Safer, smarter, more cost-effective, and more sustainable. Though sometimes unseen, the technologies and products developed through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) research and technology (R&T) programs are improving the Nation’s roads and bridges coast to coast, saving lives, supporting the economy, and reducing congestion. Leading the
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2012-01-01
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This overarching Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research and Technology (R&T) infrastructure strategic plan and its supporting roadmap will guide Infrastructure R&T efforts for the next 5 years and beyond. The plan will provide a comprehensive focus and direction across organizational boundaries and assist in prioritizing program initiatives
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This publication provides mid-level managers at transportation agencies with the resources they need to explain the benefits of traffic incident management (TIM) and TIM cost management and cost recovery to executive leadership. It also provides the same mid-level managers with information that will help them implement TIM cost management and cost
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This primer describes the role of transportation systems management and operations (M&O) in advancing livability and sustainability. The document highlights the connections between M&O and livability and sustainability objectives and the importance of a balanced, comprehensive approach to M&O in order to support those objectives. The document descr
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Growing global competition requires maximizing the efficiency of freight movement on the U.S. transportation network. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to learn how the European Union and various member
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This TechBrief presents guidelines and recommendations for using air-cooled blast furnace slag (ACBFS) as a coarse aggregate in concrete pavements. It describes the physical and chemical properties of ACBFS aggregate, highlighting how this material differs from natural aggregates. It also discusses the properties of concrete produced with ACBFS coa
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2012-01-01
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Traditional high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes require passenger vehicles to have a minimum number of passengers. “HOT” lanes is short for “high-occupancy toll” lanes. HOT lanes are HOV lanes that allow vehicles that don’t meet occupancy requirements to pay a toll to use the lane. Variable pricing is used to manage the lane so that reliable perform
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2012-01-01
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The decision flowchart in the figure (at right) outlines a highlevel screening tool to assess your HOV lane for conversion to HOT. The Performance Considerations and Facility Considerations are reviewed first to determine if the project is technically advisable. The Institutional Considerations are then reviewed to determine if there are non-techni
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2012-01-01
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Traditional high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes require vehicles, except for motorcycles and bicycles, to have a minimum number of passengers. “HOT lanes” is short for “high-occupancy toll” lanes, which allow drivers to pay a toll and still use the lanes if they do not have enough passengers or are riding transit services. In this way, HOT lanes pro
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2012-01-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety, Office of Safety Research and Development, and Resource Center Safety and Design Technical Services Team have come together to develop this Safe Roads for a Safer Future – A Joint Safety Strategic Plan (hereafter referred to as the Safety Strategic Plan or SSP). The process brings together
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This Technical Brief provides an overview of the implication of the use of Polyphosphoric Acid as a modifier for asphalt binders and implications in relation to asphalt pavement performance.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2012-01-01
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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.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2012-01-01
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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.
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. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
2012-01-01
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Focus (ISSN 1060-6637), which is published monthly by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), covers the implementation of innovative technologies in all areas of infrastructure. Its primary mission is twofold: (1) to serve the providers of highway infrastructure with innovations and support to improve the qua
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