As Bureau of Public Roads employees moved up the ranks, they were often supported by others in higher places. Retirees recalled the times they offered the helping hand, and shared their views of hiring and promoting once they had moved into supervisory and management positions.
In retrospect, some retirees felt that getting hired at the Bureau of Public Roads had been relatively easy. Getting ahead, however, sometimes took a hand up, and several retirees looked back on the help they received in moving ahead.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure
2008-11-01
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The Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center Chemistry Research Facility (CRF) conducts fundamental studies of highway materials from a chemical point of view. Investigations into the chemical mechanisms involved in well-known distress modes in concrete and asphalt pavements helps to generate new testing methods and foster the development of new mat
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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 Research, Development, and Technology
2008-11-01
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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.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2008-11-01
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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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Roadside barriers are a critical safety device as they shield motorist from what might be a more severe crash when leaving the roadway. Therefore, when damaged they need to be repaired so that they can perform this function. The purpose of this guide is to provide highway and maintenance personnel with up-to-date information on how to repair damage
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This report provides guidance to practitioners for strategies and tactics that will help mitigate the effects of congestion at traffic signals. The focus was on methods that made use of settings wtihin the local intersection controller rather than on network-level strategies. The strategies are defined in terms of objectives, with the objectives sh
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This report provides guidance to practitioners on effective strategies to mitigate the effects of congestion at signalized intersections. The scope is limited to single intersections and does not address network-level strategies. The strategies are defined in terms of their underlying objective. Under congested conditions, traditional objectives an
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2008-10-28
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The gasoline volume shown in this report is a cumulative tabulation of gross volume reported by wholesale distributors to State motor fuel tax agencies. It includes highway use, nonhighway use and losses. There is a lag of up to 6 weeks between the wholesale transactions reported and retail sales to consumers. Travel trends are reported monthly in
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Transportation Management
2008-10-01
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This Overview primer was produced to explain the concept of congestion pricing and its benefits, to present examples of congestion-pricing approaches implemented in the United States and abroad, and to briefly discuss federal-aid policy and programs related to tolling and pricing
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Transportation Management
2008-10-01
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The purpose of this volume is to consider the technology options that are available to complement congestion-pricing approaches. This primer explores how technology broadens the success for congestion pricing by supporting the traveler's decision to change travel time, travel mode, and travel route. Complementary technologies (a) extend the benefit
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The primary objective of the ICM Initiative is to demonstrate how Intelligent TransportationSystem (ITS) technologies can efficiently and proactively facilitate the movement of people and goods through major transportation corridors that comprise a freeway, arterial street network, and bus and rail transit network. This report documents the Integra
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Transportation Management
2008-10-01
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This volume explores transportation technologies that enable congestion pricing. This document considers the following: the functional processes for tolling and congestion pricing; what technologies there are to consider; how the technologies are applied; examples of how technologies have been applied; what technologies may make it work better in t
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In SAFETEA-LU Section 1808, Congress required the U.S. Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to evaluate and assess the direct and indirect impacts of CMAQ-funded projects on air quality and congestion levels. This study responds to that request by analyzing 67 CMAQ-funded projects, using data
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This is a network of highways which are important to the United States' strategic defense policy and which provide defense access, continuity and emergency capabilities for defense purposes.
The methodologies, uncertainties and intended uses of this study should be considered while reviewing the results. This study was designed to produce high level estimates of the net effect of sea level rise and storm surge on the national transportation network. It was designed primarily to aid policy makers at the U.S. Department of Transportation
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Retirees have recalled the early years of the training program and their experiences coming to work for the BPR. Whether hired from college or straight off the streets, they've begun with staking and survey, drafting, or other assignments, and those experiences have been the subject of many fond BPR memories.
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