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National Associations
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National Asphalt Pavement
Association (NAPA) NAPA provides technical,
educational, and marketing materials and information
to its Members, as well as product information
to users and specifiers of paving materials.
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- The Asphalt
Institute
A US-based association of international petroleum
asphalt producers, manufacturers and affiliated
businesses. The
Asphalt Institute (AI) promotes the use, benefits
and quality performance of petroleum asphalt,
through environmental, marketing, research, engineering and
technical development, and through
the
resolution of issues affecting the industry.
- Asphalt Pavement
Alliance (APA)
A coalition of the Asphalt Institute,
the National Asphalt Pavement Association,
and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations. Its mission
is to further the use and quality of
Hot Mix Asphalt pavements through research,
technology transfer, engineering, education and innovation.
- American
Highway Users Alliance. Dedicated to
promoting and defending the role of motor vehicle transportation
in
providing
U.S.
mobility,
economic
growth, productivity improvements, defense, safety and
individual freedom of choice.
- beyondRoads.com. Ar
source for information on the asphalt industry, its operations,
its products and issues. Produced by the Asphalt Education
Partnership (AEP).
Government Associations
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The FHWA is a part of the Department of Transportation
and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with
field offices across the United States. Its vision is to "create
the best transportation system in the world
for the American people through
proactive leadership, innovation, and excellence
in service. We also provide expertise, resources,
and information to continually improve the quality
of our nation's highway system and its intermodal
connections."
- Transportation Research Board
(TRB)
A unit of the National Research Council, a private,
nonprofit institution that is the principal
operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and
the
National Academy of Engineering. The Board's mission is to promote
innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating
and conducting research,
facilitating the dissemination of information,
and encouraging the implementation of research
results.
- National
Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Administered by the Transportation Research Board
(TRB) and sponsored by the member departments (i.e., individual
state departments of transportation) of
the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(AASHTO), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA), the National
Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) was created in 1962 as a
means to conduct research in acute problem areas that affect highway
planning, design,
construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide.
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