The Genie in The Bottle: The Interstate System and Urban Problems, 1939-1957
If you wanted to know the 20th century's top songs, movies, novels, people, TV shows, news stories, or any other topic capable of being ranked by superlatives, 1999 was the year for you.
LANI and The Leimert Park Project
How do you rebuild a neighborhood? That simple question has caused hot debate for much of the last century as residents, business owners, planners, and government leaders wrestled with the...
Enhancing Pavement Smoothness
Back in the "good old days" and simpler times of the early 20th century, the traveling public was happy just to have a paved surface to keep them out of the mud.
Surviving The Turbulence: The Transportation-Air Quality Arena, 1999-2000
When Congress passed the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970, the ambitious optimism of many legislators probably wouldn't have allowed them to envision that the war on dirty air would stretch into the...
Strategic Plan for Transportation and Air Quality Research, 2000-2010
Adapted from a paper of the same title written by Mike Savonis of the Federal Highway Administration on behalf of the Transportation and Air Quality Committee of the Transportation Research Board...
Atlanta 'Conforms' to Clean Air Requirements
The Atlanta region has experienced extraordinary increases in population and development over the last two decades. Between 1980 and 1999, the population of the Atlanta region grew by 64 percent...
Measuring Economic Impacts of Federal-Aid Highway Projects
The nation's highway system is in a constant state of change. Every year, new capacity is added to the network, and older infrastructure is replaced, reconstructed, or improved.
Transportation in The 21st Century
The following article was adapted from a paper presented by Bob Skinner, executive director of the Transportation Research Board, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory on June 9, 2000....
Guest Editorial
Editor's Notes
In many ways, life is like baseball. Although we'd prefer all the pitches (opportunities) to be "right down the middle," every good hitter has to be able to hit a curve ball.
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
You have Internet access at home. You have it at the office. You can even stroll to your local cybercafé‚ and read your e-mail while sipping your skim latte. But soon, high-tech, Web-savvy,...
Training Update
New Courses Offered
Highway Materials Engineering (#13123) presents applied knowledge in highway engineering materials and quality control. This six-week course will be offered January 29-March 16, 2001, at the...
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
September 2000Sep 5-8 2000Post-Earthquake Highway Response and Recovery SeminarIllinois DOT, Missouri DOT,...