Vol. I, No. 1 - The First Issue of Public Roads, May 1918
If you want to know about our times, go to the magazine section of your local bookstore. Here, arrayed for your pleasure, is a snapshot of our world at this time.
IDAS: A Tool for Integrating Its Into The Planning Process
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have the potential to revolutionize surface transportation, but listening to all the claims of some ITS proponents, one could begin to believe that ITS...
Turbo Architecture: A Tool for Leveraging The National ITS Architecture
Early in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recognized the need for a "National ITS Architecture" to identify interfaces for...
Communities of Practice
An engineer, thinking that a colleague may once have confronted a problem similar to one that has just arisen in a project, stops by the colleague's office for advice. A safety specialist in an...
Middle School Students Design Future Cities
Some people don't give teenagers and preteens much credit for intelligence and creativity. But those folks have never seen the Future City Competition that is part of the activities of National...
The Partnership Initiative: A Unified Agenda for Highway Research and Technology
Advancing innovation is the mainstay of our continued journey toward creating the safest and most efficient and effective highway and intermodal transportation system in the world. Research and...
Vermont Rest Area Uses Green Wastewater Treatment System
When the sewage treatment system failed at Vermont's busiest interstate highway rest area, "up from the ground came a bubblin'" something that was crude and smelly, but it wasn't oil. State...
The Federal Transportation Livability Initiative - Building Livable Communities for The 21st Century
The Clinton-Gore Livability Initiative, "Building Livable Communities for the 21st Century," helps communities across America grow in ways that ensure a better quality of life and strong,...
An Australian Road Review
In November 1999, I was a keynote speaker at an Australian national conference on transport corridor management. Speaking at the conference gave me the opportunity to take a 2,500-kilometer road...
Advantages of The Split Intersection
This article is adapted from a paper presented by the authors at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2000 in Washington, D.C.
One Mile in Five: Debunking The Myth
Editor's Note: In the following article, we let the Federal Highway Administration's "unofficial historian" get something off his chest. He needed to vent.
National Transportation Week, May 14-20
"Transportation is the tie that binds us," said Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater during a March 8 rally of representatives from more than 30 organizations.
Guest Editorial
Many of You Are Familiar With The Classic Fable of 'The Ant and The Grasshopper'
In a field one summer's day, a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest...
Internet Watch
Check Out TRIS Online
For those of you who prefer to browse for transportation information while seated comfortably in front of your computer, here is a valuable resource for you.
Training Update
ITS PCB Web Page is Now Available
The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program Web page is now available at http://pcb.volpe.dot.gov.
Communication Product Updates
Recent Publications
Below are brief descriptions of the reports recently published by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
Conferences/Special Events Calendar
May 2000May 1-4 2000ITS 2000ITS AmericaBoston, Mass.Katrina Mayo(202) 484-4549...