United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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2020-05-01
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This document captures lessons learned and best practices for Roadside Units (RSUs) as experienced by the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot sites. The USDOT awarded cooperative agreements collectively worth more than $45 million to three pilot sites in New York City; Wyoming; and Tampa, FL to implem
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This case study on life cycle practices is one of seven case studies of practices in the 2019 transportation asset management plans (TAMPs). The asset management plans demonstrated increasing emphasis upon planning for the whole life of assets and using life-cycle strategies to achieve a state of good repair (SOGR). The plans also demonstrated the
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This is one of seven case studies of practices in the 2019 transportation asset management plans (TAMPs). This case study highlights practices State departments of transportation (DOTs) deployed to communicate and engage internal and external stakeholders. These communication practices increased coordination within the DOTs and with important exter
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This is one of seven case studies of practices in the 2019 transportation asset management plans (TAMPs). This case study highlights linkage of asset management to long-range plans, the statewide transportation improvement program (STIP), and State planning and programming practices. Examples are selected from the TAMPs in Missouri, Maine, Utah, Oh
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The GIS in Transportation team publishes quarterly newsletters to share information about significant geospatial transportation news, events, and applications. Each issue highlights a specific transportation agency's application of GIS or geospatial data and technology.
As practices mature, agencies are taking initiatives to apply the asset management approach to an increasing number of assets. This case study summarizes from the 2019 asset management plans how U.S. transportation departments are expanding efforts beyond pavements and bridges. The 2019 plans include examples of managing culverts, intelligent trans
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This is one of seven case studies of practices in the 2019 transportation asset management plans. This case study highlights financial planning and investment practices seen in the 2019 State departments of transportation (DOTs). The practices show how DOTs developed long-term pavement and bridge funding allocations based on anticipated revenue for
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This is one of seven case studies of practices in the 2019 transportation asset management plans (TAMPs). This case study highlights examples of how State departments of transportation (DOTs) explained their asset management practices, and the benefits from those practices.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2020-05-01
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Innovator, published by the FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation, advances implementation of innovative technologies and processes in the highway industry. Its audience is transportation professionals in highway agencies, trade and research groups, academia and the private sector, and the driving public.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2020-05-01
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FHWA has constructed a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) forecasting model where future VMT growth rates can be estimated for three major economic scenarios - normal, pessimistic, and optimistic growth. The normal growth scenario represents the most Likely economic outlook reflects IHS' assessment of most probable future trends in U.S. populati
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2020-05-01
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This TechNote serves as an introduction to spectroscopy, including explaining the science behind spectroscopic test methods. Details for developing a purchase specification for a spectrometer are also included.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2020-04-30
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This digest shares the latest information from a range of Federal and non-Federal sources, addressing transportation and its relationship to the human environment. Through this information exchange, FHWA hopes to foster dialogue at all levels and continue to further the state of the practice on these important topics in support of safety; infrastru
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Ramsey County, Minnesota, which contains the State capital, St. Paul, implemented a permanent road diet on a relatively high-volume corridor, converting the four-lane facility to two lanes with a center turn lane to improve pedestrian safety and address concerns about traffic speeds. Following the successful implementation of the road diet, the Cou
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2020-04-29
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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 Report presents findings from the 2019 Small Urban and Rural Transit Survey. The ITS JPO conducted this survey in response to a General Accountability Office (GAO) recommendation that the ITS JPO track ITS deployment in small urban and rural areas. The survey explores the use and usefulness of ITS technologies deployed by small urban and rural
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United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2020-04-28
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Automated vehicles have the potential to bring about transformative safety, mobility, energy, and environmental benefits to our nation’s surface transportation system. These benefits could include crash avoidance, reduced travel times, improved travel time reliability, increased multimodal connectivity, improved transportation system efficiency, an
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2020-04-26
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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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