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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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 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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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Exploratory Advanced Research Program
2018-12-01
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The EAR Program addresses the need for longer term, higher risk research with the potential for transformative improvements to transportation systems. The EAR Program seeks to leverage advances in science and engineering that could lead to breakthroughs for critical, current, and emerging issues in highway transportation by experts from different d
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Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) presents a key opportunity for transportation agencies today and many agencies have recently been making a significant effort to better leverage TSMO to improve system performance in a cost effective way. This guide explores how a transportation agency’s established Institutional, Organization
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2018-12-01
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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.
Smart, connected communities enable those living, working, or traveling in these areas to realize improved quality of life by taking advantage of innovative technologies and collaborative institutional arrangements that facilitate extensive real-time data sharing, effective communications, and evidence-based decision making. These communities are “
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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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Exploratory advanced research focuses on longer term, higher risk research with a high payoff potential. It matches opportunities from discoveries in science and technology with the needs of highway transportation.Organizations and researchers can face uncertainties in research approach and outcomes. Those challenges can lead to innovative problems
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Exploratory Advanced Research Program
2018-12-01
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When people hear the phrase “artificial intelligence,” they might think of robots and machines that perform efficiently and quickly some of the functions that humans do, such as translating signs in a foreign language, or of robotic dogs that comfort older adults. When defined within the context of the transportation sector, artificial intelligence
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Central Federal Lands Division
2018-12-01
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The FHWA-CFLHD is proposing refinements to how its Permanent Stormwater Management Design Process is implemented. This section aims to document the permanent Stormwater Design process so that projects can consistently evaluate stormwater BMPs during project development. This will improve stormwater treatment on FHWA-CFLHD projects, improve consiste
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