U.S. DOTs face a tough road ahead with constricting budgets and deteriorating highway conditions. Technological innovation is one means to alleviate this pressure, but the highway construction industry is slow at adopting new innovations. In this paper, we have sought to understand this innovation adoption process through a case study on IC, and with the aid of Kingdon’s theory of agenda setting. Our intention was to provide insights into DOT policy reformation processes that we hope the industry will find useful in streamlining adoption of future innovations.
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