Communities benefit when decisions about transportation and land use are made at the same time. Deciding to build houses, schools, grocery stores, employment centers, and transit stations close to one another—while providing a well-connected street network and facilities for walking or biking—provides more transportation choices and convenient acce
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How we plan and develop communities and choose to travel affects environmental quality (see figure at right). Providing more travel options in compact, connected communities leads to fewer car trips, which improve air and water quality. Developing more compactly, and reusing existing properties, can preserve rural lands and protect natural resource
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Transportation is the second largest expense for most households after housing. Households living in autodependent locations spend 25 percent of its income on transportation costs. Housing that is located closer to employment, shopping, restaurants and other amenities can reduce household transportation costs to 9 percent of household income (see c
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Communities that make it safe and easy to get around by walking, bicycling, and taking transit can generate a number of health benefits, such as reduced obesity; reduced cases of asthma/heart disease/cancer; increased safety, and improved access to schools, parks, and recreation and community facilities.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been involved in model development and travel model activities since the early 1960s. With the implementation of the Surface Transportation Act in 1962, TxDOT became the lead travel demand model developer in the state for all urban areas greater than 50,000 in population and continues to be the lea
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Montana sometimes welcomes survey teams and construction crews with below-zero temperatures, blizzards, and frozen rivers. Keeping roads open for local transportation access – and national security – means the work must go on in spite of most weather conditions.
This report describes the evaluation of the Intelligent Asphalt Compaction Analyzer (IACA) during the compaction of asphalt pavements. The IACA consists of sensors to measure the location and vibrations of the roller, an infrared sensor to monitor the mat temperature, and a display to provide the roller operator the estimated pavement density in re
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Working with its partners in the public and private sectors, academia, industry, and the international community, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plays a vital leadership role in developing and implementing a coordinated highway research and technology (R&T) agenda that addresses national needs, meets future demands, and maximizes the str
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
2011-12-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2011-12-01
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The Road Safety Audit newsletter provides information on State RSA programs, resources for performing RSAs, and a compilation of RSA-related news stories.
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 Safety
2011-12-01
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The Pedestrian and Bike Forum newsletter provides information to FHWA stakeholders on reducing the number of pedestrian- and bicycle-related highway fatalities and serious injuries. Topics include updates on FHWA programs, spotlights on State and local noteworthy practices, initiatives with partner organizations, and upcoming events. It is publishe
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2011-12-01
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The FHWA Office of Planning and the Federal Transit Authority’s (FTA) Office of Planning and Environment regularly publishes the Transportation Planning Update Newsletter which highlights important transportation planning activities occurring within both agencies and with our stakeholders and partners. The newsletter assists FHWA and FTA planning s
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2011-12-01
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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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Full depth reclamation (FDR) is one of the three major types of asphalt recycling techniques. FDR is considered when the pavement is highly deteriorated or has deep cracking due to design deficiencies or an inadequate base. Other indications that a road could use FDR are frequent transverse and lateral cracking, reflective cracking, severe rutting
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The purpose of this report is to provide a summary and back-up information on the methodology, data sources, and results for the estimate of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) capital expenditures in the top 75 metropolitan areas as of FY 2010. It is the 7th in a series of estimates that are derived from an initial forecast of the full deploy
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The GIS in Transportation team publishes quarterly newsletters to share information about significant geospatial transportation news, events, and applications. Each issue highlights a specific transportation agency's application of GIS or geospatial data and technology.
This study analyzes the factors influencing the adoption of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies in the U.S. amongst state and local transportation agencies. Using data from the ITS Deployment Tracking survey, insight is provided on how economic and demographic factors influence ITS adoption/deployment, the role safety or mobility
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This report identifies the security approach associated with a communications data delivery system that supports vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. The report describes the risks associated with communications security and identifies approaches for addressing those risks. It also identifies and describes th
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In support of USDOT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems’ (ITS) Mobility Program, the Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) program seeks tocreate applications that fully leverage frequently collected and rapidly disseminated multi-source data gathered from connected travelers,vehicles and infrastructure to increase efficiency and improve individual
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