Research Projects

The Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) is a sub-department of the BMVBS (Federal Ministry of Traffic, Building and Urban Development).

Its main purpose is to promote the advancement of road systems and provide the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development with scientifically verifiable guidelines for making decisions on technical and traffic-related issues pertaining to such road systems. To fulfill this responsibility, the Federal Highway Research Institute performs independent research, coordinates research projects on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, and evaluates the results obtained in each case.

To provide all interested parties with an insight into the research activities of the Federal Highway Research Institute, all currently implemented projects are listed here briefly and as understandably as possible for laymen too.

Projects concluded after January 1995 are indicated in a table together with any related publications. For the purpose of better orientation, the projects are sorted by the 28 main areas in which the Federal Highway Research Institute performs its research activities.