This document contains guidelines to help writers develop specifications for the Federal Highway Administration’s Federal Lands Highway program. Topics addressed include: Specification writing style; Organization and format, Proper terminology and phrasing; Capitalization and abbreviation; and Punctuation and grammar rules.
This report presents a study, with resulting conclusions, to investigate emerging surveying and mapping technologies, and their applicability to typical assignments of the Office of Federal Lands Highway (FLH) of the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA). This study, conducted in 2002 and 2003 included a review of professional publications, interv
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When apparel is ready for replacement, notify your safety compliance officer or supervisor and request replacement apparel. Ensure that they know the kind of work you are doing (repaving, maintenance work, nighttime work, etc.) so that they will know which type of apparel to provide to you. Once you have received your new apparel, cut your old appa
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This issue brief documents estimates of the crash reduction that might be expected if a specific countermeasure or group of countermeasures is implemented with respect to pedestrian crashes. The crash reduction estimates are presented as Crash Reduction Factors (CRFs). As some studies reviewed included bicycle crashes in their analysis, some of the
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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
2008-05-01
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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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This Concept of Operations (Con Ops) for the US-75 Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Programhas been developed as part of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, and RITA (FHWA/FTA/RITA) Integrated Corridor Management Initiative. This document is intended as a high-level Con Ops for the US-75 Corridor in Dallas co
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This document is intended as a listing and discussion of the high-level Requirements for the US-75 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) in Dallas. This document describes what the system is to do (the functional requirements), how well it is to perform (the performance requirements), and under what conditions (non-functional and performance
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This report presents the results of a study to identify appropriate measures of performance that can be attributed to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) products and activities. Specifically, the study sought to identify performance measures that can be used to assess program success in meeting the go
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This report presents the results of the ITS Standards Testing Program for the field testing, assessment, and evaluation of the NTCIP standards that apply in the domain of Dynamic Message Signs (DMS). Specifically, the National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) 1203 – Object Definitions for Dynamic Messages Signs v2.25 standard,
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2008-04-10
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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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This booklet serves as a toolbox to describe various types of positive protection devices currently in use and provides guidance on where and how each is typically used.
In 2003, the Federal Highway Administration published research recommendations for minimum maintained retroreflectivity (MR) levels for traffic signs. The recommendations included most sign types but not white-on-blue signs or white-on-brown signs. In addition, the 2003 recommended maintained retroreflectivity levels were based on conditions repres
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The Capital Area Wireless Integrated Net (CapWIN) is comprised of first responder agencies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Through the use of the CapWIN application, responders are able to:1. Exchange messages with other users at roadside locations or at fixed facilities such as dispatch centers directly without having to transmit messages
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This report provides information on lighting parameters and design criteria that should be considered when installing fixed roadway lighting for midblock crosswalks. The information is based on static and dynamic experiments of driver performance with regard to the detection of pedestrians and surrogates in midblock crosswalks. Experimental conditi
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This report summarizes the results of the workshop held in Seattle, Washington on March 6 and 7, 2008, on planning for climate change. Representatives from 13 MPOs shared their experiences and challenges in this area. The ultimate goal of the workshop was to allow senior staff from a variety of MPOs to come together to share information and learn f
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A number of factors affect fuel consumption in the U.S., such as total driving population and annual vehicle miles of travel per driver. According the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data series, both of these have nearly doubled since 1969.
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