This report describes the approach and procedures that the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Evaluation Team plans to use in performing a national assessment of the potential benefits associated with extrapolating the safety, mobility, environment, and public agency (SMEP) results from the three connected vehicle (CV) pilot deployments—Wyomi
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There is a widespread recognition and desire need by agencies and asphalt paving industry to use performance testing to complement volumetric properties and help ensure satisfactory asphalt pavement performance. Accordingly, there has been several initiatives throughout the nation to develop Performance Engineered Mixture Design (PEMD) processes fo
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While the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Roadway Information Database (RID) was designed to link to SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study data, the level of coverage and accuracy of its mobile data, combined with the inclusion of supplemental data from existing sources, makes the RID a powerful stand-alone database as well. The RID as
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This report summarizes the work under FHWA contract DTFH6117P00139 to critically evaluate the standard data format for two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) pavement surface images. First, the standard data format was clarified as a container-codec format, which meets the state of the practice of using 2D/3D images for pavement condition evalua
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The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act" established the Advanced Transportation Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program to make competitive grants for the deployment of advanced transportation technologies. The legislation also mandates reporting requirements for the grantees, including data on the benef
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2019-12-01
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Safety Compass newsletter aims to increase highway safety awareness and to provide resources to the highway safety community to help save lives. The newsletter is published three times a year, and includes articles on safety-focused offerings from FHWA, other DOT modes; our State, Local, and Tribal partne
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The opportunity to work on leading-edge transportation research in world-class facilities with top-notch experts might sound like a dream for some postdoctoral candidates pursuing a transportation related career in business, academia, or government. For these doctoral candidates, their dream can become a reality if they become a research associate
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The objective of this project is to demonstrate and motivate the use of regional travel demand models in an exploratory/experimental manner, as opposed to the traditional single point predictive approach, specifically for analyzing the impacts of new technology. The study contributes to our understanding of the impact that the rapid technological e
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2019-12-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-12-01
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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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Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are being used to change the way data are collected for land surveying. By utilizing sensors that provide high-resolution images or light detection and ranging (LiDAR), or both, on small UAS, the systems enable the collection of highly accurate data with a high density of data points collected. By utilizing photogramme
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2019-12-01
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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.
This research project used the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) to improve highway safety by using statistical descriptions of normal driving behavior to identify abnormal driving behaviors in work zones. SHRP2 data used in these analyses included 50 safety-critical events (SCEs) from work zones and
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Every Day Counts (EDC) is the Federal Highway Administration’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, enhance roadw
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The Federal Highway Administration's Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) program issues a quarterly newsletter to inform you about the progress and activities of the program. Brief updates on progress in important program activities are provided, including data collection, data releases, new products and publications, and data analysis.
Learning in Progress, NHI's quarterly newsletter, provides updates on new course launches, upcoming Web conference seminars, training programs and events, and NHI policy changes.
There are approximately 615,000 bridges in the United States. Many of these bridges serve as critical parts of the transportation network locally, regionally and nationwide, and are essential for transportation of goods and people before, during and after extreme natural hazards. This report presents a detailed study on engineering post-hazard asse
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) organized a pooled fund study of 40 States to evaluate low-cost safety strategies as part of its strategic highway safety effort. The purpose of the FHWA Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study is to evaluate the safety effectiveness of high-priority, low-cost safety strategies through
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Proven uses for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) include structural inspections (bridge, high mast lighting, confined space, retaining walls, and tunnels), construction inspections (surveying, routing, quantities, project scoping, and work zone traffic monitoring), and emergency response (flooding events, wind events, landslides, mudslides, volc
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This report introduces the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and potential areas of AI applications in Transportation Management Center (TMC) operations; documents successful AI applications and lessons learned in TMC operations; showcases TMCs using AI to improve their operations; and identifies needs for future studies on
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