United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-05-16
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Communities benefit when decisions about transportation and land use are made at the same time. Deciding to build houses, schools, grocery stores, employment centers, and transit stations close to one another—while providing a well-connected street network and facilities for walking or biking—provides more transportation choices and convenient acce
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State and local transportation departments, as well as construction contractors, are realizing the benefits of a paperless system, which include ready access to historical project documents and data, reduced printing and mailing costs, ease of updating information, simplified workflows, and quicker and more efficient project collaboration. These pa
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-05-04
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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 primary objective of AMS project is to develop multiple simulation Testbeds/transportation models to evaluate the impacts of DMA connected vehicle applications and the active and dynamic transportation management (ATDM) strategies. Through this project, six virtual testbeds were developed and used for DMA and ATDM evaluation. They are (1) San M
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-05-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2017-05-01
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Public Roads
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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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The HSIP 2016 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 2016 reporting cycle. The HSIP 2016 Nat
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Effective utility coordination in projects delivered using alternative contracting methods (ACM) has one common theme: utility issues must be considered as early in the project development process as possible to permit the project delivery team as many options for resolving utility conflicts as practical. In the words of one author, “detection of u
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-05-01
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FHWA has constructed a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) forecasting model where future VMT growth rates can be estimated for three major economic scenarios - normal, pessimistic, and optimistic growth. The normal growth scenario represents the most Likely economic outlook reflects IHS' assessment of most probable future trends in U.S. populati
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-05-01
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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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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published in the Federal Register (82 FR5886) a final rule establishing performance measures for State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to use in managing pavement and bridge performance on the National Highway System (NHS). The National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for
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This Fact Sheet is intended to aid States in considering and implementing various strategies to meet the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) goal of expediting project delivery by promoting efficiency in the Highway Traffic Noise analysis process. This fact sheet identifies ways to: - Streamline the requirements and procedural processes of the
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This document provides guidance and direction to FHWA Division Bridge Engineers in performing NBIP compliance reviews of State and Federal agency bridge safety inspection programs. It contains the 23 metrics assessed for compliance reviews under the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) at 23 CFR Part 650, Subpart C. This document supersedes
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This report summarizes noteworthy practices and key recommendations shared during a scenario planning workshop, hosted by the Mid-America Regional Council, on January 31-February 1, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored this event as part of its Scenario Planning Program and in connection with the Trans
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Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) have experienced significant growth since their initial inception in the 1990s. Technologies have continued to evolve at a rapid pace, enabling the integration of advanced solutions for traveler information purposes. As a result of the rapid evolution of technologies and tools available, the Federal High
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This report highlights the discussions that took place during the “State Department of Transportation Tribal Liaison” Roundtable and Panel Discussion held on October 3, 2016 in Anaheim, California. Participants discussed how their State DOTs consult with tribes in the transportation planning process, opportunities and issues that arise with funding
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2017-05-01
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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.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2017-05-01
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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.
Every Day Counts (EDC) is the Federal Highway Administration’s 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 roadw
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