United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-09-02
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The Weekly Gasoline Product Supplied Report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Adminis
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This study illustrates the approach international peers take to reducing pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways, where the majority of U.S. pedestrian fatalities occur. The study seeks to identify innovations in engineering, policy, and planning that may be successfully applied in the United States. The st
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PennDOT Agility Program: Building Partnerships and Breaking Boundaries; International Lessons Lead to U.S. Successes; Delivering Resiliency; Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Research Program: Development, Testing, and Evaluation; Nondestructive Evaluation of Concrete Bridge Deck with Overlays; The Local Technical Assistance Program: 40 Years of
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The FHWA’s update to its Pavement Management Roadmap helps to identify the steps that will address current gaps in pavement management and to establish research initiatives and priorities. Initial gaps were identified based on a literature review, project team knowledge, and a satisfaction survey of Federal, State, and local pavement management pra
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2022-09-01
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Urban Congestion Report (UCR)
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The Urban Congestion Report (UCR) is produced on a quarterly basis and characterizes the most recent traffic congestion and reliability trends at the national and city level. Each quarterly UCR compares data from the most recent three months to the same three months in the previous year.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-09-01
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Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 5,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year. Estimates are re-adjuste
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The FHWA’s update to its Pavement Management Roadmap helps to identify the steps that will address current gaps in pavement management and to establish research initiatives and priorities. Initial gaps were identified based on a literature review, project team knowledge, and a satisfaction survey of Federal, State, and local pavement management pra
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This information in the online help format or as a document provides help on the use of the Regional Architecture Development for Intelligent Transportation (RAD-IT) software. RAD-IT is designed to integrate custom inputs with the database tools of the Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT) so that users can
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Cooperative driving automation (CDA) aims to improve the safety, traffic throughput, and energy efficiency of the transportation network by enabling vehicles and infrastructure to work together to coordinate movement. The objective of this project is to advance the CARMA℠ ecosystem to enable further capabilities for CDA participants to interact wit
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Cooperative driving automation aims to improve the safety and flow of traffic and facilitate road operations by supporting the movement of multiple vehicles in proximity to one another. This outcome is accomplished by sharing information that can be used to influence dynamic driving tasks directly or indirectly by one or more nearby road users. Veh
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2022-09-01
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The Pedestrian and Bike Forum newsletter provides information to FHWA stakeholders on reducing the number of pedestrian- and bicycle-related highway fatalities and serious injuries. Topics include updates on FHWA programs, spotlights on State and local noteworthy practices, initiatives with partner organizations, and upcoming events. It is publishe
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2022-09-01
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Safety Compass Newsletter
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Safety Compass newsletter aims to increase highway safety awareness and to provide resources to the highway safety community to help save lives. The newsletter is published three times a year, and includes articles on safety-focused offerings from FHWA, other DOT modes; our State, Local, and Tribal partne
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Traffic management in metropolitan areas poses distinct challenges. Faced with congested city streets shared by pedestrians, bicyclists, electric-scooter riders, and drivers, traffic managers must find new ways to maintain smooth and safe traffic flow. Traffic managers can harness the data collected by electronic devices that connect to the interne
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This provides help on the use of the Systems Engineering Tool for Intelligent Transportation (SET-IT) software tool. SET-IT is designed to integrate drawing and database tools with the Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT). ARC-IT represents what was formerly known as the National ITS Architecture that merge
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A Work Zone Process Review (WZPR) refers to a comprehensive review of policies and procedures related to work zone management (WZM), the effectiveness of work zone (WZ) impact analyses and monitoring efforts, and ultimately, how well State departments of transportation (DOTs) manage those impacts.
Prestressed concrete structures utilize prestressing force, which can be applied using a pre-tensioning or posttensioning method. The Walnut Lane Bridge in Philadelphia, PA was the first precast post-tensioned (PT) bridge in the United States. It opened to traffic in the late 1950s and had to be replaced in 1990 after nearly 40 years of service due
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The traffic control device (TCD) pooled fund study (PFS) addresses human factors and operations issues through the systematic evaluation of existing and new TCDs. As a part of this effort, the Federal Highway Administration Human Factors Team evaluated sets of existing and proposed traffic signs for driver comprehension and legibility. The TCD PFS
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Regardless of how a person began their trip; they walk, roll, or bicycle to access transit. Because of this, agencies should understand pedestrian and bicyclist characteristics and needs when planning and designing transit systems. This guide is intended for transit agencies, State and local roadway owners, and regional organizations involved with
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This report summarizes the June 2022 status of deployment for the 7 innovations in the sixth round of EDC. The report is intended to be a resource for transportation stakeholders as they develop their deployment plans and to encourage innovation in managing highway project delivery to better serve the Nation.
This document, the Bridge Inspector’s Reference Manual (BIRM), is a comprehensive reference manual on programs, procedures, and techniques for inspecting and evaluating a variety of in-service highway bridges. It was intended to replace the BITM 90 which was first published in 1991 to assist in training highway personnel for the new discipline of b
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