The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) installed a road diet on Rowena Avenue in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake in 2013. The four-to-three lane conversion along the high-volume corridor resulted in fewer overall crashes and increased bicycle usage. Since the Rowena Avenue project, LADOT has implemented dozens of road reco
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The Ohio Department of Transportation created the Pedestrian Safety Improvement Program to rapidly implement low and medium-cost countermeasures along arterials and collectors. The program incorporates STEP countermeasures at midblock locations and intersections.
The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the federally-designated transportation agency for Broward County, Florida. The county had been consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous places to walk and bike in the country, with an average of 5-6 walking or bicycling crashes per day. In response, the MPO led the development of succ
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The "Context Driven: Access & Mobility For All Users" guide categorizes Maryland’s transportation network into six distinct context zones with corresponding pedestrian safety countermeasures.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) inventoried all uncontrolled pedestrian crossing locations on state-maintained roadways to guide a new systemic analysis for safety improvements. The new inventory is integrated into the state’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) project scoping and maintenance activities.
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2020-06-07
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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
2020-06-05
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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 Safety
2020-06-01
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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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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) NDE Laboratory has developed an NDE Web Manual, a web tool for assisting bridge practitioners with the selection of NDE technologies for the condition assessment of bridge decks and superstructures. This manual presents a comprehensive selection on and descriptions of NDE technologies to fill a gap betwee
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Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) is a data-driven, performance-based framework and approach used to objectively screen alternatives and identify an optimal geometric and control solution for an intersection. A growing number of transportation agencies are developing and adopting ICE policies. Although there are differences among these ICE poli
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2020-06-01
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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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Construction inspectors advance e-Construction practices by working with digital inspection technology such as global navigation satellite system rovers, mobile devices, and e-ticketing. However, the use of digital design data during construction has been limited—until now. The industry is shifting toward maximizing the use of digital data across p
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The process of organizing internal data is called data governance (see Figure 1). This case study is a review of how the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) decided to create and implement a data governance program and the benefits that have been realized from that program to date.
This case study covers the overall building information modeling (BIM) for infrastructure approach used in the Kew Gardens Interchange (KGI) project, as well as considerations for model development and positive impacts to the project as a result of BIM use.
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