United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
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CAV technologies offer potentially transformative societal impacts—including significant mobility, safety, and environmental benefits. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has led the development, research, and standards-making of these technologies, and is currently developing deployment approaches and guidance.Deploying CAV applications requ
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
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The FHWA Work Zone Driver Model v1.1 was created for planners and engineers, so they can more accurately predict the operational impacts of freeway work zones, such as queues, travel times, and delays. The software interfaces with commercially available microsimulation tools and alters car-following algorithms— derived from empirically collected da
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
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The FHWA Driver Model Platform v0.6 was created to interface with commercially available microsimulation software packages, so that planners and engineers could more accurately predict and assess the operational impacts of specialized events and technologies—such as work zones, road weather, or connected and automated vehicle applications. Version
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This study evaluated restricted crossing U-turn (RCUT) intersection and was conducted by the DCMF program for the Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study. RCUT is defined as a three-approach or four-approach intersection where minor street left-turn and through movements (if any) are rerouted to one-way downstream U-turn crosso
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established the Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) program in 2012 to address highway safety research needs for evaluating new and innovative safety strategies (improvements) by developing reliable quantitative estimates of their effectiveness in reducing crashes. The goal of the DCMF program
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established the Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) program in 2012 to address highway safety research needs for evaluating new and innovative safety strategies (improvements) by developing reliable quantitative estimates of their effectiveness in reducing crashes. The goal of the DCMF program
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
2017-12-01
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Freeway merge and diverge areas are typically associated with unsteadiness and congestion due to an increase in lane changing and slowing down to accommodate vehicles that want to enter or exit the freeway. While waiting on anticipated benefits of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), cities continue to struggle with worsening freeway congestion
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The Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion encompasses portions of five counties that comprise the metropolitan areas served by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and the Pima Association of Governments (PAG). This megaregion is home to approximately 8 out of every 10 Arizonans and includes one of the busiest freight ports on the United States-
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In 2013, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) began updating its statewide travel demand model. In conjunction with this, WisDOT was also updating the conventional, trip-based freight component of the statewide model. With the recent advances in behavior-based freight modeling, WisDOT was interested in learning what benefits could be
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The Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion encompasses portions of five counties that include the regions served by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and the Pima Association of Governments (PAG). This region is home to approximately eight out of ten Arizonans and includes one of the busiest freight ports on the U.S.-Mexico border. State and l
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In 2013, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) began updating the passenger component of its statewide travel demand model, while also updating the model's conventional, trip-based freight element. As a result of significant advances in the state of the practice for behavior-based freight modeling, planners within WisDOT wanted to exp
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In 2013, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) began updating the passenger component of its statewide travel demand model, while also updating the model's conventional, trip-based freight element. As a result of significant advances in the state of the practice for behavior-based freight modeling, planners within WisDOT wanted to exp
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The Web-centric interface for the LTPP Information Management System (IMS) provides a powerful and flexible tool that enables users of all levels—professionals, researchers, and students—to view, visualize, extract, and employ LTPP data.
This research examined the safety impacts of profiled thermoplastic pavement markings in Florida and South Carolina. The States applied the markings only on edge lines and mostly on rural, two-lane undivided roads, with some use on rural, multilane divided roadways. A literature review found no published research evaluating the effect of profiled t
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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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 Real Estate Services
2017-12-01
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The purpose of this report is to explore how and when Federal agencies and State DOT's can best take advantage of real estate option techniques for real property acquisitions afforded under the of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) amendments to the Uniform Act.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Real Estate Services
2017-12-01
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The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Real Estate Services Newsletter is a resource which is intended to provide right-of-way professionals with the latest best practices, research results, training information, and information on policy and regulatory updates to ensure that Federal, State and local right-of-way program delivery is
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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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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Successes in Stewardship is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) bimonthly newsletter highlighting current best practices in stewardship and environmental review from around the country.
Every Day Counts (EDC) is a Federal Highway Administration program to advance a culture of innovation in the transportation community in partnership with public and private stakeholders. Through this State-based effort, FHWA coordinates rapid deployment of proven strategies and technologies to shorten the project delivery process, enhance roadway s
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