Quarterly Update

Welcome to the first Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) 

Quarterly Update. This update shares the latest information 

on the TPF Program, a program that enables the pooling 

of resources to conduct transportation research. Content 

includes new TPF projects, program highlights, resources, 

and announcements. 

This update includes:

New TPF Resources

New TPF Studies

Debut of the TPF 

Excellence Awards

New TPF Resources

The latest TPF resources include the following:

• Fiscal Year 2023 Fund Transfer Requests (as of 08-02-2023).

• TPF International Participation Fact Sheet (April 2023).

• TPF Web User Manual (May 2022).

• TPF Financial Procedural Manual (March 2023).

• TPF Procedures Manual (March 2023).

• TPF Training (March 2023).

August 2023

New TPF Studies!

Below is a list of TPF solicitations by topic to participate in. Click 

on a solicitation link to learn more about how you can become a 

study’s research partner.

Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-23-112

https://doi.org/10.21949/1521444
Subject Area Number Title Lead Agency

Aviation 1513 Infrastructure to Support Advanced Air Mobility Ohio Department 

of Transportation

Bridges, other structures, and 

hydraulics/hydrology

1597 Human-Centered Steel Bridge Inspection Enabled by 

Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Kansas Department 

of Transportation

1587 Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Bridges and 

Structures—Phase II

Iowa Department 

of Transportation

Energy and environment

1594 Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Colorado Department 

of Transportation

1600 Stormwater Management to Address Highway Runoff 

Toxicity Due to 6PPD-Quinone from Tire Rubber

Oregon Department 

of Transportation

General 1599 Western Transportation Research Consortium Utah Department 

of Transportation

Maintenance

1581

National Partnership to Improve the Quality of Preventive 

Maintenance Treatment Construction & Data Collection 

Practices (PG Phase III)

Minnesota Department 

of Transportation

1562 Development of a Winter Maintenance Decision 

Support System (Phase 3)

South Dakota 

Department of 

Transportation

Materials and construction 1518 Accelerated Testing of Untreated Reinforce Concrete 

Deck and Other Superstructure Components

New Jersey Department of 

Transportation

Safety and human performance

1591 2nd International Roadside Safety Conference 

and Peer Exchange

Florida Department 

of Transportation

1550 A Multi-State Effort to Develop a Customizable 

Roadway Safety Management Systems

Connecticut Department of 

Transportation

1598 MAASTO Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) 

Steering Committee

Michigan Department 

of Transportation

Debut of the TPF Excellence Awards

• The inaugural 2024 biennial TPF Excellence Awards 

will recognize outstanding TPF research work.

• Nominations will be accepted from August 8 until 

September 12, 2023.

• Two TPF studies, including at least one that is State led, 

will be selected.

• Awardees will be highlighted in a summer 2024 ceremony, 

featured on the FHWA Research and Technology website, 

profiled in Public Roads magazine, and presented in a webinar.

Learn more at the TPF Excellence Awards 

Webinar on August 8 at 1:00 pm (Eastern).

https://pooledfund.org