'Doing Futures' Creating A Preferred Future in Highway Safety
If a maxim seems tailor-made for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), it's "Safety never takes a holiday." As long as people are injured or killed on American highways, FHWA will never be...
Improving Safety Through Peer Exchanges
In 1994, the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Motor Carriers began a national peer exchange to help identify the "best practices" -- the most successful procedures and techniques...
National Transportation Week, May 16-22
From May 16 to 22, the transportation community will celebrate National Transportation Week (NTW). Congress first designated NTW more than 30 years ago to draw public attention to transportation...
An Immediate Payoff From FHWA's NDE Initiative
Advanced nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive flaw-detection technologies (NDT), developed partly through the assistance of a recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) applied...
Designing Highways With Older Drivers in Mind
The graying of American society is clearly documented by demographic data. Each year, the average age of Americans increases as the baby boomer generation leaves middle age and heads toward older...
FHWA's Driver Performance Laboratory
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Va., includes a Driver Performance Laboratory.
The National Driver History Initiative
This article was adapted with the permission of Move, the magazine of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, from "The National Driver History Initiative" by Brian M. McLaughlin...
What's A Work Zone?
It may surprise some to hear that there are currently no nationally recognized definitions of work zones or work-zone accidents. Almost every state has their own unique definitions of these items...
The National Work-Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
Tom Everett needed information about improving safety in roadway construction zones. Everett, a bridge safety engineer with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in Nashville, Tenn., found...
Safety Is Our North Star
This article was adapted from information provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
1999 International Highway Transportation Safety Week, June 1-5
International Highway Transportation Safety Week offers all partners in motor carrier and highway safety and opportunity to highlight the many people, programs, and partnerships in the United...
Human Factors Recommendations for Tmc Design
Traffic incidents may have a detrimental effect on traffic congestion from the time they occur until long after the actual incident is cleared. Prompt identification and clearance of incidents can...
FHWA's International Geotechnical Engineering Scan
Over the past eight years, the International Engineering Scanning Program, directed by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of International Programs, has been successful in defining...
Does Asset Management Deserve A Closer Look?
The answer to that question is a resounding "Yes!" At least that's what the board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) thinks.
Communication Product Updates
Communication Product Updates
Researchers, academicians, and managers alike should find this department useful.
Editor's Notes
"Safety Is Our North Star"
This issue of Public Roads is dedicated to highway safety, and almost all of our feature articles deal with current programs, research, or issues of highway safety.
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
Internet Watch
The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has opened a new, redesigned Web site: http...
Training Update
First NHI Instructors Certified
The National Highway Institute proudly congratulates the first 20 FHWA and contract instructors that have successfully completed the instructor certification process and are now "NHI Certified...
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
MayMay 9-12 1999American Consulting Engineers Council 1999 Annual ConventionACECSeattle, Wash.Jen...