Surface Transportation and Global Positioning System Improvements: L5 and DGPS
Several proposed improvements to the Global Positioning System (GPS) are likely to benefit surface transportation.
'Sticking' With Rosan
High-speed race car drivers call it "stick."
One LTAP Strategic Plan Implemented 57 Ways
The U.S. Department of Transportation, like other agencies of the federal government, is mandated by the Government Performance and Results Act to develop and implement a strategic plan.
FHWA's Photometric And Visibility Lab
You're on a road trip, speeding along a lonely stretch of rural highway on a moonless, early summer's night.
Be ALERT for Efficiency and Safety
As a sergeant in the College Station, Texas, police department, Greg Lewis knows that police work often involves tedious, information gathering and checking.
The Human Factors Field Research Vehicle: FHWA Takes Its Show On The Road
The year is 1998. It's a rainy winter evening, and you are struggling to read the handwritten, cryptic directions to the holiday dinner at your boss's home.
FHWA Forms An Extended Superpave Technology Delivery Team
Twenty field engineers from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Lands Highway Office have been assigned as members of the Extended Superpave Technology Delivery Team (STDT...
FHWA's New Leaders Have Strategic Vision
The bridge to the 21st century comes along a road to the future. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will enter the 21st century guided by a new leadership team and a strategic plan. The...
The Garrett A. Morgan Program: Shaping The Future of Transportation
The life of an African-American inventor and entrepreneur is serving as the inspiration for a forward-looking Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently completed and sent to Congress the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study (HCAS) - the first federal HCAS since 1982.
Editor's Notes
Big Surprise - Not!
It's really no surprise to anyone who's traveled a major highway recently that more Americans are on the road.
Along the Road
Policy and Legislation
"Along the Road" is the place to look for information about current and upcoming activities, developments, trends, and items of general interest to the highway community.
Internet Watch
Surfing Overseas
While there is a wealth of transportation-related web sites generated in the United States, there is also a sizable and growing treasure of web-based information overseas that should be of...
Training Update
Delivering Solutions for a World in Motion
Superpave courses are now ready! NHI and its technical experts from FHWA are proud to present: