This white paper on the efforts of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to integrate resilience into the transportation planning process builds on the findings of a literature review assessing the planning documents for 52 State DOTs and a selection of 101 MPOs. Key research questions sought to u
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The HSIP 2017 National Summary Report compiles and summarizes aggregate information related to the States’ progress in implementing HSIP projects. Progress in implementing HSIP projects is described based on the amount of HSIP funds available and the number and general listing of projects obligated during the 2017 reporting cycle. The HSIP 2017 Nat
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2018-05-01
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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
2018-04-30
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Memoranda & Guidance: Guidance
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Attached is a summary of the total number and amounts of earmarked projects that were repurposed by each State and territory during FY 2016. Also attached is a detailed list of earmarked projects that were submitted during the 4th quarter of FY 2016 for repurposing. The FHWA previously submitted a report on 3rd quarter requests for repurposing that
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This How-To guide walks the reader through the process of destination choice modeling. The guide describes the various data sources used in destination choice modeling, how the set of potential destinations is defined, how the model is specified and various factors are incorporated, how parameters are statistically estimated, how destination choice
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-04-19
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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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Through round 4 of Every Day Counts (EDC-4), the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Weather-Savvy Roads effort promotes two distinct road weather management solutions that allow State and local agencies to proactively manage the surface transportation system ahead of and during adverse weather events: Pathfinder and IMO. IMO builds on vehicle-
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The Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) focuses on research projects, exploratory studies and deployment support for the intelligent transportation system. The ITS Architecture and Standards Programs are foundational to the other ITS research programs. The Architecture Program provides a framework for the planning and d
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The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to the FHWA Division Offices to assist in their evaluation that a State DOT has an acceptable process for determining the crashworthiness of roadside safety hardware used on the National Highway System (NHS).
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-04-06
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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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One of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s top priorities is the improvement of pedestrian and bicyclist safety. The Federal Highway Administration promotes safe, comfortable, and convenient walking for people of all ages and abilities. Part of this effort has been to encourage a data-driven approach to identifying and mitigating safety problem
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The Federal Highway Administration has recognized the need to take a comprehensive look at the information requirements and decisionmaking processes of travelers across a range of nonrecurring events. The goal of this study was to review and synthesize information about travelers’ information needs and current practices for information disseminatio
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management and the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development selected the Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) program for evaluation. The evaluators were asked to focus on research topic selection, early researc
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Over the past 15 years, advances in technology have led to the development of a variety of different travel demand model designs or frameworks. Agencies now face a complex choice when developing or updating their travel model. The alternatives include both very traditional as well as enhanced trip-based designs, activity-based designs of varying co
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The purpose of this peer exchange was to showcase the Geographic Information System (GIS) applications being used for maintenance purposes across the U.S. and discuss challenges, needs, and issues agencies face in implementing maintenance activities. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) agreed to host the peer exchange and demons
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This Geotechnical Engineering Circular (GEC) is intended to provide recommended guidance for the LRFD design, analysis, and testing of laterally loaded deep foundations for transportation facilities. This document applies to deep foundation elements such as driven piles, drilled shafts, micropiles, and continuous flight auger (CFA) piles that are u
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The FHWA Computation Procedure for the Pavement Condition Measures presents the steps for Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to compute pavement condition measures for the purpose of determining: (1) the minimum Interstate pavement condition level for each State (23 CFR 490.317); and (2) whether or not a State DOT has made significant progress t
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This report presents the steps for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to compute measures for the purpose of determining whether a State Department of Transportation (DOT) has made significant progress towards the achievement of its National Highway Performance Program and National Highway Freight Program targets (23 CFR 490.109). While desi
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This How-to guide presents new incremental improvements to trip-based models to enhance the representation of nonhome-based trips. These techniques are designed to be inexpensive enhancements to existing trip-based models that can be implemented quickly in a straightforward manner as part of a model update without requiring the development of a who
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