Public Roads

Date:

Spring 2018

Issue No:

Vol. 82 No. 1

Publication Number:

FHWA-HRT-18-003

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These girls participated in FHWA's Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day in 2016, a fun day of scientific discovery to encourage children to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The U.S. Department of Transportation is supporting women in transportation through programs like the Women and Girls in Transportation Initiative. For more information, see "Ready, Willing, & Able" on page 28 in this issue of PUBLIC ROADS.

Articles
Departments

Building A Bridge to Sustainability

by David R. Lastovka and Amy Plovnick

How did Ohio use FHWA’s INVEST to make a major project more environmentally and socially conscious? To find out, read on.

Rolling Out Pavement Technologies

by Gina Ahlstrom

Innovative approaches to construct and maintain roadway surfaces have the potential to save money and improve performance. FHWA is facilitating their use across the country.

Are We Ready for Connected and Automated Vehicles?

by Michelle Noch

Through an ITS training program, USDOT is seeing to it that transportation workers are prepared for the new world.

Human Mosaics Move The Nation

by Jennifer Mayo and Elizabeth Romero

FHWA is paving the way for harnessing diversity in the transportation industry by integrating the values of inclusion and engagement in all of the agency’s activities.

Ready, Willing & Able

by Martha Kenley and Tracy Duval

Women and girls are employed in a variety of transportation jobs, and more are poised to join the workforce. It’s a matter of training and contracting, and FHWA is helping out.

Turning Skeptics Into Adopters

by Daniel Alzamora

Bridges using geosynthetic reinforced soil–integrated bridge system technology are popping up everywhere. The innovation’s popularity continues to increase, and for good reason.

Guest Editorial

Improving Work Zone Operations

Innovation Corner

Driving Innovation Through State Councils

by Sara Lowry

Collaborative engagement, better results: This is the concept behind the State Transportation Innovation Councils (STICs) that now work across the country.

Hot Topic

Leveraging Transportation Funding with Value Capture

by Mark Sullivan

Transportation improvements enhance accessibility and often generate significant increases in the value of surrounding land, benefiting landowners and developers.

Along the Road

Technical News

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 from U.…

Internet Watch

Improving IHSDM to Increase Roadway Safety

by Abdul Zineddin

Safety is at the forefront of all stages of project development, from planning, analysis of alternatives, and design to construction and operations.

Training Update

Support for Successful Transportation Asset Management

by Judy Francis and Vanessa Almony

Managing transportation assets—for example, roads and bridges—is essential to maintaining the Nation’s vitality.

Communication Product Updates

Communication Product Updates

by Lisa A. Shuler of FHWA's Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and and Innovation Management

Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology.

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