United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-07-12
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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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2018-07-08
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FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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The idea of a Department of Transportation (DOT) has a long history, but President Johnson made it a reality in 1966. To be the chief public advocate for the idea, he selected Boyd, then 44 years old. As chief advocate, Boyd promoted the proposal with industry groups, the press, and especially on Capitol Hill. President Johnson signed the Departmen
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The FHWA Business Process and Data Quality Checklist report is a resource for state Departments of Transportation to improve the quality and timeliness of HPMS submittals. The checklist will help agencies implement strategies to marshal internal resources and work with Federal-aid partners effectively and efficiently.
The 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) provides an inventory of daily travel in the US and its major Census Divisions and add-on areas. It is the only source of national-level statistics on personal travel in the US. The survey series (conducted since 1969) includes demographic data on households, people, vehicles, and detailed informatio
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The results and conclusions of an initial experiment that examined human-factors issues in the use of adaptive cruise control (ACC) and a hypothetical cooperative ACC (CACC) in which ACC supplemented with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications to extend ACC capabilities. In this driving simulator–based experiment, the CACC system was modeled to ac
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2018-07-01
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The Transportation Performance Management (TPM) Implementation Plan aims to support Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) field staff, State Departments of Transportation (State DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and other stakeholders with implementing TPM requirements through clear communication of overarching goals, specific acti
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This document provides broad guidance to help transportation agencies apply risk management methods and techniques to the planning process. Used widely in the corporate arena and increasingly by transportation agency managers, risk management provides a structured way to navigate the array of uncertainties, variabilities, and opportunities that may
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This report summarizes the results of the literature review conducted for the development of a Resource Guide for Separating Bicyclists from Traffic. The purpose of this literature review is to identify and evaluate existing guidance for separating bicyclists from traffic, identify common bikeways for separating bicyclists from traffic, summarize t
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This guide describes scalable risk assessment methods for pedestrians and bicyclists, wherein risk is a measure of the probability of a crash to occur given exposure to potential crash events. This guide outlines eight sequential steps to develop risk values at various desired geographic scales, and describes the scope and nature of each step, incl
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The overall objectives of this study were to (1) identify and explore alternative safety data sources and analysis perspectives and (2) demonstrate the potential utility of these alternative approaches in increasing understanding of precipitating events and predisposing factors for crashes occurring on horizontal curves and at unsignalized intersec
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This report presents a historical analysis of breakthrough research in highway transportation on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program. It illustrates how transportation-related breakthroughs emerge from long-term, high-risk research. This project addressed three questions: how often breakthroughs occur;
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To determine how State Departments of Transportation currently define the concepts of “data governance” and “data management,” and the formal or informal policies used to implement them within a context of geographic information systems (GIS). FHWA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center intervie
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2018-07-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2018-07-01
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
2018-07-01
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Prior to MAP–21, there were no explicit requirements for State departments of transportation (DOTs) to demonstrate how their transportation program supported national performance outcomes. State DOTs were not required to measure condition or performance, establish targets, and assess progress toward targets, nor report on condition or performance i
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The GIS in Transportation team publishes quarterly newsletters to share information about significant geospatial transportation news, events, and applications. Each issue highlights a specific transportation agency's application of GIS or geospatial data and technology.
In the highway construction industry, the need to provide better facilities with fewer resources and in less time constantly drives innovation and experimentation. For the past several years, methods of project delivery in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal-aid program have expanded beyond the traditional design-bid-build contracting
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This report reviews and highlights key content and outcomes identified at the Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination for the Central Plains/Heartland Region Workshop held on May 16-17, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. The event was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP) to examine shared re
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs
2018-07-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2019–2022 outlines the strategic framework—mission, values, strategic goals, and strategic objectives—of the Agency, an operating administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). FHWA’s mission is to enable and empower the strengthening of a world-class highwa
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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.
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