Let’s Ride!
FHWA has just published a guidebook on planning and designing separated bike lanes—innovative bicycle facilities that are being implemented in communities throughout the country....
Smooth Operators
AASHTO and its partners recently launched the National Operations Center of Excellence to help transportation agencies establish systems management and operations as a discipline....
Partners Across The Pacific
For more than three decades, Japan and the United States have been cooperating on bridge engineering research to improve resistance to wind and earthquake damage....
On The Road With Ike and Niki
During Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the United States, President Eisenhower thought showing off U.S. roadways would demonstrate the country’s prosperity. The President had...
A Pivotal Job for Police
Law enforcement officials play a crucial role in collecting performance measurement data for traffic incident management. In many ways, the future of TIM is in their hands....
Advancing The Triple Bottom Line
Through its own work, FHWA shows how to incorporate sustainability into transportation activities to deliver environmental, economic, and social benefits now and in the future....
Guest Editorial
Pedaling Toward a Safer System for Bicyclists
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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
Improving Safety for Cyclists
In 2012, conflicts between bicyclists and motor vehicles resulted in 726 cyclist fatalities and about 49,000 injuries. This represents an increase from 2011, when 682 cyclists were killed and...
Training Update
NHI Announces New and Updated Courses
NHI has revamped its menu of offerings for 2015 with five new and revised Web-based courses: a series of four air quality planning courses as well as one course on transportation asset management...
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...