage and maximize the value of U.S. financial and technical 

resources worldwide.
The Office of Research, Development, and 

Technology and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) at the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) play a vital 

leadership role in developing and implementing 

a coordinated highway research and technology (R&T) agenda within the United States. 

The FHWA accomplishes this objective and 

helps address future demands and needs in the 

highway sector by working with its partners 

in the public and private sectors, academia, 

industry, and in the international community.

FHWA focuses its international research 

activities on a variety of partnerships 

and interactions to access information on 

state-of-the-art technologies and practices 

used worldwide, as well as to transfer 

technologies and innovations developed in 

the United States to a growing world market. 

These technical exchanges and partnerships 

between domestic and international counterparts, 

participation in international organizations, 

and the establishment of business protocols 

are extremely beneficial and highly justified in a constrained economic environment. 

Although challenging to accomplish given the 

time and resources required to build international partnerships, the activities garnered 

from the partnerships help leverage and maximize the value of U.S. financial and technical 

resources worldwide.
In October 2009, FHWA became an Associate 

of the Forum of European National Highway 

Research Laboratories (FEHRL), an organization that brings together more than 30 national 

research and technical centers in Europe, 

along with associated institutes worldwide. 

The FEHRL and its member organizations 

are engaged in a range of road engineering 

research topics, which include safety, infrastructure, operations, environmental issues, 

and economic evaluation. 

In July 2011, FHWA and FEHRL signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that formed 

the foundation for an organizational and 

financial partnership. The MoC and ensuing 

agreements establish a business protocol 

for collaborating on and jointly funding 

priority research topics. The intent of the new 

partnership is to speed the development and 

implementation of innovations and highway 

technologies, while expanding markets for 

all engaged. The relationship will enable 

technologies first identified in Europe to be 

brought to the United States more quickly 

while also expanding markets for technologies developed by organizations in the 

United States. 
In October 2009, FHWA became an Associate 

of the Forum of European National Highway 

Research Laboratories (FEHRL), an organization that brings together more than 30 national 

research and technical centers in Europe, 

along with associated institutes worldwide. 

The FEHRL and its member organizations 

are engaged in a range of road engineering 

research topics, which include safety, infrastructure, operations, environmental issues, 

and economic evaluation. 

In July 2011, FHWA and FEHRL signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that formed 

the foundation for an organizational and 

financial partnership. The MoC and ensuing 

agreements establish a business protocol 

for collaborating on and jointly funding 

priority research topics. The intent of the new 

partnership is to speed the development and 

implementation of innovations and highway 

technologies, while expanding markets for 

all engaged. The relationship will enable 

technologies first identified in Europe to be 

brought to the United States more quickly 

while also expanding markets for technologies developed by organizations in the 

United States.