This evaluation report documents benefits, challenges and the lessons learned from the demonstration of a new tool that offers state DOTs the ability to expand decision support beyond snow and ice control to incorporate Clarus data to assist maintenance, operations, and construction-related scheduling decisions. The tool has been developed by Mixon
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In 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 exam
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In 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 exam
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This evaluation report presents an assessment of the benefits of a new road condition forecast tool that offers road weather information to travelers. The tool has been developed by Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc. and has been demonstrated in selected northern tier states as part of the Clarus Multi-State Regional Demonstration Program unde
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In 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 exam
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Unique among planned special event activities are those events that carry the National Special Security Event (NSSE) designation. NSSEs occur with some frequency, with 35 of these events held between September 1998 and February 2010. These events include, but are not limited to, presidential inaugurations, presidential nominating conventions, major
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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
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2011-05-01
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Up until the late 1990s, the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) performed environmental mitigation for transportation projects on an individual-project basis. Similar experiences at State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) nationwide have shown that this project-by-project approach to avoidance, minimization, and mitigation does not alway
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This report offers traffic engineering practitioners information on how to evaluate roadway traffic control devices used by pedestrians and bicyclists. Though presented in the context of devices meant for pedestrian and bicyclist facilities, the guidance provided can be applied in a more general sense to evaluations of traffic control devices in al
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This report provides guidance to states for implementing a program focused on reducing wet weather skidding crashes and identifies the four common components of existing state programs. These components include identification of wet pavement crashes, friction testing procedures, investigation and remedial action of wet pavement crash locations, and
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2011-05-01
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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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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.
Caltrans Guidance on Incorporating Sea Level Rise provides guidance to Caltrans staff on how to assess the vulnerability of transportation projects to sea-level rise (SLR) impacts and incorporate adaptation into the programming and design of vulnerable projects. It was developed in May 2011 by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
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This report provides a summary of a peer-to-peer (P2P) videoconference sponsored by theMontana Department of Transportation (MDT) and the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) Office of Safety. The videoconference format provided a low-cost opportunity foragencies to share information on administering the Highway Safety Improvement Program(HSIP) in
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs
2011-05-01
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In August 2009, the Federal Highway Administration, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program conducted an international scanning study of how transportation agencies in Australia, England, New Zealand, and Sweden use performance management to demonstrate accountabi
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs
2011-05-01
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In August 2009, the Federal Highway Administration, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program conducted an international scanning study of how transportation agencies in Australia, England, New Zealand, and Sweden use performance management to demonstrate accountabi
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2011-05-01
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This document is a technical summary of the Federal Highway Administration report, "Performance Evaluation of One-Coat Systems on New Steel Bridges" (FHWA-HRT-11-046). The current state of practice in bridge coating usually involves multilayer coating typically consisting of a zinc-rich primer over an abrasive blast-cleaned surface and two addition
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Driving at night is substantially more dangerous than driving during the day—the fatality rate is three to four times higher. A novel approach to studying how roadway features can improve night-driving safety is the focus of “Development of Methodologies to Evaluate Nighttime Safety Implications of Roadway Visual Scene Under Cognitive Task Loads,”
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2011-05-01
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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.
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