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FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - March/April 2015

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IN THIS ISSUE...  

  • GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
    • FHWA Discusses RT&E Budget with House Subcommittee Staff
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • Summary Report: National Multimodal Freight Analysis Framework Research Workshop
    • Catalog: EAR Program Research Results—Updated through 2014
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • RABIT Inspects Arlington Memorial Bridge
    • AASHTO Subcommittee Develops Vision for Concrete Bridges
    • Turner-Fairbank Welcomes New Flume System
    • Researchers to Evaluate Electroslag Welds
    • Researchers Instruct GMU Students at Turner-Fairbank
  • SAFETY
    • FHWA Releases Version 10.1.0 of Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
    • Report: Evaluation of Dynamic Speed Feedback Signs on Curves: A National Demonstration Project
  • OPERATIONS
    • FHWA Discusses V2I Applications and Enabling Technologies at TRB
    • NAS Publishes FHWA Research on Micro-Simulation
    • Yousuf Represents FHWA on FCC’s Disability Advisory Committee
    • Webinars Inform Stakeholders of Research Efforts
    • ATTRI Webinar Focuses on Travel Needs
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • Public Roads—January/February 2015
    • Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—January/February 2015

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.
 

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https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/rtnow/.
 

Mail:
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Attention: Dawn Vanlandingham
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101

Publishing Date:
March 2015
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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.


Notice–This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the USDOT in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document.
 

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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Publishing Office:
Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
FHWA Program(s):
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AMRP Program(s):
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Subject Area:
Research
Safety and Human Factors
Public Roads