As a part of the HfL initiative, FHWA provided an approximately $1 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to improve the traffic flow of US 90B (West Bank Expressway), mitigate ongoing congestion and crashes, and support work zone traffic and incident management during construction. The innovations empl
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As part of a national initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highways for LIFE program, the Colorado Department of Transportation was awarded a grant to help replace the Bronco Arch Bridge carrying I-25 over the South Platte River in Denver to demonstrate the use of proven, innovative technologies for accelerated bridg
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This report, developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), explores how select transportation agencies are sharing geospatial information and developing and using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications to support the objectives of the FHW
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To explore how transportation agencies are making a business case for GIS investments, the Federal Highway Administration and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center interviewed five State DOTs that have made business cases for GIS investments: North Carolina Department of Transportation, Vermont Agency of Transportation, Utah Department of Tr
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As a part of the HfL initiative, FHWA provided an approximately $180,000 grant to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to improve pavement visibility along I-90 through Snoqualmie Pass in King and Kittitas Counties. The key innovations on this project included the installation of light-emitting diode (LED) lane delineators and
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Tunnels represent a significant financial investment with challenging design, construction, and operational issues. Tunnels that are not adequately maintained usually require more costly and extensive repairs. To help safeguard tunnel users and to ensure reliable levels of service, the FHWA developed the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS),
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This document presents the theory, methodology, and application for the design and analysis of both steel and concrete highway bridge superstructures. The manual is based on the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Seventh Edition, 2014, with Interim Revisions through 2015. Design examples and commentary throughout the manual are intended to s
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2015-07-01
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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 Real Estate Services
2015-07-01
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The purpose of this report is to provide FHWA and state and local DOTs with a tool kit using tangible and easily understandable documentation with quantitative metrics. This toolkit will assist these professionals as they endeavor to get their leadership buy-in to support implementation of Integrated Electronic ROW Management Systems.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2015-07-01
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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.
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. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2015-07-01
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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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The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter is intended to provide transportation professionals with real-world examples of ways that multimodal transportation investments promote economic revitalization, provide access to jobs, and achieve safer communities through support of accelerated project deliv
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Title 23 U.S.C. 148 establishes the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. To obligate funds to be consistent with 23 U.S.C. 148 (c)(1) States are required to: 1) develop and implement a State Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); 2) produce a prog
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Title 23 U.S.C. 148 establishes the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. To obligate funds to be consistent with 23 U.S.C. 148 (c)(1) States are required to: 1) develop and implement a State Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); 2) produce a prog
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The connected vehicle environment was envisioned as a means of exchanging messages through a connected vehicle fleet. The majority of the current connected vehicle environment focuses on the vehicle, by supporting the exchange of messages from vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), from vehicle-toinfrastructure (V2I), and from infrastructure-to-vehicle (I2V). T
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2015-06-18
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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 purpose of the Arapaho‐Roosevelt National Forest Transportation System Alternatives Study is to identify and evaluate the feasibility of potential alternative transportation solutions to improve recreation and resource management at three of the most popular recreation sites in the national forest: Brainard Lake Recreation Area (BLRA), Guanella
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This document serves as an Operational Concept for the Transit Traveler Information Infrastructure Mobility Application. The purpose of this document is to providean operational description of “how” the Transit Traveler Information Infrastructure Mobility Application may operate.The Transit Traveler Information Infrastructure Mobility Application c
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The principal objective of this project, “Connected Vehicle Impacts on Transportation Planning,” is to comprehensively assess how connected vehiclesshould be considered across the range of transportation planning processes and products developed by states, Metropolitan Planning Organizations(MPOs), and local agencies throughout the country. The pur
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