United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2019-07-02
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Commonly referred to as “Operations” or “TSMO” (among other names), Transportation Systems Management and Operations is the integration of strategies to optimize the safety, mobility, and reliability of existing infrastructure through the implementation of multimodal cross jurisdictional systems, services, projects, and programs. TSMO allows transp
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2019-07-02
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A focus on transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) has proven to yield positive results. This is especially true for the dozens of state transportation departments across the country currently implementing TSMO strategies to address safety, congestion, and reliability challenges. To understand the role state departments of transport
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2019-07-02
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Transportation Systems Management and Operations (commonly known as simply “Operations” or “TSMO”) is a collection of solutions to help state departments of transportation get the most out of existing infrastructure, recognizing the fact that we can no longer build our way out of congestion.
This report presents the results of a test and evaluation effort that assessed the performance of three research mobility applications implemented by the open-source second-generation Cooperative Automation Research Mobility Applications (CARMA2) platform. This platform enables the research and development of cooperative automated driving system ca
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2019-07-01
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This document is a technical summary of the Federal Highway Administration report, Simulator Assessment of Alternative Lane Grouping at Signalized Intersections (FHWA-HRT-19-025). Throughput at signalized intersections with high left-turn demand is a common cause of bottleneck for traffic flow. Dynamic lane-grouping strategies offer cost-effective
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The movement of superheavy loads (SHLs) on the Nation’s highways is an increasingly common, vital economic necessity for many important industries, such as chemical, oil, electrical, and defense. SHL hauling units are much larger in size and weight than standard trucks. SHL gross vehicle weights may be in excess of a few million pounds, so they oft
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-07-01
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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 paper examines how the transportation asset management processes in 23 CFR 515, the transportation performance management processes in 23 CFR 490, and the planning requirements in 23 CFR 450 increase the linkage between asset management and performance management.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-07-01
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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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This report describes the I-girder bending component tests that were conducted as part of the CSBRP. It covers in full detail the philosophy, design, fabrication and set-up of these tests. Appendices A and B of this report were developed based on early work as part of an initial work plan for the project. This initial work plan was later scaled dow
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The purpose of this Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Program Overview Report is to provide an executive level synopsis of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) ICM demonstration project (specifically) and program in general, including an explanation of the ICM concept and program structure, key accomplishments and findings, fut
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Given the varying stages of TSMO adoption and advancement, the Federal Highway Administration identified the need for case studies to provide examples of common challenges and best practices for transportation agencies to learn from each other. This is one of 12 case studies developed to support organizing for TSMO. This case study focuses on busin
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The purpose of the Highway-Rail Crossing Handbook, 3rd Edition is an information resource developed to provide a unified reference document on prevalent and best practices as well as adopted standards relative to highway-rail grade crossings. The handbook provides general information on highway-rail crossings; characteristics of the crossing enviro
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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
2019-07-01
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This compendium is comprised of 48 brief summaries of urban freight initiatives that include research projects, plans, pilot demonstrations, and other efforts. These initiatives were presented at roundtable discussions that were part of the 2018 and 2019 Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). These annual roundtables are sponso
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This report examines some of the fundamental aspects of using emerging data from third parties—understanding what is becoming available at the time of this publication, how it is collected, the business models used by the companies that sell it, and possible data use cases. Contract considerations for working with private sector data providers are
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This report addresses the development of updated and unified AASHTO LRFD Specification provisions for the design of noncomposite steel box-section members. The applications include but are not necessarily limited to truss members, arch ribs and ties, rigid-frame members, columns, steel bent caps, edge girders, floor beams and steel tower legs. The
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This paper, produced by the Federal Highway Administration Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group, examines how the transportation asset management processes in 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 515, the transportation performance management processes in 23 CFR 490, and the planning requirements in 23 CFR 450 increase the linkage betw
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This white paper, produced by the Federal Highway Administration Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group, examines life cycle planning and how it can improve the managing of assets and how agency processes may need to evolve to take advantage of it.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2019-07-01
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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. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Preconstruction, Construction, and Pavements
2019-07-01
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This checklist is one in a series created to guide State and local highway preservation/maintenance and inspection staff on the use of innovative pavement preservation techniques.
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