The use of passive data from location-based smartphone applications (LBS) and Global Positioning Services (GPS) to collect Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) has the potential to greatly reduce costs to State Department of Transportations (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and expand the coverage of up-to-date counts. This repor
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CARMA℠: Boosting Safety, Efficiency, and Reliability on the Nation’s Highways; Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience; Confronting the Storm: Arizona’s Innovative Dust Detection and Warning System; Safety on Ice; Bolstering the Safety of America’s Bridges for Half a Century; Rehabilitating the Historic Arlington Memorial Bridge.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2021-09-01
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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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Every Day Counts (EDC) is the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) program to advance a culture of innovation in the transportation community in partnership with public and private stakeholders. Through this State-based effort, FHWA coordinates rapid deployment of proven strategies and technologies to shorten the project delivery process, enha
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This brief summarizes an evaluation of how the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) investment in eNEPA, an electronic tool, has affected interagency collaboration in developing environmental documents and conducting environmental reviews for major projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-09-01
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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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This TechBrief summarizes the planning, conduct, and outcomes of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program Data Analysis Workshop. FHWA conducted a multiday virtual workshop in November 2020 to gather input from subject matter experts to update the LTPP Data Analysis Plan. Formerly known as the Stra
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This Technical Brief provides an overview of the binder parameter Delta Tc (ΔTc). Delta Tc is an indicator of the effect of aging and additives on the asphalt rheology. More specifically, ΔTc provides insight into the relaxation properties of an asphalt binder that can contribute to non-load related cracking or other age-related embrittlement distr
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The Federal Highway Administration and Traffic Analysis and Simulation Pooled Fund Study sponsored a research project on multiresolution modeling (MRM). The project's goal was to develop consistent definitions and a unified modeling framework for transportation professionals to help them better understand the opportunities and challenges associated
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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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This report presents a summary of the 2020 Traffic Incident Management Capability Maturity Self-Assessments (TIM CM SA) completed by transportation personnel from 99 locations across the country between September and December, 2020. Forty-one scored questions in the TIM CM SA are grouped into three sections: Strategic, Tactical, and Support. The TI
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This report documents the work completed by the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partners LLC (CAMP) Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Consortia during the seventh year of the “Development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Applications (V2I) Program.” Participating companies in the V2I Consortia (V2I, V2I-2 and V2I-3) during this period were Ford, General Motors,
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2021-08-30
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ITS DataHub (available at www.its.dot.gov/data) provides a single point of entry to discover available U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) ITS research data. By providing access to these data, the U.S. DOT aims to enable third-party research to support emerging ITS technologies, preliminary development of third-party applications, and harm
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United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2021-08-30
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The ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) is responsible for conducting research, development, and demonstration and fostering adoption on behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation and all major modes to advance transportation safety, mobility, and efficiency through advanced technology applications. For 30 years, the ITS JPO has pioneered research
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-08-29
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2021-08-27
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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 Atlanta Regional Commission Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment project, Safe Trips in a Connected Transportation Network (ST-CTN), is leveraging innovative solutions, existing deployments, and collaboration to make a positive impact using transportation technology to support safety, mobility, sustainability, and accessibility. The ST-CTN concept
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The Atlanta Regional Commission Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment project, Safe Trips in a Connected Transportation Network (ST-CTN), is leveraging innovative solutions, existing deployments, and collaboration to make a positive impact using transportation technology to support safety, mobility, sustainability, and accessibility. The ST-CTN concept
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The CALACT ITS4US project addresses the clear need for riders who use demand-responsive services, including riders with disabilities, to have equal access to the real-time trip planning technology that is already available for urban fixed-route transit. This Safety Management Plan (SMP) for Phase 1 of the project encapsulates its consideration for
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