Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.) is a bundle of applications that targets the improvement of traffic safety and mobility during crashes and other emergencies that affect the highway network. A key R.E.S.C.U.M.E. focus is on traffic incident management and responder safety. Another i
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This report highlights key recommendations and best practices identified at the peer exchange on Cross-Modal Project Prioritization, held on December 16 and 17, 2014, in Raleigh, North Carolina. This event was sponsored by the Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TPCB) Peer Program, which is jointly funded by the Federal Highway Administratio
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This is the Final Report for the FRATIS Dallas-Fort Worth DFW prototype system. The FRATIS prototype inDFW consisted of the following components: optimization algorithm, terminal wait time, route specificnavigation/traffic/weather, and advanced notice to terminals. The high level architecture is described for eachof the recommended component option
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Let’s Ride! - Smooth Operators - Partners Across the Pacific - On the Road with Ike and Niki - A Pivotal Job for Police - Advancing the Triple Bottom Line.
The purpose of this tech brief is to provide pavement engineers with information to help them specify and choose materials that will last for the desired lifetime of the pavement. Paste-related mechanisms are discussed in a separate parallel tech brief.
The objective of this project was to develop a technical report that describes treatments that result in driver self-selection of appropriate operational speeds on curve and tangent sections. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase included a review of literature on design features and current practices associated with safer operatin
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Illuminated traffic control devices, such as rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFB), have been shown to increase the number of drivers yielding to crossing pedestrians. There is some concern that the brightness of flashes at or contained within signs at night may make it difficult for drivers to detect and observe the movements of pedestrians at
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Flashing traffic control devices can help draw drivers’ attention to the traffic control device and to the area around the device. An example of a device that has resulted in significant improvements in increasing driver yielding to crossing pedestrians is the rectangular rapidflashing beacon (RRFB). Studies have been conducted in several locations
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This Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide outlines planning considerations for separated bike lanes (also sometimes called “cycle tracks” or “protected bike lanes”) and provides a menu of design options covering typical one and two-way scenarios. It highlights different options for providing separation, while also documenting midblock desi
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Moving the Federal Projects Division into Vancouver required a series of upgrades to the buildings and office space, and the Vancouver Newsletter chronicled the office and staff relocations.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
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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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FHWA has constructed a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) forecasting model where future VMT growth rates can be estimated for three major economic scenarios - normal, pessimistic, and optimistic growth. The normal growth scenario represents the most Likely economic outlook reflects IHS' assessment of most probable future trends in U.S. populati
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The purpose of this study was to identify noteworthy and innovative international designs, treatments, and other practices that have potential to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety and access and increase walking and bicycling in the United States. This report covers treatments and practices from a total of 11 countries, covering six thematic ar
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As a part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highways for LIFE initiative, a Federal grant of $2,000,000 was provided to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) for this project, which was in addition to FHWA’s 80 percent contribution under the Federal-aid highway funding program. The Auburn-Candia project involved resurfac
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As part of a national initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highways for LIFE program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) was awarded a $2 million grant to demonstrate the use of proven, innovative technologies for accelerated bridge removal and replacement. This report documents accelerated bridge con
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As part of a national initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highways for LIFE program, the Arkansas State Highway Transportation Department (ASHTD) was awarded a $420,000 grant to demonstrate the use of roller compacted concrete (RCC) as a durable and cost-effective alternative to traditional treatments. This report d
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As a part of the Highways for LIFE initiative, the Federal Highway Administration provided a $1.38 million grant to the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to replace two bridges on SH 75 in Custer County. One of the bridge structures crosses over the Salmon River, and the other crosses over the East Fork of the Salmon River, between mile post 22
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The Connecticut DOT (CTDOT) initiated a pavement preservation project to resurface a section of I-95. The project limits spanned over 17.8 miles in both the northbound and southbound directions, from mile post 60.65 to mile post 78.45. The innovative technologies deployed on this project included warm mix asphalt (WMA) and Safety Edge pavement. CTD
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As a part of the HfL initiative, the FHWA provided a $1 million grant to the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to replace the Manderfield Bridges on I-15 in Beaver County. This project involved the replacement of twin multispan bridge structures (Bridge Number 1D 699 and 3D 699) with an innovative low-weight hybrid composite beam (HCB) in pl
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This study of scour in cohesive soils had two objectives. The first was to introduce and demonstrate a new ex situ erosion testing device (ESTD) that can mimic the near-bed flow of open channels to erode cohesive soils within a specified range of shear stresses. The ESTD employs a moving belt and a pump to generate a log-law velocity profile in a s
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