e-Construction practice highlights the drive toward paperless construction. Paper-based load delivery tickets on highway construction projects are a cumbersome and outdated practice. Collecting paper tickets from haul vehicles exposes construction inspectors and contractor personnel to safety hazards in work zones. Paperbased ticketing is a linear
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2021-12-01
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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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This is one of five case studies highlighting FHWA’s Every Day Counts initiative known as Targeted Overlay Pavement Solutions (TOPS). The purpose of TOPS is to integrate innovative overlay procedures into practices to improve performance, lessen traffic impacts, and reduce the cost of pavement ownership. Reflective cracking can be a concern for reh
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The Federal Highway Administration's Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) program issues a quarterly newsletter to inform you about the progress and activities of the program. Brief updates on progress in important program activities are provided, including data collection, data releases, new products and publications, and data analysis.
During the last 20 yr, the Federal Aviation Administration made significant efforts to develop one of the most comprehensive specifications to prevent alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in new construction [see the Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5370-10H, Item P-501]. The AC was effective, to a large extent, in preventing ASR in new airport pavements during
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-12-01
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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 union of technology and transportation is leading to advancements in how decisions are made and deployed for winter maintenance activities. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to collect and analyze data that could dramatically improve winter maintenance operations, safety, and mobility
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The Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program addresses the need for longer term, higher risk research with the potential for transformative improvements to transportation systems. The EAR Program seeks to leverage expertise and advances in science and engineering to create breakthrough solutions to critical transportation issues. Broad scientifi
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2021-12-01
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Fast Lane - Exploring Human Behavior
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The Human Factors Team biannual highlights cover past, current, and planned future research being conducted at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
This research investigates the challenges of establishing an automated driving system (ADS)-ready traffic laws and regulations database, as well as access and exchange interfaces to support sharing and consumption of the information within the ADS ecosystem. It also identifies and facilitates the basic interfaces for collaboration among State and l
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2021-12-01
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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.
This report provides an overview of all project plans that involve the use of human subjects and the scope of those plans. It details this project’s work with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) that will review and approve all human subject use and lists the specific vulnerable populations that may be engaged in the research. The goal purpose of
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The purpose of this report is to provide a full description of all planned outreach efforts for all phases of the California Association for Coordinated Transportation ITS4US Deployment Project. The overarching outreach goals of this project are to encourage adoption of data and procurement guidelines or usage of sponsored technologies and to conne
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-11-28
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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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This report is the initial Safety Management Plan for the Transportation Data Equity Initiative (TDEI) project, an effort funded by the Federal Highway Administration’s ITS4US Program. The project, led by the University of Washington’s (UW) Taskar Center for Accessible Technology and the Washington State Transportation Center, will develop a nation
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-11-26
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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
2021-11-21
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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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