The primary objective of this project is to develop multiple simulation testbeds and transportation models to evaluate the impacts of Connected Vehicle Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) and Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) strategies. This report documents the evaluations conducted on the San Diego Testbed. The report provides c
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2017-07-01
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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. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-07-01
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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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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Exploratory Advanced Research Program
2017-07-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates that freight tonnage moving on the Nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next 25 years and the value of the freight will double.1 FHWA’s Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program is pursuing research that will help alleviate the looming problem posed by increasing demand fo
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The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter is intended to provide transportation professionals with real-world examples of ways that multimodal transportation investments promote economic revitalization, provide access to jobs, and achieve safer communities through support of accelerated project deliv
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2017-07-01
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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. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-07-01
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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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These guidelines serve to provide direction and focus on productive and meaningful review activities for the Division Office to use in performing its annual reviews, identifying and prioritizing improvements, and preparing reports documenting findings and recommendations. The guidelines contain specific information on annual reporting requirements,
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2017-07-01
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Excess water in asphalt binders and pavement mixes can have a deleterious effect on pavement performance.(1) The addition of water to binders through the use of warm and cold mix technologies highlights the need for accurately measuring water in asphalt. Further, increased water content of biologically derived binders and oils may be responsible fo
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The Advanced Messaging Concept Development (AMCD) Project objective was to evaluate the ability of connected vehicles to generate, and infrastructure to collect, Basic Safety messages (BSM), Probe Data Message (PDM), and Basic Mobility Message (BMM) alternatives using cellular and DSRC communications while employing message control strategies in re
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The Health in Transportation Working Group 2016 Annual Report provides an overview of the Working Group’s activities and accomplishments in 2016, summarizes other USDOT health-related accomplishments, and documents its progress toward the recommendations laid out in the 2015 Annual Report. The report also offers recommendations based on the Working
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Traveling along the Mississippi River, from Milepost 579-584 you will find the small city of Dubuque, Iowa. Dubuque– Iowa’s oldest city and one of the earliest settlements west of the Mississippi River–was established in 1785 by French-Canadian Julien Dubuque who was trading furs with the local Mesquakie (Fox) tribe. Along with furs, the Mesquakie
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-06-29
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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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In rapidly growing Western Montana, Missoula County and the City of Missoula have entered into a cooperative agreement to enhance their ability to plan for future development so that a county-wide pattern of community-building, land use, and conservation that reflects the environmental, economic, aesthetic, and social values of city and county resi
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The St. Louis region enjoys access to four modes of transportation - air, rail, road, and water. The availability of so many options provides the community with easy travel around the region, along with some of the lowest shipping costs in the country. Several transportation initiatives are taking place throughout the region to improve traffic safe
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Located in Minnesota's Lakes Region, Perham is a small city of 2,900 residents that serves as a regional economic center. Approximately 3,000 jobs comprise the manufacturing and healthcare sectors, which include several large businesses and a new hospital at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 and County Highway 34 on the outskirts of town. Perham
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In Kentucky's Bluegrass Region lies a scenic landscape renowned throughout the Nation for its beauty. A small two-lane road, locally known as Paris Pike, it winds through 13.5 miles of lush, green, tree-lined roadways and horse farms that connect the town of Paris and the city of Lexington. Paris Pike rolls through a 10,000-acre district that is el
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Typically in the United States, statewide transportation planning decisions both impact and are impacted by local land use decisions. When State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and local governments do not coordinate on these decisions, this can result in conflicting or redundant plans, inefficient resource allocation, and tension between Stat
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This project produced several principles that help develop livable communities. These principles include: promoting mixed-used communities; implementing minimum lot size and frontage requirements that have a direct impact on transportation; building schools, day care centers and recreation areas near neighborhoods; planning large retail activities
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