Public Roads Winter 2022

Featuring the Safe System Approach. 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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The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center team provides high-quality technical expertise and leadership.

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

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Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center publications are a valuable resource for transportation decisionmaking.

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SPOTLIGHT

Headshot of Yan "Jane" Jiang, a Federal Highway Administration Senior Research Civil Engineer.
Featured in “FHWA Works: Careers in Motion Employee Spotlight,” Jane Jiang shares her motivations, career history, and hobbies.
Meet Yan "Jane" Jiang, PE, Senior Research Civil Engineer, Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Image of thin section of microcrystalline quartz from a fine aggregate.
This lab leverages state-of-the-art equipment, technology, and expertise to evaluate the durability of materials used in roadway construction.
The Aggregate and Petrographic Laboratory studies the materials that will make roadways safer, more reliable, and more durable well into the future.
Cover of the Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology Story publication, featuring an aerial view of a roadway overlayed with icons representing transportation.
Read the newest FHWA R&T Story for the latest innovations in transportation research.
Discover FHWA innovations to improve the transportation system for the traveling public.
Cover of the Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program's 2021 report on the Research Associates Program, featuring photos of an intersection and the nucleation of ettringite mineral as seen under a microscope.
The Exploratory Advanced Research Program engages with new researchers who are using cutting-edge approaches and research tools through the FHWA Research Associateship Program.
Learn about the many projects undertaken by the research associates from the FHWA Research Associateship Program.
Photo of an urban street with sidewalks lit up at night with a mid-block pedestrian crosswalk and median refuge island.
Learn about the five elements considered essential for a safe transportation system—safe road users, safe vehicles, safe speeds, safe roads, and postcrash care.
Read about the Safe System Approach in the Winter 2022 edition of Public Roads.
Headshot of Cheryl Walker, Federal Highway Administration’s Associate Administrator for Safety.
Cheryl Walker, the FHWA Associate Administrator for Safety, discusses how the Winter 2022 special issue of Public Roads elaborates on FHWA’s efforts to integrate the Safe System Approach into its portfolio.
Public Roads Winter 2022 Guest Editorial by Cheryl Walker.

Featured Work

SAFETY

Highway Safety Information System (HSIS)

Entries for the 2022 HSIS Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award, a student competition on applied data for safety research, are being accepted. Papers due: March 1, 2022.

Highlighted Research

FHWA 2021 Research Highlights: The projects conducted across Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center play a vital role in advancing innovations that improve our Nation’s roads and bridges.

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

With 15 cutting-edge laboratories onsite, Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is the Nation’s premier facility for advanced and applied research and development related to new and existing highway technologies.

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