Public Roads Spring 2022

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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 Jean Landolt, a Federal Highway Administration Program Coordinator.
Featured in “FHWA Works: Careers in Motion Employee Spotlight,” Jean Landolt shares her interests and accomplishments from serving throughout FHWA for over 25 years, including work with the Transportation Research Board.
Meet Jean Landolt, Program Coordinator, Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management.
A vehicle paving asphalt on a road can be seen.
This laboratory’s primary mission is to characterize the behavior of paving materials to ensure the highest level of resiliency.
The Asphalt Binder and Mixture Laboratory assesses the physical properties of paving materials to determine the strength, stiffness, and ductility of our Nation’s roadways.
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.
The title page of a publication labeled “Exploratory Advanced Research Program The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning in Federally Supported Surface Transportation 2022 Updates.”
Read about how the EAR Program is advancing the use of AI that enables computers to analyze large amounts of data and form conclusions—machine learning—to enhance the safety and reliability of the Nation’s highway system.
Read the new Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program publication, The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning in Federally Supported Surface Transportation 2022 Updates.
Transportation Systems Joint Program Office 30th anniversary logo over a background image of intersecting highways.
Read more about the evolution of ITS in the Spring 2022 issue of Public Roads.
Three decades of ITS has provided real-time data to improve safety in transportation.
Portrait of Shawn D. Wilson, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation with American flag in the background.
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 Spring 2022 Issue Guest Editorial Shawn D. Wilson.

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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.

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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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