Moving Beyond Traffic
Preparing the transportation system for the future starts today. But in an era of rapid change, getting there requires consistent, reliable investment at the Federal level....
Stop or Go?
Ramp metering has demonstrated that it reduces freeway congestion and crashes. So why aren’t more transportation agencies deploying it? ...
The Roads Less Traveled
A new toolkit from FHWA is paving the way for safer local and tribal rural highways. ...
Commuting in A Post-Baby Boomer World
An upsurge in retirements, coupled with workplace trends such as telecommuting, is bound to affect travel on U.S. highways. Here’s what transportation planners will want to know....
Digitizing for Better Decisionmaking
Michigan has established a successful government-academia partnership to help local agencies make data-driven decisions on road safety. ...
Leveraging A Data-Rich World
Civil Integrated Management is shepherding highway construction and transportation asset management into the digital age, while improving the consistency and efficiency of project delivery....
Guest Editorial
Challenges Confronted, Solutions Found, Opportunities Ahead
With about 1 year left until Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau and the rest of the Obama Administration turn over the reins to a new team, now is as good a time as any to look back at...
Along the Road
Management and Administration
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. This information comes...
Internet Watch
Navigating Safety at Unsignalized Intersections
From 2010 to 2012, more than 70 percent of all intersection-related fatal crashes nationwide occurred at unsignalized intersections. Unsignalized intersections are those at-grade junctions of two...
Training Update
Three Online Courses to Help You Preserve Your Bridges
More than 40 percent of the Nation’s bridge inventory is approaching the end of its design service life.
Communication Product Updates
Communication Product Updates
Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.