American roadways are becoming increasingly complicated and crowded as varying types of motorists and pedestrians share space. Motorists and pedestrians now must pay attention to newer vehicles such as autonomous vehicles (AVs) and e-scooters. State and local governments are seeking ways to design and operate roadways to include connected and autom
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2020-03-01
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The Transportation Performance Management, State Biennial Performance Reporting Guide: 2020 Mid Performance Period Progress Report is a guide to assist State Departments of Transportation (DOT) in meeting the National Performance Management reporting requirements in 23 CFR part 490 for the following performance measure areas: pavements (four measur
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2020-03-01
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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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Once considered just for buildings, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is gaining rapid acceptance in several infrastructure industries, including highway transportation. BIM, as applied to highway infrastructure (referred to in this report as BIM for infrastructure), involves delivering capital projects collaboratively (through the planning, desi
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2020-03-01
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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.
The Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) is an accessibility-oriented research project supported by multiple partners, including the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT); the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JP
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2020-03-01
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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.
State and local transportation agencies collect pavement condition data to support their pavement management programs. The majority of state agencies collect network-level data with systems that operate at the prevailing speed limit. This report documents the development of technical guidelines for agencies consideration in the procurement process
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2020-03-01
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Public Roads
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Public Roads is the quarterly magazine of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Reading Public Roads is the easiest way to keep up-to-date on developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. More specifically, the magazine "covers" advances and innovations in highway/traffic research and technology, critical nat
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The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has long been a leader in research, development, and evaluation of technologies for transportation and strong supporter of adoption and use of new and innovative technologies—known as intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Through the leadership of the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) and m
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Emerging ISTD technology uses an innovative erosion head that more accurately measures soil erosion resistance, resulting in more cost-effective foundation designs and greater reliability and resiliency in bridge performance.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2020-03-01
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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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Accurate modeling of aircraft performance is a key factor in estimating aircraft noise, emissions, and fuel burn. Within the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), many assumptions are made for aircraft performance modeling with respect to aircraft weight and departure procedure, coupled with aircraft departure typically being modeled by assumi
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This is an Informational Guide on traffic data collection and estimation of annual average daily traffic (AADT) for non-Federal aid-system (NFAS) roads. NFAS roads refer to rural minor collectors (6R) and both rural and urban local roads (7R and 7U). This Informational Guide describes four preparation steps for safety data integration and an eight-
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This document describes the Deployment Plan for the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment (CVPD) Project. This plan describes the approach to complete Phase 2 Design/Build/Test, and Phase 3 Operate and Maintain of the program. In the plan are details about the design approach, procurement, development,
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2020-02-20
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2020-02-19
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Policy & Guidance Center
2020-02-14
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Memoranda & Guidance: Guidance
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This memorandum provides guidance for the implementation of a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program authorized in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, title I of division H, Public Law 116-94 ("2020 Appropriations Act" or "the Act"). This guidance clarifies eligible projects.
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