2017-06-27
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FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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This article discusses four periods during which the Federal-aid highway program was under attack: Between the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 and the Federal Highway Act of 1921,the highway community and Federal and State officials debated whether the Federal Government should build the roads the Nation needed. In the 1920s, the program was under pre
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2017-06-27
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FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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Many of the baby boomer generation and those who came later may have never heard of the Lincoln Highway unless they have had occasion to travel it. However, it was once America's most famous transcontinental highway reaching from New York to California.
Source: Provided by ITS DataHub (its.dot.gov/data) through the National Transportation Library.This zip file contains files of data to support FHWA-JPO-16-370, Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS) Testbed Development and Evaluation to Support Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) and Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) Programs - S
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Extreme weather events, including heat, drought, storms, and flooding, are already affecting transportation systems and infrastructure, and these impacts are expected to be more frequent and significant in the future. FHWA Order 5520, Transportation System Preparedness and Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events, states that it is F
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, allows States and territories to repurpose certain funds originally earmarked for specific projects more than 10 years ago. This memorandum provides the implementing guidance for this provision.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-06-15
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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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To explore how State DOTs evaluate geospatial tool applications and services within their own agencies, particularly their experiences using capability maturity models (CMMS) such as the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) geospatial information system (GIS) CMM, FHWA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe Nati
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2017-06-01
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Urban Congestion Report (UCR)
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The Urban Congestion Report (UCR) is produced on a quarterly basis and characterizes the most recent traffic congestion and reliability trends at the national and city level. Each quarterly UCR compares data from the most recent three months to the same three months in the previous year.
To explore how State DOTs evaluate geospatial tool applications and services within their own agencies, particularly their experiences using capability maturity models (CMMS) such as the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) geospatial information system (GIS) CMM, FHWA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe Nati
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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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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published in the Federal Register (82 FR 5886) 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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Measurement of annual hours of peak hour excessive delay per capita. Read the final rule in the Federal Register [82 FR 5970 (January 18, 2017)]. Initially, the rule applies to urbanized areas of more than 1 million people that are also in nonattainment or maintenance areas for ozone, carbon monoxide or particulate matter. In the second performance
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-06-01
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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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