Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development (R&D)

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation safety
  • Research projects
  • Laboratories
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-24-016
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This fact sheet provides an overview of the Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development (R&D) at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) which oversees nationally coordinated traffic safety and operations research to reduce highway crashes, fatalities, and injuries and produce next-generation technologies and tools to improve transportation system productivity, efficiency, and performance. The office is structured around the following teams: Safety Data and Analysis, Human Factors, Roadway Safety, Transportation Enabling Technology, and Transportation Operations Applications. Major projects across the various teams include Complete Streets, vulnerable road user safety initiatives, connected and automated vehicles, cooperative driving automation (CDA), and vehicle-to-everything technologies research.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/73027/dot_73027_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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