United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2018-03-01
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The Pedestrian and Bike Forum newsletter provides information to FHWA stakeholders on reducing the number of pedestrian- and bicycle-related highway fatalities and serious injuries. Topics include updates on FHWA programs, spotlights on State and local noteworthy practices, initiatives with partner organizations, and upcoming events. It is publishe
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2018-03-01
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The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Safety Compass newsletter aims to increase highway safety awareness and to provide resources to the highway safety community to help save lives. The newsletter is published three times a year, and includes articles on safety-focused offerings from FHWA, other DOT modes; our State, Local, and Tribal partne
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This Tech Brief focuses on a recently recognized form of deterioration on concrete pavements referred to as chemical deicer distress. It is gaining attention due to the increased frequency and severity of its appearance, which is related to the increased use of aqueous solutions of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and magnesium chloride (MgCl2) for pavemen
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2018-03-01
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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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The Development of Crash Modification Factors program conducted a safety evaluation of turning movement restrictions at stop-controlled intersections for the Evaluation of Low Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study. This study evaluated the safety effects of converting full movement, stop-controlled intersections to right-in-right-out (RIRO) op
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Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) provide a proven set of strategies for advancing transportation safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability by integrating communication and information technology applications into the management and operation of the transportation system across all modes. In the future, ITS technologies will transfo
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Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is being adopted for a variety of different bridge construction and rehabilitation applications. In North America, the most popular application of UHPC in bridge construction is for field-cast closure pours between adjacent prefabricated bridge elements, which are employed in many accelerated bridge constructi
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This report summarizes a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) peer exchange that was held on February 27-28, 2018 at the Missouri Department of Transportation’s St. Louis Transportation Management Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the peer exchange was to bring together practitioners to discuss issues related to and approaches for acco
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-02-22
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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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Heavy rain, snow, and other storms can have significant impacts on the safety, mobility, and productivity of road users. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Weather-Savvy Roads effort, in coordination with the National Weather Service (NWS), and through round four of Every Day Counts, is encouraging the implementation of Pathfinder to minimiz
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The intent of this fact sheet is to inform those states implementing Integrating Mobile Observations (IMO) under Every Day Counts-4 (EDC-4): Weather-Savvy Roads how to share their data with the Weather Data Environment (WxDE).
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2018-02-08
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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 Weather-Savvy Roads effort deploys two distinct road weather management solutions—Pathfinder and Integrating Mobile Observations (IMO)—that allow State and local agencies to proactively manage the surface transportation system ahead of and during adverse weather events. IMO promotes the collection of
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The Weather-Savvy Roads effort through round four of Every Day Counts (EDC-4) consists of two distinct strategies that allow State and local agencies to be proactive in managing the surface transportation system ahead of and during adverse weather events. The Pathfinder and Integrating Mobile Observations (IMO) strategies can help agencies manage r
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Through round 4 of Every Day Counts (EDC-4), the Weather-Savvy Roads effort deploys two distinct road weather management solutions that allow State and local agencies to be proactive in managing the surface transportation system ahead of and during adverse weather events: Pathfinder and Integrating Mobile Observations. This case study focuses on th
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This report summarizes the 16 evaluations being conducted by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA’s) Research and Technology (R&T) Program. The FHWA R&T Program furthers the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center’s goal of ensuring transparency, accessibility, and responsiveness o
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The Guidebook for Measuring Multimodal Network Connectivity is a guide for transportation planners and analysts on the application of analysis methods and measures to support transportation planning and programming decisions. It describes a five-step analysis process and numerous methods and measures to support a variety of planning decisions. It i
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New shared mobility services have become increasingly common and important modes of travel in U.S. cities, but transportation planning practices are only beginning to adapt in response. This white paper provides a framework and examples to assist transportation agencies – Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), local governments, transit agenci
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Broad adoption of engineering and policy advances, including air bags, highway safety barriers, and distracted driving laws, contributes to increased vehicle safety on our Nation’s roadways. Although the number of deaths and injuries from crashes decreased slightly in 2017, the number of 2017 deaths is still at a level not seen since 2007 (National
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