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Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) can be used to create the simple, strong, long-lasting connections needed for successful construction using prefabricated bridge elements (PBE).
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Paperless technologies enhance partnering among stakeholders on construction projects, improving communication and workflows while streamlining project delivery.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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About half of all severe crashes in the U.S. are intersection related. Left-turns represent a large portion of the intersection safety concern. As part of the safety focus area of the Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is promoting several proven techniques to improve the safety of intersections by strategi
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Traffic incidents, including crashes, disabled vehicles and debris on the road, create unsafe situations; put motorists, and responders’ lives at risk; and account for approximately 25 percent of all traffic delays. For each minute that a freeway travel lane is blocked during peak use, an estimated 4 minutes of delay result after the incident is cl
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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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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Every Day Counts is designed to identify and deploy innovation aimed at shortening project delivery, enhancing the safety of our roadways, and protecting the environment.
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Integrating mobile observations and Pathfinder strategies can help agencies manage road systems and inform travelers ahead of, and during, adverse weather conditions.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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ATSPMs modernize traffic signal management by providing high-resolution data to actively manage performance and improve safety and customer service while cutting congestion and costs.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Increasing the amount, consistency and quality of TIM data collection supports development of performance measures for evaluating and improving traffic incident response.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Horizontal curves made up only 5 percent of our Nation’s highway miles in 2008. Yet, more than 25 percent of highway fatalities in the United States occur at or near horizontal curves each year. While some of the factors contributing to these crashes include excessive vehicle speed or distracted driving and driver error, at some locations, the dete
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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This Every Day Counts initiative helps State departments of transportation (DOTs) and other agencies achieve significant time- and cost-savings during the permitting process established by the Clean Water Act. This tool expands the use of mitigation banking (MB), conservation banking, and in-lieu fees (ILF) to save time and expedite project deliver
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Using evidence-based tools to evaluate the current and future safety performance of roadways allows agencies to target investments with more confidence and reduce severe crashes on their system.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Cost-effective countermeasures with known safety benefits can help reduce pedestrian fatalities at uncontrolled crossing locations and un-signalized intersections.
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. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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Environmental documentation can delay project development when stakeholders find National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents difficult to comprehend, unnecessarily lengthy, do not meet legal requirements or omit important information. Existing recommendations and recent experience will be used to address the minimally necessary and sufficien
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Compaction is one of the most important processes in roadway construction. This process is needed to achieve high quality and uniformity of pavement materials, which in turn ensures longer-lasting support, stability and strength. Conventional compaction equipment and processes can result in inadequate or inconsistent material density, which can con
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2016-01-01
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Applying a pavement preservation treatment at the right time (when), on the right project (where), with quality materials and construction (how) is a critical investment strategy for optimizing infrastructure performance.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2016-01-01
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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
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The Right-of-Way (ROW) process, including property acquisition and relocation assistance, is currently a major part of the Federal-aid highway project development . Significant time- and cost-savings can be achieved by employing flexibilities already provided for in statutes and the FHWAs regulations. This initiative provides additional clarificati
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Performance management approaches for planning, designing and building transportation projects that promote connectivity, revitalize communities and improve public health and safety.
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