United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-10-19
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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). Human Environment Digest: October 19, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55194
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Human Environment Digest: October 19, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55194.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Human Environment Digest: October 19, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55194.
Moscow, Idaho is a small city near the University of Idaho with a footprint of under seven square miles and a population of about 25,000. Moscow residents demonstrated support for active transportation projects, and the city built some bikeways and walkways, but until recent years, the city had not been focused on building staff capacity to impleme
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United States. Federal Highway Administration (2017). Creating and Measuring an Active Transportation Network in Moscow, ID (Report No. FHWA-HEP-18-002). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62902
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Creating and Measuring an Active Transportation Network in Moscow, ID. Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-002. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62902.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Creating and Measuring an Active Transportation Network in Moscow, ID. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-002, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62902.
This Concept of Operations (ConOps) is the final installment in a series of three reports focused on identifying opportunities for the application of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology—or equivalent—within the maritime transportation environment ofthe St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes. The ConOps presented in this paper proposes a
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Perlman, D., Stanford, J., & Wallischeck, E. (2017). Concept of Operations : SeaTA-Enhanced Travel Time Estimates and Traffic Management Practices for the St. Lawrence Seaway (Report No. FHWA-JPO-18-624). United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34625
Perlman, David, Joseph Stanford, and Eric Wallischeck. Concept of Operations : SeaTA-Enhanced Travel Time Estimates and Traffic Management Practices for the St. Lawrence Seaway. Report no. FHWA-JPO-18-624. United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34625.
Perlman, David, et al. Concept of Operations : SeaTA-Enhanced Travel Time Estimates and Traffic Management Practices for the St. Lawrence Seaway. United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, 2017, Report no. FHWA-JPO-18-624, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34625.
The Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) provides information on the extent, condition, performance, use, and operating characteristics of the Nation’s highways. Each year State Transportation Agencies must submit HPMS data to the FHWA. The Sample Panel portion of HPMS provides detailed statistical data on a
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Margiotta, R. A., & Washburn, S. S. (2017). Simplified Highway Capacity Calculation Method for the Highway Performance Monitoring System (Report No. PL-18-003). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57315
Margiotta, Richard A. and Scott S. Washburn. Simplified Highway Capacity Calculation Method for the Highway Performance Monitoring System. Report no. PL-18-003. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57315.
Margiotta, Richard A., and Scott S. Washburn Simplified Highway Capacity Calculation Method for the Highway Performance Monitoring System. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs, 2017, Report no. PL-18-003, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57315.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2017-10-13
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The purpose of this guidance is to clarify the HSIP Implementation Plan requirements presented in 23 U.S.C. 148(i). Specifically, this guidance addresses the HSIP Implementation Plan: 1) Schedule and Frequency, 2) Decision Support Framework, and 3) Content and Structure. States will meet the first two requirements of the HSIP Implementation Plan th
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2017). HSIP Implementation Plan Guidance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78498
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. HSIP Implementation Plan Guidance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78498.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration HSIP Implementation Plan Guidance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78498.
In July 2016, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was awarded a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grant to analyze how green infrastructure, or nature-based infrastructure, can help protect the Oregon Coast Highway from the impacts of extreme storms and coastal bluff erosion. This study builds upon prior ODOT research on dynamic reve
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United States. Federal Highway Administration, & Oregon. Department of Transportation (2017). Green Infrastructure Techniques for Resilience of the Oregon Coast Highway. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63212
United States. Federal Highway Administration and Oregon. Department of Transportation. Green Infrastructure Techniques for Resilience of the Oregon Coast Highway. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63212.
United States. Federal Highway Administration, et al. Green Infrastructure Techniques for Resilience of the Oregon Coast Highway. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63212.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2017-10-05
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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). Human Environment Digest: October 5, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55195
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Human Environment Digest: October 5, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55195.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Human Environment Digest: October 5, 2017. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55195.
Section 119 of title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), as amended by section 1106 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and by section 1106 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, includes a penalty provision based on the condition of NHS bridges. This memorandum and the attached NHPP guidance provide t
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Hartmann, J. (2017). National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) - Implementation Guidance for the Condition of National Highway System (NHS) Bridges [Memorandum]. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92800
Hartmann, Joseph. National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) - Implementation Guidance for the Condition of National Highway System (NHS) Bridges [Memorandum]. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92800.
Hartmann, Joseph National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) - Implementation Guidance for the Condition of National Highway System (NHS) Bridges [Memorandum]. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92800.
One way in which State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) can modernize their rest areas while reducing operations and maintenance costs is by incorporating sustainable practices into rest area design and operations. Sustainability practices that DOTs have pursued at their rest areas include green building design, changing operations procedures,
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Plovnick, A., Berthaume, A., Poe, C., & Hodges, T. (2017). Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operations (Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-17-20;FHWA-HEP-18-006). John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34607
Plovnick, Amy, Angela Berthaume, Carson Poe, and Tina Hodges. Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operations. Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-17-20;FHWA-HEP-18-006. John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34607.
Plovnick, Amy, et al. Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operations. John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), 2017, Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-17-20;FHWA-HEP-18-006, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34607.
The Federal Highway Administration's Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) assesses its progress toward meeting programmatic objectives through established performance measures. Assessments have been completed and documented in 2009, 2012, and 2015, and this update is the next iteration of this periodic review. While previous updates reported each
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Gopalakrishna, D., Ostroff, R., Wlodkowski, P., & Neuner, M. (2017). 2017 Road Weather Management Performance Measures Update (Report No. FHWA-HOP-17-048). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42310
Gopalakrishna, Deepak, Rachel Ostroff, Paul Wlodkowski, and Michelle Neuner. 2017 Road Weather Management Performance Measures Update. Report no. FHWA-HOP-17-048. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42310.
Gopalakrishna, Deepak, et al. 2017 Road Weather Management Performance Measures Update. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HOP-17-048, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42310.
Bridge decks are commonly rehabilitated using overlays depending on the cause of deck deterioration, available budget, and desired service life of the rehabilitated structure. One emerging solution for bridge deck rehabilitation is thin, bonded ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) overlays. As an overlay material, UHPC can provide both structural
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Haber, Z. B., Munoz, J. F., & Graybeal, B. A. (2017). Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Overlay (Report No. FHWA-HRT-17-096;HRDI-40/09-17(WEB)E). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37821
Haber, Zachary B., Jose F. Munoz, and Benjamin A. Graybeal. Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Overlay. Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-096;HRDI-40/09-17(WEB)E. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37821.
Haber, Zachary B., et al. Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Overlay. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-096;HRDI-40/09-17(WEB)E, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37821.
Large, passively collected datasets from location-based services are a potential asset to transportation planning and modeling. These data have near-real-time availability and can capture travel behavior of a wide swath of the population. These data clearly hold promise for multiple transportation modeling methods, but practitioners should be aware
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Adler, T., Bernardin, V., Dumont, J., Flake, L., & Sadrsadat, H. (2017). The Promise and Limitations of Locational App Data for Origin-Destination Analysis: A Case Study (Report No. FHWA-HEP-20-022). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55798
Adler, Thomas, Vince Bernardin, J. Dumont, Leah Flake, and Hadi Sadrsadat. The Promise and Limitations of Locational App Data for Origin-Destination Analysis: A Case Study. Report no. FHWA-HEP-20-022. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55798.
Adler, Thomas, et al. The Promise and Limitations of Locational App Data for Origin-Destination Analysis: A Case Study. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-20-022, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55798.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2017-10-01
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Traffic signal backplates—thin plates of material that surround traffic signal indication light arrays—are intended to improve the visibility of a traffic signal by providing a consistent and controlled-contrast background. Attempts to further enhance the visibility and conspicuity of traffic signals have led to the addition of narrow strips of ret
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2017). Backplates with Retroreflective Borders (Report No. FHWA-SA-17-051). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42547
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Backplates with Retroreflective Borders. Report no. FHWA-SA-17-051. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42547.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Backplates with Retroreflective Borders. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2017, Report no. FHWA-SA-17-051, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42547.
In an intermodal transportation network, trains, trucks, ships, and aircraft are connected in a seamless system that is efficient and flexible, and meets the needs of the nation’s consumers, carriers, and shippers. An intermodal system includes both origins and destinations (e.g. ports, railheads and warehouses) and the links between them (e.g. roa
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Supporting Files
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) (2017). Intermodal Freight Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53691
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). Intermodal Freight Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53691.
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) Intermodal Freight Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53691.
Many transportation planning models rely on estimates of origin-destination (OD) travel flows for inputs or validation. Conventional 4-step travel demand models estimate origins and destinations using trip generation and trip distribution approaches. Given the importance of the OD matrix in this type of modeling, several methods and datasets have b
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Bernardin, V., Bradley, M., Chamberlin, R., Daniels, C., Fowler, M., Freedman, J., Outwater, M. L., Shabani, K., Smith, C., & Woodford, W. (2017). Understanding Traditional Origin-Destination Data: A Survey (Report No. FHWA-HEP-19-046). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55804
Bernardin, Vince, Mark Bradley, Robert Chamberlin, Clint Daniels, Mark Fowler, Joel Freedman, Maren L. Outwater, Kaveh Shabani, Colin Smith, and William Woodford. Understanding Traditional Origin-Destination Data: A Survey. Report no. FHWA-HEP-19-046. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55804.
Bernardin, Vince, et al. Understanding Traditional Origin-Destination Data: A Survey. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-19-046, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55804.
The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program provides a flexible funding source for State and local governments to fund transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its amendments. The legislation is codified at 23 USC Sec 149. CMAQ money supports transportation projects t
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The Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) sponsors a Technical Assistance (TA) effort to support states in applying Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) to challenges they face in the transportation sector. Each state participating in the TA effort is invited to identify one issue to tackle using a CSS approach, with FHWA assistance. Participating st
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Leahu-Aluas, O., & Lane, L. B. (2017). Context Sensitive Solutions Technical Assistance: North Dakota Department of Transportation (Report No. FHWA-HEP-18-007). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42732
Leahu-Aluas, Oana and Leigh Blackmon Lane. Context Sensitive Solutions Technical Assistance: North Dakota Department of Transportation. Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-007. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42732.
Leahu-Aluas, Oana, and Leigh Blackmon Lane Context Sensitive Solutions Technical Assistance: North Dakota Department of Transportation. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42732.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2017-10-01
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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 Highway Policy Information (2017). Traffic Volume Trends: October 2017. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50400
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information. Traffic Volume Trends: October 2017. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50400.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information Traffic Volume Trends: October 2017. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50400.
The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Program is intended to develop a suite of applications that utilize vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology to reduce traffic congestion, improve safety, and decrease emissions. These CV applications support a fle
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Johnson, S., Novosad, S., Miller, D., Buckel, W., McNamara, D., Reich, S. L., & Concas, S. (2017). Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 2: Data Management Plan – Tampa (THEA) (Report No. FHWA-JPO-17-462). United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32763
Johnson, Steve, Steven Novosad, Dave Miller, Wolfgang Buckel, Dave McNamara, Stephen L. Reich, and Sisinnio Concas. Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 2: Data Management Plan – Tampa (THEA). Report no. FHWA-JPO-17-462. United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32763.
Johnson, Steve, et al. Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 2: Data Management Plan – Tampa (THEA). United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2017, Report no. FHWA-JPO-17-462, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32763.
Diesel engines play a vital role in key industry sectors including freight, public transportation, construction, and agriculture. However, diesel exhaust contains high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions, which can pose significant risks to public health, including causing lung damage and premature death. Diesel retrofits offer a co
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