The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter is intended to provide transportation professionals with real-world examples of ways that multimodal transportation investments promote economic revitalization, provide access to jobs, and achieve safer communities through support of accelerated project deliv
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-02-11
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-02-09
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On a monthly basis, each State is required to report to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the amount of gallons taxed by that state. This data is analyzed and compiled by FHWA staff. The data on the amount of on-highway fuel use for each State is then used to attribute federal revenue to each State. Yearly, the FHWA, Office of Policy, prov
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This document discusses the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for the University of Washington (UW) ITS4US Deployment Project, which is developing and deploying the Transportation Data Equity Initiative (TDEI). This project currently is in Phase 1, planning and systems engineering development, in which the preliminary idea is developed int
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-02-06
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The Weekly Traffic Volume Report estimates the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for interstate highways and how the total travel measured by VMT compares with travel that occurred in the same week of the previous year. The VMT is further split into passenger vehicle and truck components. The information gives new insights into the effect on traffic by
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The Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) is one of the 5 awardees for Phase 1 of the Complete Trip – ITS4US contract for its proposed concept “Health Connector for the Most Vulnerable: An Inclusive Mobility Experience from Beginning to End” (Health Connector) by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). Building on the Concep
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2022-02-04
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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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The Buffalo NY ITS4US Deployment Project seeks to improve mobility to, from and within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by deploying new and advanced technologies with a focus on addressing existing mobility and accessibility challenges. Examples of the technologies to be deployed are electric and self-driving shuttles, a trip planning app that i
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The Buffalo NY ITS4US Deployment Project seeks to improve mobility to, from, and within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by deploying new and advanced technologies with a focus on addressing existing mobility and accessibility challenges. Examples of the technologies to be deployed are electric and self-driving shuttles, a trip planning app that
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2022-02-03
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) developed the innovative CARMASM Platform to encourage collaboration with the goal of improving transportation efficiency and safety. FHWA's interest in advancing Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) strategies with automated driving technology is focused on how infrastructure can move tr
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This memorandum provides background and guidance to clarify eligibility requirements for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (23 U.S.C. 148) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58, also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” (BIL)). This guidance also incorporates FHWA priorities, consistent with the Policy
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The Buffalo NY ITS4US Deployment Project seeks to improve mobility to, from, and within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus by deploying new and advanced technologies with a focus on addressing existing mobility and accessibility challenges. Examples of the technologies to be deployed are electric and self-driving shuttles, a trip planning app that
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58, also known as the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law" (BIL)), was signed into law on November 15, 2021. Among other things, the BIL established a new Special Rule under the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) for vulnerable road user (VRU) safety and continued the two existing spe
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A new file format to save site model information was introduced in version 3.0 of the Federal Highway Administration’s Traffic Noise Model (FHWA’s TNM). This file format is based on the XML markup language and includes a series of tags to represent objects and their parameters in the site model. In TNM 3.1, the file format was extended to include c
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The Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) is a critical part of the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). As part of the SHSP process, States are encouraged to take a broad view of safety needs and identify over-arching emphasis areas (EAs). This case study presents a safety analysis and technology improvement project conducted by the M
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Operations has actively engaged in the national deployment of Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs since the office was deployed. Public agencies are increasingly using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for a variety of purposes and are developing sections to coordinate UAS use. Several Law
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This case study describes the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT's) use of the Enhanced Interchange Safety Analysis Tool (ISATe) as a part of a planning study for an approximately 7-mile segment of Interstate 35 (I-35) in Carlton County. I-35 carries commuter and recreational traffic, and it is a main freight corridor for the area. Mos
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Traffic incident detection is a crucial task in traffic management centers (TMCs) that typically manage large highway networks with limited staff. An effective automatic incident-detection approach could benefit TMCs by helping to report abnormal events in a timely and accurate manner and optimize operating resources. During the past decades, resea
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The United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has initiated the CARMASM program to advance research and development of cooperative driving automation (CDA) to accelerate market readiness and deployment. CDA aims to improve the safety, traffic throughput, and energy efficiency of the transportation network by allowing
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This document is a technical summary of the Federal Highway Administration report, Comparative Effectiveness of Alternative Smartphone-Based Nudges to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving: Final Report (FHWA-HRT-22-057).
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