This document represents the final report of the national evaluation of congestion reduction strategies at six sites that received federal funding under the Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) and Congestion Reduction Demonstration (CRD) programs. The six sites, or “urban partners,” were Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Minn
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This document is the first of a seven volume report that describes performance requirements for connected vehiclevehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) Safety Applications developed for the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT).The applications addressed here include Curve Speed Warning (CSW), Red Light Violation Warning (RLVW), ReducedSpeed Zone W
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2015-07-30
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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
2015-07-16
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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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This document serves as a user’s manual for the Traffic Incident Management Benefit-Cost Tool (TIM-BC) Version 1.0.0 - Safety Service Patrol Benefit-Cost (SSP-BC) Tool, which is used to assist State and local engineers and decisionmakers with evaluating and comparing the monetary value of Safety Service Patrol (SSP) programs. The document describes
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2015-07-02
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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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The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) is engaged in assessing applications that realize the full potential of connected vehicles, travelers, andinfrastructure to enhance current operational practices and transform future surface transportation systems management. This effort, known as the Connected VehicleProgram, is a collaborativ
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This report responds to a Congressional request for an assessment of the 5.9 Gigahertz (GHz) Dedicated Short RangeCommunications (DSRC) in accordance with the requirements provided by Congress in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the21st Century Act ("MAP-21"; P.L. 112-141), Section 53006, codified at 23 U.S.C. 518.The report: provides an assessment
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This report documents policy considerations for Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E). R.E.S.C.U.M.E. comprises a "bundle" of mobility applications that use existing and new connected vehicle data sets and other data to provide first-responders, emergency management centers, and road crew
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This report documents policy considerations for Integrate Dynamic Transit (IDTO). IDTO applications provide individualized trip planning, transfer protection, and ridesharing options. The analysis identified the following potential policy issues: data privacy, data sharing, multi-agency coordination, data interoperability, regulatory status of ride
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Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
2015-07-01
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This Participant Handbook accompanies the Slide-in Bridge Construction workshop presentations. It is intended to help participants in any or all of six related workshops optimize the training experience. Presentation slides for all six workshops are included, as well as an evaluation form.
Keeping Virginia Moving - Access for All - Ohio's Training Gets a Boost - Changing the Landscape of Livability - How Could a Pile of Dirt Cause a Major Interstate Bridge To Tilt?
Historically, aggregate gradation has been controlled by specifications that call out envelopes for individual fractions, typically the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate. The shortcoming of this approach is that the gradation of the overall system is not addressed. While it is sensible to stockpile coarse and fine fractions separately to prev
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2015-07-01
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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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As a part of the HfL initiative, the FHWA provided a $1.2 million grant to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to rehabilitate the highway structures on I-80 Elko County. This project involved (1) Rehabilitation of Carlin Tunnels, (2) Reconstruction of pavement structures, (3) Rehabilitation of eight bridge structures, and (4) Operationa
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Bridges and Structures
2015-07-01
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This document was developed in coordination with the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) regulation 23 CFR 650 Subpart E and the Tunnel Operations, Maintenance, Inspection and Evaluation (TOMIE) Manual. It is intended to supplement the NTIS and provide the specifications for coding data required to be submitted to the National Tunnel Invent
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As a part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highways for LIFE initiative, a Federal grant of $1,000,000 was provided to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for this project, which was in addition to FHWA’s 80 percent contribution under the Federal-aid highway funding program. This project is a result of ODOT’s I‐70/I‐71 Split Pl
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This report provides highlights from a peer exchange held in Spokane, Washington, on June 30-July 1, 2015. The exchange, which was held as part of FHWA’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Transportation program, focused on the topic of uses of geospatial/GIS tools and applications to support effective transportation performance management (TP
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As a part of the HfL initiative, the FHWA provided a $2 million grant to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to research a variety of concrete surfaces, including the Next Generation Concrete Surface (NGCS) developed by Purdue University. INDOT anticipates that the NGCS would provide a significant reduction in tire-pavement noise and t
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