Public Roads Winter 2023

Featuring Complete Streets, TIM, and wildlife safety. Learn more.

Research and Technology Portfolio

Explore activities, initiatives, and projects that address the Nation's highway challenges. Learn more.

CARMA(SM) Leads the Way with Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA)

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) CARMA Program is spearheading research on CDA concepts. Learn more.

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FHWA research projects advance innovation for transportation professionals and the traveling public.

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SPOTLIGHT

Headshot of James Pol, a Federal Highway Administration Technical Director.
In “FHWA Works: Careers in Motion Employee Spotlight,” James discusses the launch of a new data science lab and why water moccasins should be feared even more than alligators.
Learn about James Pol, P.E., PMP, Technical Director, Office of Safety, Research and Development.
Two lab technicians hold a section of concrete underneath one of the universal testing machines.
The innovators here develop and evaluate new test methods, and collaborate with academia, private industry, and government agencies.
The Concrete Laboratory investigates concrete materials, mixture design and analysis, and forensics to create more durable, cost-effective, and sustainable infrastructure.
A photo of the progress construction workers make on rehabilitating two bridges in Arizona.
Read the FHWA R&T Story for the latest innovations in transportation research.
Learn how FHWA accelerates the implementation of technologies that can meet future highway needs in the FHWA R&T Story.
The title page of a publication labeled Signing, in Combination with Lane Markings, in Advance of Lane-Reduction Transitions.
Important findings for engineers, planners, and others concerned with road users’ ability to follow lane-reduction transitions.
Find out how drivers respond to information about their lane ending in the report: Signing, in Combination with Lane Markings, in Advance of Lane-Reduction Transitions.
A bridge, under construction and hemmed to cliffs, sits above a river. A net on the cliffside protects against loose rocks.
Read how relationships play an integral role in projects in the Winter 2023 issue of Public Roads.
For FHWA’s Office of Federal Lands Highway, partnerships are a function of doing business.
Headshot of Cheryl J. Walker, Federal Highway Administration Associate Administrator for Safety, with an American flag in the background.
FHWA Associate Administrator Cheryl Walker shares plans for reducing roadway fatalities.
Public Roads Winter 2023 Guest Editorial by FHWA Associate Administrator for Safety Cheryl Walker.

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Highlighted Research

CARMA Video Series: CDA Traffic Incident Management —
Watch this video to learn how the FHWA cooperative driving automation research program is using Travel Incident Management use cases to help keep first responders safer on the roadways.

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