United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2019-01-01
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FHWA's Office of Operations has released several national reports to communicate recent trends in congestion as well as strategies to manage congestion and improve mobility. These reports provide an annual snapshot of congestion in the United States by summarizing recent trends in congestion, highlighting the role of travel time reliability in the
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-12-27
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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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This System Requirements Specification establishes the functional, performance, design, development, and verification requirements for this project. Requirements are detailed for each subsystem that is being developed and/or enhanced based on several cognitively accessible technologies as part of AbleLink Project #2: Leveraging Innovative Technolog
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This document presents the Outreach Plan for the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment. The goal of the pilot deployment is to advance and enable safe, interoperable, networked wireless communications among vehicles and the infrastructure in order to reduce traffic congestion, improve safety and decr
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The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to the FHWA Division Offices on the eligibility of National Cooperative Highway Research Program 350 (NCHRP 350) compliant crash cushions on the National Highway System (NHS) in the absence of an acceptable American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) MASH 16 compliant
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The Weather-Savvy Roads (WSR) initiative promotes deployment of two distinct road weather management solutions that enable transportation agencies to be proactive in managing the surface transportation system ahead of and during adverse weather events. It is being conducted under the fourth round of Every Day Counts (EDC-4). Hosted on the Federal H
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-12-13
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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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The Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment (CV Pilots) Program seeks to spur innovation among early adopters of connected vehicle application concepts. Pilot deployment awards were given to three sites, New York City, Wyoming, and Tampa, FL. The CV pilot sites are expected to integrate connected vehicle research concepts into practical and effective el
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Section 805 of the FY 2018 NDAA raised the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) from $100,000 to $250,000. The SAT is the dollar amount at or below which a non-Federal entity, such as a State Department of Transportation, may purchase property or services using State small purchase methods and remain eligible for Federal reimbursement. Non-Federa
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The movement of superheavy loads (SHLs) has become more common over the years since it is a vital necessity for many important industries, such as chemical, oil, electrical, and defense. SHL hauling units are much larger in size and weight compared to standard trucks. SHL gross vehicle weights may be in excess of a few million pounds, so they often
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Distress has recently been observed in the joints of some concrete pavements, primarily in the wet-freeze states. This distress often begins in longitudinal joints, followed by transverse joints and results in the significant loss of material from the joint area. Although it may only affect approximately 10% of the concrete pavements system-wide, i
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2018-12-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2018-12-01
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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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This document provides guidance on calculating the Total Emissions Reduction measure, as required by 23 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) part 490. 1 This is the only measure in 23 CFR part 490 that State DOTs and MPOs are required to calculate2 and report to the Performance Management Form (PMF). The “Total Emissions Reduction” Measure is the perfo
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Exploratory Advanced Research Program
2018-12-01
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One of the ongoing problems in the construction of bridge structures and highway pavements is that engineers must always grapple with the inevitable deterioration of these structures. Bridges and pavements must bear heavy cars and trucks over a sustained period of time. They also face weather conditions, such as rain and snow or extreme heat and co
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The movement of superheavy loads (SHLs) has become more common over the years, since it is a vital necessity for many important industries, such as chemical, oil, electrical, and defense. SHL hauling units are much larger in size and weight compared to standard trucks. SHL gross vehicle weights may be in excess of a few million pounds, so they ofte
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The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Program is intended to develop a suite of applications that utilize vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication technology to reduce traffic congestion, improve safety, and decrease emissions. These CV applications support a fle
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With increased congestion across the Nation’s roadways, transportation agencies, universities, and research institutions are testing new approaches and implementing programs to cause travelers to shift their behavior to alleviate congestion and proactively and dynamically manage the transportation system. Using behavioral economic theories, agencie
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