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IN THIS ISSUE...
- Transportation Secretary Announces New Council to Move Technology Forward
- FHWA Executive Director Leads Meeting with World Road Association
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- Research Underway on Multiyear, Large Diameter, Open-End Piles Project
- LTBP InfoBridge™ Provides Valuable Bridge Data to Researchers
- Growing Use of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Seeks to Strengthen Nation’s Bridges
- FHWA Hosts Japanese Delegation on Bridge and Structures Research
- FHWA Publishes Report and Moderates Webinar on Superheavy Loads on Flexible Pavements
- EXPLORATORY ADVANCED RESEARCH
- FHWA Welcomes New National Research Council Research Associates
- Advanced Research Program Marks 10th Anniversary
- OPERATIONS
- New White House Report on Aging Populations Includes Section on Transportation
- PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
- FHWA Hosts "Moving Innovation from Research to Implementation" Boot Camp
- SAFETY
- New Bicycle Simulator Added to Virtual Reality Lab
- RECENT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Infrastructure
- Safety
- EAR
- General
- RECENT PERIODICALS
- Public Roads–Spring 2019
- Innovator–March/April 2019
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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Publishing Date:
March 2019
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This newsletter is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information.
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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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Publishing Office:
Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
FHWA Program(s):
Corporate
AMRP Program(s):
Corporate
Subject Area:
Research
Safety and Human Factors
Public Roads
Pavements