This "Vision Folder" contains the following items: FHWA-JPO-98-008, a 16-page brochure entitled "You Are About to Enter the Age of Intelligent Transportation" (see TRIS 00746661); FHWA-JPO-98-019, a 2-page fact sheet entitled "The National ITS Architecture"; FHWA-JPO-98-020, a 4-page fact sheet entitled "Commercial Vehicle ITS"; FHWA-JPO-98-021, a
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The four sections of this report summarize the benefits seen in real-world applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in: metropolitan areas; rural areas; commercial trucking; and intelligent vehicle systems. For the lay reader, this report brings together information on the real-world benefits of ITS in a single source. In general, t
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In 1995, shortly after the 5-year Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) concluded and during the early stages of the national program to encourage the implementation of SHRP products, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) SHRP Committee suggested that a benefits-versus-costs study of SHRP be undertaken. The committee members felt that an obje
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This memorandum is to ask for your participation in a reassessment of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) highway finance reporting series including State highway finance, local highway finance, as well as Federal highway finance reporting (series SF, LF, and FA, respectively). Highway income and spending levels for all levels of Government
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High Performance Concrete - Concrete with enhanced durability and strength characteristics. Under the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), more than 40 concrete and structure products were developed. To implement the new technology of using High-Performance Concrete (HPC), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a program underway to sh
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
1998-01-01
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is pleased to provide you with this activity guide for discussing the history of transportation along the Mississippi River with children and youth of various ages.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Traffic Management and ITS Applications
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1998-01-01
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), formerly Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS), provide the tools to help us address current surface transportation problems, as well as anticipate and address future demands through an intermodal, strategic approach to transportation. ITS applies current and emerging technologies in such fields as inf
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This Executive Summary (FHWA-SA-98-001) summarizes the symposium entitled 21st Century Transportation Infrastructure Symposium: Linking Regional Planning and Operations for Effective ITS Deployment: Proceedings (FHWA-SA-09-002). Until it is published, a photocopy of the forthcoming Proceedings may be requested from Ms. Laurel Radow, Federal Highway
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This report summarizes the procedure, results, and conclusions of a case study application of the TRansportation ANalysis SIMulation System (TRANSIMS) microsimulation procedure in Dallas, Texas. The purpose of this case study was to test the capabilities of the TRANSIMS microsimulation to track the movement of simulated individual vehicles through
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This participant's notebook was developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) staff to compliment a 2-day workshop on life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) in pavement design. This workshop will be of interest to State highway agency personnel responsible for conducting and/or reviewing pavement design LCCAs. The FHWA Office of Engineering, Pavement
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The Fourth National Joint Use Conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 14-15, 1997, at the Holiday Inn Lakeside Hotel. The objective of the conference was to focus attention on highway/utility joint use issues. Speakers representing power, cable television, and telephone were invited to participate on the program. The record of their remark
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This document describes a procedure for developing an effective incident management system. It discusses the issues that must be addressed as a management system is developed, and describes the types of decisions and actions that must be considered to create a smoothly functioning management process. It describes the specific management measures an
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Superpave is an acronym for Superior Performing Asphalt Pavements. Superpave is a new, comprehensive asphalt mix design and analysis system, a product of the Strategic Highway Research Program. Congress established SHRP in 1987 as a five-year, $150 million research program to improve the performance and durability of United States roads and to make
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This study addresses corridor preservation as a planning and implementation strategy for transportation programs. Its purpose is to identify barriers to corridor preservation and to propose measures for removing those barriers that can create an effective corridor preservation program. In part 1, the study discusses the corridor preservation proces
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