United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2009-05-01
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This summary is one in a series describing Innovative Intersection Safety Treatments. The summaries identify new technologies and techniques to improve intersection safety developed since NCHRP Report 500, Volumes 5 and 12, were published in 2003 and 2004, respectively. These treatments show promise for improving safety but comprehensive effectiven
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2009-05-01
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This summary is one in a series describing Innovative Intersection Safety Treatments. The summaries identify new technologies and techniques to improve intersection safety developed since NCHRP Report 500, Volumes 5 and 12, were published in 2003 and 2004, respectively. These treatments show promise for improving safety but comprehensive effectiven
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
2009-05-01
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This summary is one in a series describing Innovative Intersection Safety Treatments. The summaries identify new technologies and techniques to improve intersection safety developed since NCHRP Report 500, Volumes 5 and 12, were published in 2003 and 2004, respectively. These treatments show promise for improving safety but comprehensive effectiven
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway
2009-05-01
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Retiree Memoirs
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First there were the room-filling IBM mainframe computers, then the Texas Instruments calculators and the Wang word processors. By the 1970's we had moved into the Computer Age, bringing changes and improvements to our work processes and products.
Meetings with partner agencies are crucial in deciding which projects deserve Federal Lands monies. However, sometimes not all participants can agree on how much money will be needed or how easily the job can be done.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
2009-05-01
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FHWA is actively involved in efforts to support and disseminate climate-change-related research and to provide technical assistance to stakeholders. This brochure summarizes some of those efforts.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2009-05-01
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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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As part of a national initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highways for LIFE (HfL) program, the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) was awarded a grant to demonstrate the use of trenchless technologies in rehabilitating 10 deteriorated culverts on U.S. 12 over MacDonald Pass in Powell and Lewis and Clar
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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
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2009-05-01
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On May 11–12, 2009, during National Bike Month and National Bike to Work Week, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Interstate and Border Planning sponsored a 1.5-day peer exchange to promote the advancement of bicycling and walking as healthy, efficient, and safe transportation modes. The purpose of the peer exchange, which focuse
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2009-05-01
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Focus: Accelerating Infrastructure Innovations
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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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Peering Into the Unknown - A Mix of Innovations Succeeds in Minnesota - Exploring Vehicle Size and Weight Solutions - Using CRFs to Improve Highway Safety - Traffic Safety Education for Non-engineers.
Impacts on transportation infrastructure: higher temperatures, more intense precipitation events, stronger storms and higher sea levels are likely to have adverse effects on transportation systems. Transportation contribution to greenhouse gas emissions: transportation is the second-largest source of greenhouse gases in the US; the US highway syste
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Deterioration of concrete bridges because of reinforcing steel corrosion has been recognized for four-plus decades as a major technical and economic challenge for the United States. As an option for addressing this problem, renewed interest has focused on corrosion resistant reinforcements, stainless steels in particular. The present research study
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Contractors constantly have to make decisions regarding how to maximize profit and minimize risk on paving projects. With more and more States adopting incentive/disincentive pay adjustment provisions for quality, as measured by various acceptance quality characteristics (AQCs), a contractor likely has to evaluate several options before selecting a
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Freight Management and Operations
2009-04-01
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FHWA’s Office of Freight Management and Operations is measuring the time required for trucks to cross the Bridge of the Americas and to establish a baseline dataset.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Freight Management and Operations
2009-04-01
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FHWA’s Office of Freight Management and Operations is measuring the time required for trucks to cross the Otay Mesa-Tijuana border and to establish a baseline dataset.
The Tucson metropolitan region embarked on developing a regional concept for transportation operations (RCTO) in 2005 as part of a Federal Highway Administration demonstration initiative to advance regional collaboration for operations. The RCTO is a management tool that operators and planners use to strategically plan for improving operations in t
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