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 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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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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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 identifies and documents best practices and tools for better understanding and analyzing how land use, local economic development, and demographic factors drive freight movement, trip generation, and freight demand analysis. The report includes a literature review.
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 Tech Brief describes a recently implemented method for rapid overnight full-depth repairs of continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements using precast concrete panels. This method, developed by the Illinois Tollway, uses continuous longitudinal reinforcement throughout the repair area to make the method applicable for repairing multiple l
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2018-07-01
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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 Research, Development, and Technology
2018-07-01
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FHWA R&T Now
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Federal Highway Administration's FHWA R&T Now is a newsletter containing information and updates about research, technology, and development from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The newsletter is an electronic newsletter and is updated approximately every other month.
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 Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter is intended to provide transportation professionals with real-world examples of ways that multimodal transportation investments promote economic revitalization, provide access to jobs, and achieve safer communities through support of accelerated project deliv
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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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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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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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A critical factor that contributes to inefficiencies in the management of utility issues in highway projects is the lack of accurate, complete information about utility facilities that might be in conflict with the project. Barriers that transportation agencies must overcome before collecting and storing utility location data include, but are not l
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The objective of this document is to assess the impacts of Connected Vehicle (CV) technology on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) planning processes and implementation. This report identifies and analyzes how CV technology may be considered in the ITS planning process and subsequent deployment; and investigates the need for new or enhanced t
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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 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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Automated vehicles have the potential to significantly transform the nation’s roadways. They offer potential safety benefits, but also introduce uncertainty for agencies responsible for the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the roadway infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is initiating a national con
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