Development of State Highway-railway Grade Crossing Action Plans (State Action Plans (SAPs)) were initially required by Section 202 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08), Public Law 110- 432, Division A, for the 10 States identified with the highest number of highway-railway grade crossing collisions over a specific 3-year period. The
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Rutter, A., Morgan, C. A., Warner, J. E., & Graves, B. (2016). Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Action Plan and Project Prioritization Noteworthy Practices Guide (Report No. FHWA-SA-16-075). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42843
Rutter, Allan, Curtis A. Morgan, Jeffrey E. Warner, and Brett Graves. Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Action Plan and Project Prioritization Noteworthy Practices Guide. Report no. FHWA-SA-16-075. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42843.
Rutter, Allan, et al. Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Action Plan and Project Prioritization Noteworthy Practices Guide. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-16-075, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42843.
The purpose of this guide is to make it easier for users to understand how the Traffic Monitoring Guide (TMG) format describes the information that should be collected when counting multimodal users, as well as how to format that information correctly. Successfully encoding count data in the TMG format is very important for obtaining the greatest v
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Lausten, K., Mah, S., Semier, C., Nordback, K., Sandt, L., Sundstrom, C., Raw, J., & Jessberger, S. (2016). Coding Nonmotorized Station Location Information in the 2016 Traffic Monitoring Guide Format (Report No. FHWA-HEP-17-011). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50854
Lausten, Kelly, Susan Mah, Conor Semier, Krista Nordback, Laura Sandt, Carl Sundstrom, Jeremy Raw, and Steven Jessberger. Coding Nonmotorized Station Location Information in the 2016 Traffic Monitoring Guide Format. Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-011. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50854.
Lausten, Kelly, et al. Coding Nonmotorized Station Location Information in the 2016 Traffic Monitoring Guide Format. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, 2016, Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-011, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50854.
Intersection conflict warning systems (ICWSs) are used to warn drivers on the through road of the presence of traffic at stop-controlled cross streets and to warn drivers at stop-controlled approaches of the presence of traffic on the through lanes. ICWSs have been shown to reduce crashes at rural two-way stop-controlled intersections; however, the
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Inman, V. W., & Jackson, S. (2016). Intersection Conflict Warning System Human Factors: Final Report. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39720
Inman, Vaughan W. and Steven Jackson. Intersection Conflict Warning System Human Factors: Final Report. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39720.
Inman, Vaughan W., and Steven Jackson Intersection Conflict Warning System Human Factors: Final Report. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2016, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39720.
The 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) included safety as a priority planning factor in the transportation planning process. The legislation provides an opportunity to identify effective safety strategies and to integrate these strategies into all phases of the performance-based transportation planning processes. An explic
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Hull, R., Herbel, S., Gaines, D., & Waldheim, N. (2016). Building Links to Improve Safety: How Safety and Transportation Planning Practitioners Work Together (Report No. FHWA-SA-16-116). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42840
Hull, Robert, Susan Herbel, Danena Gaines, and Nicole Waldheim. Building Links to Improve Safety: How Safety and Transportation Planning Practitioners Work Together. Report no. FHWA-SA-16-116. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42840.
Hull, Robert, et al. Building Links to Improve Safety: How Safety and Transportation Planning Practitioners Work Together. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-16-116, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42840.
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Improving roadway safety continues to be at the forefront of all stages of project development, including planning, alternatives analysis, design, construction, and operations. Advanced analysis methods and tools have been developed to help practitioners improve safety. One tool available now to estimate a project’s substantive safety is the Intera
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2016). Safer Roads Through Better Design: Using the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (Report No. FHWA -SA-17-011). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50482
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Safer Roads Through Better Design: Using the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model. Report no. FHWA -SA-17-011. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50482.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Safer Roads Through Better Design: Using the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA -SA-17-011, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50482.
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A Crash Modification Factor (CMF) estimates a safety countermeasure’s ability to reduce crashes and crash severity. Transportation professionals frequently use CMF values to identify countermeasures with the greatest safety benefit for a particular crash type or location. Practitioners can use the following process to identify a CMF for each prospe
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2016). Quick Start Guide to Using CMFs (Report No. FHWA-SA-17-007). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50478
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Quick Start Guide to Using CMFs. Report no. FHWA-SA-17-007. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50478.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Quick Start Guide to Using CMFs. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-17-007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50478.
State and local Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are interested in providing effective traffic management and operations strategies to mitigate the roadway mobility and safety problems due to adverse weather. Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM) strategies such as variable speed limits, vehicle restrictions, signal timing, and traffic a
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Gopalakrishna, D., Serulle, N. U., Kitchener, F., Garrett, K., & Newton, D. (2016). Guidelines for deploying connected vehicle-enabled weather responsive traffic management strategies (Report No. FHWA-JPO-17-478). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31928
Gopalakrishna, Deepak, Nayel Urena Serulle, Fred Kitchener, Kyle Garrett, and D. Newton. Guidelines for deploying connected vehicle-enabled weather responsive traffic management strategies. Report no. FHWA-JPO-17-478. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31928.
Gopalakrishna, Deepak, et al. Guidelines for deploying connected vehicle-enabled weather responsive traffic management strategies. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016, Report no. FHWA-JPO-17-478, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31928.
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It is a commonly held perception that it takes an average of 13 years to deliver a major highway project (from planning through completion). However, several opportunities exist in the current project delivery process where innovative approaches will improve project delivery times. Consequently, in the summer of 2010, Federal Highway Administrator
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation (2016). Flexibilities in Utility Accommodation and Relocation [brochure]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48709
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. Flexibilities in Utility Accommodation and Relocation [brochure]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48709.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation Flexibilities in Utility Accommodation and Relocation [brochure]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2016, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48709.
FHWA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Volpe Center are developing a work zone car-following model and simulation software that interfaces with existing microsimulation tools, enabling more accurate simulation of car-following through freeway work zones. The purpose of this project is to provide engineers and planners at transportat
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Melson, C., & Berthaume, A. (2016). Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) work zone driver model software (Report No. FHWA-HRT-17-035). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12444
Melson, Christopher and Andrew Berthaume. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) work zone driver model software. Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-035. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12444.
Melson, Christopher, and Andrew Berthaume Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) work zone driver model software. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development, 2016, Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-035, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12444.
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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. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information (2016). Monthly Motor Fuel Reported by States: November 2016 (Report No. FHWA-PL-07-008). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50198
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information. Monthly Motor Fuel Reported by States: November 2016. Report no. FHWA-PL-07-008. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50198.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information Monthly Motor Fuel Reported by States: November 2016. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information, 2016, Report no. FHWA-PL-07-008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50198.
Successes in Stewardship is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) bimonthly newsletter highlighting current best practices in stewardship and environmental review from around the country.
United States. Federal Highway Administration (2016). Successes in Stewardship - Louisiana Historic Bridge Effort Increases Preservation Opportunities and Expands Agency Partnerships. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48766
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Successes in Stewardship - Louisiana Historic Bridge Effort Increases Preservation Opportunities and Expands Agency Partnerships. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48766.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Successes in Stewardship - Louisiana Historic Bridge Effort Increases Preservation Opportunities and Expands Agency Partnerships. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48766.
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The Roadway Data Improvement Program (RDIP) is designed to help transportation agencies improve the quality of their roadway data to better support safety and other transportation improvement initiatives. The RDIP, a component of FHWA’s Roadway Safety Data Program (RSDP), focuses on the processes and practices used by agencies for collecting, manag
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2016). Roadway Data Improvement Program (RDIP) (Report No. FHWA-SA-17-013). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50483
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Roadway Data Improvement Program (RDIP). Report no. FHWA-SA-17-013. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50483.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Roadway Data Improvement Program (RDIP). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-17-013, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50483.
This report highlights key outcomes identified at the “I-10 Corridor Coalition” Peer Exchange held on June 2, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. This eventwas sponsored by the Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TPCB) Peer Program, which is jointly funded by the Federal HighwayAdministration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Alves, T., & Regan, T. (2016). I-10 Corridor Coalition : a TPCB peer exchange (Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-16-23;FHWA-HEP-17-008). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12409
Alves, Tiana and Terry Regan. I-10 Corridor Coalition : a TPCB peer exchange. Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-16-23;FHWA-HEP-17-008. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12409.
Alves, Tiana, and Terry Regan I-10 Corridor Coalition : a TPCB peer exchange. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2016, Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-16-23;FHWA-HEP-17-008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12409.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative aims to advance the state of the practice in transportation corridor operations to manage congestion. Through the deployment of ICM at the two selected Demonstration Sites (Dallas, Texas and San Diego, California), this initiative thoroughly investigated and docum
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Alexiadis, V., & Chu, A. (2016). Integrated corridor management : analysis, modeling, and simulation for the U.S.-75 corridor in Dallas, Texas – post-deployment assessment report (Report No. FHWA-JPO-16-396). United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31597
Alexiadis, Vassili and Alice Chu. Integrated corridor management : analysis, modeling, and simulation for the U.S.-75 corridor in Dallas, Texas – post-deployment assessment report. Report no. FHWA-JPO-16-396. United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31597.
Alexiadis, Vassili, and Alice Chu Integrated corridor management : analysis, modeling, and simulation for the U.S.-75 corridor in Dallas, Texas – post-deployment assessment report. United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, 2016, Report no. FHWA-JPO-16-396, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31597.
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Network screening is a crucial step in the safety management process that identifies locations for potential safety investment according to their potential for future crashes. The potential for future crashes can be either directly based on the spot-specific crash history or on other factors that have potential to contribute to crashes, such as roa
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety (2016). Screening Your Network to Improve Roadway Safety Performance - Getting Started (Report No. FHWA-SA-17-008). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50479
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. Screening Your Network to Improve Roadway Safety Performance - Getting Started. Report no. FHWA-SA-17-008. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50479.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Screening Your Network to Improve Roadway Safety Performance - Getting Started. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-17-008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50479.
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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. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation (2016). Innovator - November/December 2016 - Volume 10, Issue 57 (Report No. FHWA-16-CAI-008). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44009
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. Innovator - November/December 2016 - Volume 10, Issue 57. Report no. FHWA-16-CAI-008. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44009.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation Innovator - November/December 2016 - Volume 10, Issue 57. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2016, Report no. FHWA-16-CAI-008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44009.
This document is intended to help users identify and apply suitable methods to assess quantitatively the safety performance impacts of project development decisions in terms of crash frequency and severity.This Guide suggests safety assessment methods that may be suitable for answering safety performance related questions that typically arise durin
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Atkinson, J. E., Dixon, K. K., Jones, J. G., Donoughe, K., Colety, M., & Pratt, M. P. (2016). Scale and Scope of Safety Assessment Methods in the Project Development Process (Report No. FHWA-SA-16-106). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42847
Atkinson, Jennifer E., Karen K. Dixon, Joseph G. Jones, Kelly Donoughe, Michael Colety, and Michael P. Pratt. Scale and Scope of Safety Assessment Methods in the Project Development Process. Report no. FHWA-SA-16-106. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42847.
Atkinson, Jennifer E., et al. Scale and Scope of Safety Assessment Methods in the Project Development Process. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-16-106, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42847.
With almost 20,000 lane miles on the Oregon highway system, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing and maintaining its roadway assets. Managed assets include barriers, traffic signals, lighting, pavement markings, and signs. ODOT has developed an inventory of its assets and evaluates asset condition in order to e
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Brown, R. (2016). Asset Management in Oregon: Roadway Safety Data and Analysis Case Study (Report No. FHWA-SA-16-110). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42842
Brown, Richard. Asset Management in Oregon: Roadway Safety Data and Analysis Case Study. Report no. FHWA-SA-16-110. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42842.
Brown, Richard Asset Management in Oregon: Roadway Safety Data and Analysis Case Study. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety, 2016, Report no. FHWA-SA-16-110, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42842.
This TechBrief describes research on modernized congestion identification and cost-effective mitigation strategies that are not dependent on advanced vehicle technology. The research was conducted between 2013 and 2016
Bared, J. G. (2016). Traffic Bottlenecks: Identification and Solutions: [Tech Brief] (Report No. FHWA-HRT-17-019). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39939
Bared, Joe G.. Traffic Bottlenecks: Identification and Solutions: [Tech Brief]. Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-019. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39939.
Bared, Joe G. Traffic Bottlenecks: Identification and Solutions: [Tech Brief]. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development, 2016, Report no. FHWA-HRT-17-019, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39939.
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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 Research, Development, and Technology (2016). FHWA R&T Now - November/December 2016. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44320
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology. FHWA R&T Now - November/December 2016. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2016. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44320.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology FHWA R&T Now - November/December 2016. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2016, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44320.
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