Setting a Course to Interoperability
USDOT successfully demonstrated the ability to operate connected vehicles cross-site, over-the-air among six participating vendors from three pilot sites....
A Conversation With Frederick 'Bud' Wright
The recently retired AASHTO executive director and former FHWA executive director reflects on his 43-year career in transportation....
Are Your Roads Weather Savvy?
Some transportation agencies are choosing innovative solutions to better manage adverse weather conditions on their roadways--saving lives and enhancing mobility....
Measuring Maturity
Technology readiness level assessments can help transportation agencies enhance program management and project results. Here's how....
Making Connections
The lessons from Denver's collaboration with FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center can help other communities develop a connected vehicle program....
Guest Editorial
Using Technology to Spring Forward
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Innovation Corner
Flexible Financing for Small Communities
Decreasing resources and increasing demands require Federal and State transportation agencies to explore innovative financing tools for infrastructure projects. State infrastructure banks (SIBs)...
Hot Topic
New Framework Aims to Accelerate Project Delivery
A coordinated and timely process for environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects is essential to advancing and delivering these projects to the traveling public. Executive Order 13807,...
Along the Road
Public Information and Information Exchange
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
Assisting Practitioners with Hydraulic Design
The purpose of hydraulic engineering is to design a structure with the proper capacity to divert or remove water from the roadway and pass collected water under the roadway. Designing a hydraulic...
Training Update
Improving Public Safety Through Access Management
Research shows that any time roadways connect, the risks of collision, injury, and death increase. Of the approximately 6 million crashes reported in the United States each year, 55 to 75 percent...
Communication Product Updates
Communication Product Updates
Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology. All of the reports are or...