Public Roads Spring 2023

A special issue focusing on “Equity in Transportation.” Learn more.

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The most recently released technical reports, TechBriefs, fact sheets, and presentations, released today and archived through 2013. Learn more.

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SPOTLIGHT

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Public Roads announces first ever Student Writing Competition for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Learn more.
Know a student interested in submitting an article for Public Roads Magazine? Applications due June 21, 2023. Articles due July 21, 2023.
The result of a collision of a test car into a red barrier. The car’s hood has crumbled but the passenger compartment remained intact.
FOIL stages high-speed motor vehicle collisions to measure the impact, confirm predictions, and create mathematical models.
The Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) studies the dynamic loading that occurs in vehicle crash events.
A busy intersection with pedestrians in the crosswalk, a bicyclist in the facing bike lane, and a bus idling in the adjacent lane.
Read the FHWA R&T Story for the latest innovations in transportation research.
Learn how FHWA works to provide clear benefits to the public in the FHWA R&T Story.
A screen-capture of a realistic artificial dataset (RAD) testbed with a highway scene in the background showing vehicles navigating a highway and an offramp.
This study describes the development of RAD for ramp terminals and speed change lanes at diamond interchanges.
Learn how realistic artificial datasets (RADs) improve data-driven safety analysis models in: MIMIC—Multidisciplinary Initiative to Integrate and Create Realistic Artificial Data.
Aerial view of soccer fields, splash park, playground, amphitheater, and community center building atop an interstate.
Read how Colorado DOT successfully addressed key transportation needs and provided equitable benefits within low-income and minority communities through its Central 70 Project.
Successful case studies from State DOTs.
Portrait of Shailen Bhatt, Federal Highway Administration Administrator, with an American flag in the background
Administrator Bhatt talks about making transportation more equitable, safer, resilient, and more affordable for all.
Public Roads Spring 2023 Guest Editorial by Administrator Shailen Bhatt.

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Learn about the FHWA Research and Technology Portfolio - Learn about the various areas of research FHWA is involved in. This video shares the topics that are showcased in the FHWA’s Research and Technology Portfolio.

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