United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs
2016-07-01
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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law Public Law 114-94, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The FAST Act funds surface transportation programs—including, but not limited to, Federal-aid highways—at over $305 billion for fiscal years (FY) 2016 through 2020. It is the first long-term surface transportation auth
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Awareness of the importance of environmental protection, and the possible impacts associated with the production, use, and retirement of products, has generated considerable interest in the use of assessment methods to better understand and address those impacts. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is one of the techniques developed for this purpose. LCA i
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This work develops and presents a methodology to demonstrate how different and diverse data sources could be evaluated and ranked to answer travel behavior information needs. In order to assess the suitability and potential of existing data sources for addressing a specific set of eight High Priority Information Needs (HPINs), this document provide
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Two pedestrian treatments receiving national attention are the rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) and the pedestrian hybrid beacon (PHB). These devices have unique characteristics that produce improved vehicle stopping and yielding to crossing pedestrians. This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) project includes multiple studies to help re
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This document provides guidance material in regards to human use approval required for the CV Pilots DeploymentConcept Development Phase. Background is provided on relevant Federal guidance and Institutional Review Boards,including specific references and resources. Highlights of important considerations are presented to assist pilot teamsin planni
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The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA)'s Climate Resilience Pilot Program sought to assist state Departments of Transportation (DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) in enhancing resilience of transportation systems to extreme weather and climate change. From 2013 to 2015, nineteen pilo
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2016-07-01
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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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2016-07-01
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National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
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Electric vehicles offer many societal benefits: a readily available, cleaner fuel source, higher fuel efficiency and improved air quality. Since 2008, eighteen automobile manufacturers have offered 72 models of EVs for sale in the US. Today’s electric vehicles run only on electricity powered by rechargeable battery units and can typically drive 100
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This document presents information on the analysis, design, and construction of driven pile foundations for highway structures. This document updates and replaces FHWA NHI-05-042 and FHWA NHI-05-043 as the primary FHWA guidance and reference document on driven pile foundations. The manual addresses design aspects including subsurface exploration, l
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This document presents information on the analysis, design, and construction of driven pile foundations for highway structures. This document updates and replaces FHWA NHI-05-042 and FHWA NHI-05-043 as the primary FHWA guidance and reference document on driven pile foundations. The manual addresses design aspects including subsurface exploration, l
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United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
2016-07-01
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Connected vehicle safety applications are designed to increase situational awareness and reduce or eliminate crashes through vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-pedestrian data transmissions. Applications support advisories and warnings as well as vehicle and infrastructure controls. This resource includes a brief descript
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This document provides guidance material in regards to the Participant Training and Stakeholder Education Plan forthe CV Pilots Deployment Concept Development Phase. The guidance provides key requirements and references indeveloping the training plan in Task 9, lists relevant deliverables and the relevant elements in each deliverable,identifies key
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This document provides guidance material in regards to the Application Deployment Plan for the CV Pilots DeploymentConcept Development Phase. Methods for application deployment are discussed with definitions for the successfulmanagement of each aspect. Important references are given in terms in-text footnotes, and additional guidancedocuments. How
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This document provides guidance material in regards to the outreach activities in the CV Pilot Deployment ConceptDevelopment Phase and deployment outreach plan in the Deployment Phases. This guidance provides keyrequirements and references in developing the Deployment Outreach Plan in Task 11, lists relevant deliverables andthe relevant elements in
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Today’s transportation professionals, with limited resources available to them, are challenged to meet the mobility needs of an increasing population. At many highway junctions, congestion continues to worsen, and drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists experience increasing delays and heightened exposure to risk. Today’s traffic volumes and travel de
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This Tech Brief provides information on internal curing for concrete pavements by describing the primary concepts behind internal curing as well as describing aspects of practical applications, mixture design, construction, and quality control.
Steel bridge bearings may be divided into three general types: elastomeric bearings, high-load multi-rotational bearings, and mechanical bearings. The designer must determine which bearing type is best suited to cost effectively accommodate the design requirements. This module provides practical information for efficient bearing design and detailin
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2016-07-01
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Road Diets reallocate travel lanes and utilize the space for other uses and travel modes. The most common type of Road Diet reduces the number of through lanes from four to two and adds a center two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL). This document describes the benefits of Road Diets and highlights real-world examples of agencies including Road Diets with
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Congested freeways are often located in urban areas with constrained environments and/or rights-of-way where significant widening of the roadway is not practical due to adjacent developments and land use, physical constraints, along with limited availability of funding. Among the strategies for increasing freeway capacity in such constrained enviro
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2016-07-01
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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.
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