United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-03-01
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2019-03-01
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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.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2019-03-01
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NJDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Data and Safety (BTDS) collects all New Jersey Police Crash Investigation Report forms (NJTR-1) statewide from State and local law enforcement agencies. BTDS receives an average of 320,000 crash reports per year to process, scan, verify, and store in a database. With an abundance of available data, State and local g
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-03-01
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This document is intended to provide the procedures and steps used in the development of the FHWA Highway Statistics VM-1 publication. The document has 4 components as defined below: Component 1: Approaches to Compute National VMT by Roadway Functional Class Group and Vehicle Types; Component 2: Reconciling National Vehicle Registration Data Based
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2019-03-01
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To ensure the best use of limited transportation funds when selecting projects for the State’s long-range transportation plan, the Virginia Department of Transportation uses the SMART SCALE tool to help establish priorities. Transportation projects are scored on an outcome-based process that is transparent to the public and aids decision makers in
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Much of the fundamental basis for the current lightweight concrete (LWC) provisions in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications is based on research of LWC from the 1960s.(3) The LWC that was part of this research used traditional mixes of c
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-03-01
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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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When safely implemented, rolling roadblocks are a highly effective traffic management technique for temporarily slowing or completely stopping traffic upstream of short-term road work activities.
The SMART Wayfinding Specification is provided as an open source application programming interface (API) and defacto standard for transportation related app developers to interface with new or existing travel related applications, with the goal of promoting increased independence in transportation for travelers with disabilities and others with spe
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2019-02-21
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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 Policy & Guidance Center
2019-02-20
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Safety Performance Management (Safety PM) is part of the overall Transportation Performance Management (TPM) program, which the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) defines as a strategic approach that uses system information to make investment and policy decisions to achieve national performance goals. The Safety PM Final Rule is codified under T
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2019-02-07
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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
2019-02-01
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This cost study was initiated to compare EEs (engineer’s estimates) to winning bids for 13 GRS-IBS (Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System) projects and evaluate ICEs (independent cost estimates) for GRS-IBSs and assumed alternative foundation systems. As part of this comparison, project specifications were evaluated to identify meth
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2019-02-01
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Over the past three decades, life in the United States has changed significantly. Technological advancements have revolutionized shopping and personal interactions and have led to expanded opportunities for remote working and online classes. Many cities have invested in new social and recreational opportunities, and developers continue to respond t
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2019-02-01
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Travel behavior trends are impacted by a variety of factors, including household characteristics, built environment, and transportation service, among others. Transportation planning has traditionally focused on work trips and related rush hour congestion, but in the past decade, more recognition has also been given to the role of non-work trips as
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The use of the term “preservation” for concrete pavements is somewhat of a misnomer in that many preservation treatments are actually stop-gap measures used to address visible signs of deterioration in the existing pavement. The treatments address the symptoms of the problem but may not directly address the underlying causes of the distress, which
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Cooperative Agreement No. DTFH61-06-H-00034 aimed to use the results of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-sponsored Motorcycle Crash Causation Study. The original agreement was to conduct a large-scale study and collect data on 280 motorcycle crashes and 560 control (comparison) cases and make that data available to researchers; ho
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2019-02-01
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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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