United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2011-08-01
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Epoxy-coated reinforcement (ECR) is the principal concrete reinforcing material currently in use in corrosive environments in the United States. The purpose of this study was to evaluate methods for making ECR more corrosion resistant by using multiple corrosion-protection strategies in bridge decks and bridge members in marine environments where s
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This manual serves as a reference manual for use with the 5-day NHI training course 130094 “LRFD Seismic Analysis and Design of Transportation Geotechnical Features and Structural Foundations.” Additionally it replaces the previous version of Geotechnical Engineering Circular No.3 “Design Guidance: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Highways”
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Corrosion of highway bridges has been estimated to cost the Nation $8.29 billion annually.1 A corrosion-inhibiting nanocomposite solution that can be used to repair, strengthen, and protect highway infrastructure is the goal of "Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Processes for Infrastructure Repair and Corrosion Inhibition," an Exploratory Advanced
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2011-08-01
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This document summarizes the results of a study to examine how road pricing was incorporated into long-range planning in four metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), providing examples that could support other regions seeking to do the same.The four case study regions were selected by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) based on a previou
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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 under the HSIP, States are required to: (1) develop and implement a State Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); (2) produce a program of projects or strate
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
2011-08-01
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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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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
2011-08-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2011-08-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed the Focused Approach to Safety in order to better address the most critical safety challenges by devoting additional attention to high priority States. The purpose of the Focused Approach is to further decrease the number of fatalities and serious injuries on the Nation’s highways through a mo
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This report documents a governance roundtable discussion hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) on June 20, 2011 at the U.S. DOT’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This discussion was organized as a first step towards establishing an ongoing process for deve
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This report seeks to build on the exposure that the authors have had during the past two years tothe thinking of the Japanese and European thought leaders about how Intelligent TransportationSystem (ITS) can contribute toward meeting environmental goals (especially for reducing CO2).Carbon reduction has become a central element, and perhaps even TH
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This report provides a summary of a 2-day peer exchange held in July 2011. The peer exchange was sponsored by FHWA's Office of Planning and took place in Boulder, Colorado. The event convened several transportation agencies from around the country to discuss applications of GIS to support livability considerations, objectives, and goals. A starting
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This report presents a prototype of a secure, dependable, real-time weather-responsive traffic signal system. The prototype executes two tasks: 1) accesses weather information that provides near real-time atmospheric and pavement surface condition observations and 2) adapts signal timing in response to inclement weather. The proposed system archite
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This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States that has been provided to FHWA by the States and/or various toll authorities. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 2011. Differences and inconsistencies from previous editions may be due to c
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This document is intended as a listing and discussion of the Requirements for the I-15 Integrated Corridor Management System(ICMS) Demonstration Project in San Diego. This document describes what the system is to do (the functional requirements), howwell it is to perform (the performance requirements), and under what conditions (non-functional and
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Reactive Solutions is a quarterly newsletter developed under FHWA's ASR Development and Deployment Program. Reactive Solutions will share developments of the Program, share what other States and agencies are doing to address ASR, and provide tools and information for readers to address ASR.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division
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2011-07-01
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The Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex is a chain of four National Wildlife Refuges(NWRs) in Monroe County, Florida. This plan focuses on the National Key Deer Refuge (NKDR). The NKDR encompasses a series of islands with in the Lower Keys that include No Name Key, Big Pine Key, Little Torch Key, Ramrod Key, Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, a
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2011-07-01
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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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The U.S. transportation system relies on oil for 94 percent of delivered energy with no substitutes currently available at scale. This complete dependence on a single fuel has its origins in a time when oil was an inexpensive and exclusively domestic resource, but over time, it has created serious economic and national security vulnerabilities for
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