United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) hosted a Peer Exchange to share information and experiences for improving its Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The event was held October 18 and 19, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas. This report summarizes the results of the peer exchange, which was supported by the Federal High
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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On November 9-10, 2016, the FHWA Office of Safety sponsored a Safety Circuit Rider Peer Exchange in Kansas City, Missouri, based on a request from the Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center. The purpose of the peer exchange was to bring together LTAP Centers to discuss the benefits and challenges of a Safety Circuit Rider (SCR) progr
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This report documents the analysis plan for characterizing the existing radio frequency signal environment and identifying the impacts to DSRC operations of unlicensed devices operating in the 5850-5925 MHz band and adjacent bands. Additional goals of the analysis plan are: to develop the capability to evaluate proposed band sharing mechanisms; def
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
2017-12-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) continues to be a leader in the research and development of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) applications, which have the potential to offer significant benefits in the areas of mobility and safety. One of the major challenges in testing and demonstrating the benefits of these technologies is the exorb
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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Safety is a national transportation performance goal area, but more importantly, it is the number one priority for all transportation system users. For this reason, state Department of Transportations (DOT), metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), and regional transportation planning organizations (RTPO) are investing in programs and projects to
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This TechBrief provides an executive summary of a study that was conducted by the Federal Highway Administration’s Concrete Laboratory at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) related to miniaturization of flexural strength test specimen size. The study was conducted in two separate phases; the first examined the feasibility of miniaturiz
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2017-12-01
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Public Roads is the quarterly magazine of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Reading Public Roads is the easiest way to keep up-to-date on developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. More specifically, the magazine "covers" advances and innovations in highway/traffic research and technology, critical nat
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-12-01
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) hosted a Peer Exchange for Virginia’s safety stakeholders to learn from peer states about noteworthy practices for using the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) and the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to drive down fatalities. The peer exchange was held July 19 and 20, 2016, in Richmond, V
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Past research has found that the average crash rate along horizontal curves of two-lane rural highways is three times higher than on tangent road segments. Single-vehicle run-off-road crashes are four times more likely on horizontal curves relative to tangent roadway sections. One sign application that offers potential safety improvements along hor
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-11-30
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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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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has adapted the Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) to describe the operational maturity of Infrastructure Owner-Operator (IOO) agencies across a range of important dimensions. Agencies can use the CMM to develop action plans to move agencies capabilities
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-11-16
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-11-02
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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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This book provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of road safety. The book’s goal is to equip the reader with a broad base of knowledge about road safety. Thus, the focus is in communicating concepts rather than providing instruction in detailed analysis procedures. The audience for this book is two-fold. First, this is intended for th
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This document is a technical summary of the Federal Highway Administration report "Safety Evaluation of Red-Light Indicator Lights (RLILs)" (FHWA-HRT-17-077).
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