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IN THIS ISSUE...
- GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
- SHRP2 Implementation Update
- Petri Heads Hearing on Administration’s Implementation of MAP-21
- ADVANCED RESEARCH
- Advancing Multiscale Modeling Techniques
- IEEE Workshop on Multimodal and Alternative Perception for Visually Impaired People
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- Chloride Contaminated Grout Studies Complete
- Ultrasonic Culvert Inspection System
- Structural Design with Lightweight Concrete
- Long-Term Bridge Performance Program Update
- LTPP Develops New MEPDG Default Traffic Datasets and LTPP-PLUG Software
- LTPP Will Soon Monitor WMA Pavements
- Rapid-Strengthening Ultra-High Performance Concrete
- Fact Sheet: Identification of Nondestructive Evaluation Needs for the United States Highway Infrastructure
- TechBrief: Material Characterization of Field-Cast Connection Grouts
- TechBrief: Surface Resistivity Test Evaluation as an Indicator of the Chloride Permeability of Concrete
- SAFETY
- FHWA Releases Version 8.1.0 of Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
- Three Papers Accepted for Driving Assessment Conference
- Collecting and Analyzing Stakeholder Feedback for Signing at Complex Interchanges
- Fact Sheet: Office of Safety Research and Development Fact Sheet
- RECENT PERIODICALS
- Public Roads— March/April 2013
- Public Roads—January/February 2013
- FOCUS Newsletter March 2013
- Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—January/February 2013
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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.
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Publishing Date:
March 2013
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Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
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Subject Area:
Research
Public Roads
Safety and Human Factors
Pavements
Bridges and other structures