Nearly all major auto companies—as well as several new start-ups—plan to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) within the next 2 or 3 years. 1,2 According to transportation experts, the impact of the growing PEV market on the automobile market, electrical grid, and the transportation system could be significant, and will vary both regionally and
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Learning in Progress, NHI's quarterly newsletter, provides updates on new course launches, upcoming Web conference seminars, training programs and events, and NHI policy changes.
n a coordinated effort with highway authorities and industry leaders, the Every Day Counts initiative serves as a catalyst to identify and promote cost effective innovations to bring about rapid change to increase safety of our nations highway system, decrease project delivery time, and protect our environment. The Safety EdgeSM concept is an examp
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From the 1950’s to the 1970’s, the Federal Highway Administration was involved in the maintenance of timber roads on lands belonging to the Bureau of Land Management. Federal retiree William E. Maltby led that program from 1969 until it was handed off to the BLM.
As part of a national initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highways for LIFE program, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) was awarded a $540,000 grant to demonstrate the use of proven, innovative technologies to build a high-quality bridge with state-of-the-art design and materials that will last longer tha
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
2011-07-01
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The report summarizes a workshop held in May 2010 as part of an ongoing effort to examine Agent-‐‑Based Modeling and Simulation and its application in transportation research.Part One focuses on the following presentations: Agent-‐‑Based Simulation and Modeling: Identification of Breakthrough Research for Highway Transportation, Computer Simulati
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2011-07-01
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Plate girder bridges are usually fabricated from painted carbon steels or unpainted weathering steels. Weathering steels, including the modern high-performance steels, offer the lowest life-cycle cost (LCC) over the design life of the bridge because, in most service environments, ongoing maintenance due to steel deterioration is not necessary. How
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Exploratory advanced research focuses on long-term, high-risk research with a high payoff potential. It matches opportunities from discoveries in science and technology with the needs of specific industries.The uncertainties in the research approach and outcomes challenge organizations and researchers to be innovative problem-solvers, which can lea
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2011-07-01
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The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program is a 20-year study of in-service pavements across North America. Its goal is to extend the life of highway pavements through various designs of new and rehabilitated pavement structures using different materials and under different loads, environments, subgrade soil, and maintenance practices. LTPP
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This primer presents an introduction to the topic of addressing safety as part of the environment analysis process, as directed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It presents practitioners with basic concepts for including meaningful, quantitative analysis of project safety issues and for taking advantage of the latest tools, research
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2011-07-01
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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.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
2011-07-01
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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 Research, Development, and Technology
2011-07-01
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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.
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
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2011-07-01
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Individual fact sheets for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, present the emphasis areas each state has identified in their approved Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) as part of the overall strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. A snapshot of transportation safety related fatality data is shown to give the rea
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
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2011-07-01
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Individual fact sheets for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, present the emphasis areas each state has identified in their approved Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) as part of the overall strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. A snapshot of transportation safety related fatality data is shown to give the rea
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2011-07-01
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
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2011-07-01
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Individual fact sheets for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, present the emphasis areas each state has identified in their approved Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) as part of the overall strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. A snapshot of transportation safety related fatality data is shown to give the rea
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
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2011-07-01
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Individual fact sheets for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, present the emphasis areas each state has identified in their approved Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) as part of the overall strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. A snapshot of transportation safety related fatality data is shown to give the rea
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