Recruiting The Next Generation
by Clark Martin and Stephanie Carter
The USDOT National Engineers Program is seeking the transportation innovators of the future. Someday, will some of them be your colleagues and the leaders of tomorrow?
by Lucia Olivera
USDOT is partnering with small businesses to foster new transportation technologies, products, and services through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Best of The Best: America'S Transportation Awards!
by Maggie Perrigo
Check out these extraordinary success stories: AASHTO announces its top 2011 honorees for design and delivery of highway innovations.
Proven Countermeasures for Pedestrian Safety
by Jennifer Bartlett, Brett Graves, Theo Petritsch, and Tamara Redmon
FHWA and many State DOTs are relying on the demonstrated effectiveness of medians and walkways to help protect those on foot.
Spotlight on Benefit-Cost Analysis
by Nathaniel Coley
To help make every dollar work more effectively, transportation agencies can improve project appraisals to increase returns on investments. Proactive BCA can help make this happen.
Guest Editorial
SHRP 2: Moving Transportation Forward
Just as Microsoft, FedEx, and the Ford Motor Company continually strive to develop innovative products that respond to today's changing consumer environments, the transportation community also is…
Along the Road
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
Webtool Streamlines ESA Consultations
by Kate Sullivan
Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), federally funded transportation projects must not jeopardize the existence of a threatened or endangered species or adversely modify critical…
Training Update
Course on Bridge Safety Inspections Updated
by Lilly Pinto
The Nation's highway system depends on more than 600,000 bridges to make mobility and commerce possible -- and sustain Americans' way of life.
Communication Product Updates
by Michael Thoryn of FHWA's Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and and Innovation Management
Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
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