Arizona Tackles Work Zone Delays
If you're having trouble minimizing traffic delays during construction projects (and who isn't), then you may discover some ideas in two innovative programs developed by the Arizona Department of...
A Hallmark of Context-Sensitive Design
Take a drive north along U.S. 93 just outside Missoula, MT, and you'll see some of the most breathtaking scenery in this country. But you'll also see an odd-looking billboard for this rural two-...
Safer Roads Thanks to ITS
Each year, six million crashes occur on our nation's highways, killing more than 41,000 people and injuring approximately 3.4 million others—at a cost of more than $230 billion, according to the...
Do Better Roads Mean More Jobs?
If you build a highway, jobs will come.
Exciting Opportunity for ITS Work
Advances in information technologies are radically changing the way Americans provide business services, manufacture products, educate, recreate, and communicate.
See It Before It's Built
Imagine your client is the park superintendent for a national park. To help move visitors in and out of the area, a new road needs to be built to augment the existing one.
Roadway Lighting Revisited
The cost of nighttime crashes is high. Even though only 25 percent of the vehicle-miles traveled occur at night, nearly 50 percent of fatalities occur during those hours.
The Man Who Loved Roads
One of the little-known quirks of history is that Harry Truman could have been the Father of the Interstate System.
Benefitting From LTPP-A State's Perspective
Pavements are where the proverbial rubber meets the road. For more than a decade now, the States, Federal Government, and the Canadian provinces have invested in the Long Term Pavement Performance...
Guest Editorial
Editor's Notes
Raising the Bar on Effective Communication
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
One-stop Shopping for Geospatial Data
Maybe you're planning a transit route or rehabilitation of an existing road? For performing many tasks in the public and private sectors of the transportation industry, geospatial data are crucial...
Training Update
New NHI Courses Available in 2002
The National Highway Institute (NHI)901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 300Arlington, VA 22203www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov"AASHTO...
Communication Product Updates
Recent Publications
Below are brief descriptions of reports recently published 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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