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IN THIS ISSUE...
- ADMINISTRATION/GENERAL
- Ray H. LaHood Becomes the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- Michael Trentacoste Named New Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology, and Director of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
- Dr. Jonathan Porter, New Chief Scientist for RD&T
- Economic Recovery
- Technical Publications Catalog, October 2007 – September 2008
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- Chemistry Research Facility Fact Sheet
- PAVEMENTS
- LTTP Newsletter, Fall 2008
- SAFETY
- FHWA Office of Safety R&D Announces a Transportation Pooled Fund Study (TPFS) to Support Motorcycle Crash Causation Study
- FHWA Office of Safety R&D Announces Advanced Crash Analysis Program (ACAP)
- Test Track and Driving Simulator Evaluations of Warnings to Prevent Right-Angle Crashes at Signalized Intersections
- SafetyAnalyst Brochure
- Fact Sheet: Office of Safety Research and Development (R&D)
- Intersection Safety
- OPERATIONS
- FHWA Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Research Symposium
- Comparative Analysis Report: The Benefits of Using Intelligent Transportation Systems in Work Zones
- OPPORTUNITIES
- Call for 2009 National Roadway Safety Awards Nominations
- RECENT PERIODICALS
- FOCUS Newsletter - November 2008
- FOCUS Newsletter - December 2008
- Public Roads - November/December 2008
- Public Roads - January/February 2009
- Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter – December 2008
- Innovator–Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience-December/January
ABOUT FHWA R&T NOW
FHWA R&T Now is a newsletter containing information and updates about research, technology, and development from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The newsletter is an electronic newsletter and is updated approximately every other month.
Send your comments, questions, and feedback to FHWA_Now@dot.gov.
Online access:
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Mail:
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Attention: Dawn Vanlandingham
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
Publishing Date:
January 2009
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Issue:
January 2009
Notes:
This newsletter is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information.
Distribution–FHWA R&T Now is being distributed according to a standard distribution. Direct distribution is being made to the FHWA Divisions and Resource Center.
Key Words–Infrastructure, Operations, Safety, EAR, exploratory advanced research, research, V2X Hub, technology transfer, T2, nondestructive evaluation, NDE lab, crowdsourcing, CACC, cooperative adaptive cruise control, vehicle string, crash test, cell phone, managed lanes, alkali-silica reaction, ASR, simulator, asphalt, pavement test facility, indirect tensile-cracking test.
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The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturers' names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the objective of the document.
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Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
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Subject Area:
Research
Pavements
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Public Roads