Toward More Flexible Design
The controlling criteria for highways are undergoing a makeover to provide engineers with greater flexibility to create best-fit solutions. ...
Environmental Justice: The New Normal for Transportation
FHWA underscores the importance of EJ within the decisionmaking process. ...
The World of Tomorrow Is Today
High-performance computing is helping pave the way to the bridges of the future. Read on for the straight skinny from FHWA’s Hydraulics Research Program ...
Spotlighting Speed Feedback Signs
An FHWA study links dynamic messages to a reduction in roadway departures on two-lane rural curves that have high crash histories ...
The Evolution of Geometric Design
Enhanced guidelines, analysis tools, and decisionmaking approaches are driving the latest innovations available to transportation professionals. ...
Guest Editorial
Flexible Design Is Key to Improving System Performance
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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
SBIR Program Makes Street Crossings Safer
Simply crossing the street has become a dangerous daily activity for many, as drivers and pedestrians alike are increasingly distracted by their hand-held devices. Although the Federal Highway...
Training Update
NHI Celebrates 45 Years of Excellence
Since opening its doors in 1970, the National Highway Institute has equipped thousands of transportation professionals with the skills to keep the Nation’s highway system moving forward....
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. All of the reports...