Complete Streets are a set of transportation policies, planning approaches, design practices, and operational strategies focused on improving safety, accessibility, and mobility for all road users regardless of their age, ability, and mode of transportation. The purpose of this report is to summarize Complete Streets evaluation best practices using
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2024-05-08
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-05-08
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The Construction Industry: Where Strength Meets Innovation. Exciting journeys await women who pursue careers in construction. This is your chance to open doors and shatter barriers in what's traditionally been a male-dominated industry.
This report describes how investment in transportation infrastructure can generate economic costs or benefits that may not be captured in the conventional measures used for economic evaluation of proposed investments, and thus need to be measured separately and incorporated into such evaluations. It explains why and how such "wider economic impacts
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This report presents a series of aids that summarize key features of 20 forms of alternative intersection designs. These aids will help practitioners become familiar with new forms—or variations of forms with which the design is familiar—and guide practitioners to additional resources. The report also includes an analysis of connected and automated
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Geometric design based on performance is a renewed approach to project decision making that specifically addresses the purpose and needs of projects by providing design flexibility. Transportation practitioners need resources to evaluate roadway design based on safety performance. This research project used the Roadway Information Database and the
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This report documents the findings from an international study on turbo roundabouts undertaken as part of the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of International Program’s Global Benchmarking Program. The study was motivated by the growing domestic interest in and installation of turbo roundabouts to combat the disproportionate number of prope
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Traffic professionals need to consistently evaluate all alternative intersection configurations and document intersection operational benefits. This information is vital to roadway designers who need to make informed decisions on whether to select a traditional or alternative intersection design and potentially choose among competing alternative in
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Travel time reliability has direct economic impacts on the decisions of logistics firms and delivery vehicles, and the service levels ultimately experienced by shippers, firms, and consumers. Underlying all measures of travel time reliability is the variability of travel times experienced along individual links, by various modes, at junctions and i
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Section 6020 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act established the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program to provide grants to States or groups of States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user-fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. In
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This technical report provides an assessment of State automated permitting systems for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Automated permitting systems allow for the issuance of permits for oversize and overweight vehicle loads 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
2024-05-01
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National Travel Time Dashboard: Interstate Highways
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The Monthly Urban Congestion Report (UCR) provides a state-level overview of traffic congestion and reliability trends on Interstate highways. Published every month, the report compares data from the most recent month with the same month in the previous year. It uses travel time data from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Performance Ma
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-05-01
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Traffic management systems (TMSs) operated by State departments of transportation (DOTs) are faced with challenges in monitoring, collecting, or sharing information with travelers in advance of their reaching en route destinations where travel decisions may be influenced by traffic information. The prevalence of mobile devices connected to third-pa
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-05-01
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Traffic Management Systems (TMSs) should have the ability to quickly share information on detected incidents, the response to incidents, and coordination with the appropriate agencies, emergency service providers, and stakeholders. Incident-related information may also need to be shared with various offices within an agency or the public. TMS staff
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This report provides initial thoughts on how the strut-and-tie method (STM) can be used with ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) disturbed regions, such as those near supports and the points of application of concentrated loads at strength and extreme limit states. A brief background on STM and plastic design methodology is provided for context.
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This report presents the independent evaluation results of Washington State Transportation Commission’s (WSTC) road usage charge (RUC) pilot. The pilot received fiscal year (FY) 2016 and 2017 funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) program. The FY 2016 and FY 2017 fund
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Engineers and bridge owners have widely used nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for the assessment and inspection of reinforced concrete structures. The creation of reference specimens featuring structural defects commonly encountered in the field is crucial for enhancing understanding of NDE technologies and certifying NDE service providers.
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This report highlights challenges, opportunities, lessons learned, practices, and issues agencies may consider in the process of updating or developing a concept of operations (ConOps) and the associated requirements for a current traffic management system (TMS) or the next generation of an agency’s TMS. It addresses how the ConOps and requirements
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2024-05-01
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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