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IN THIS ISSUE...
- GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
- Every Day Counts Initiative
- Planning for SHRP 2 Implementation
- ADVANCED RESEARCH
- FHWA EAR Program Initiates Research in New Technologies for Developing Renewable Energy in the Public Right-of-Way
- FHWA EAR Program Initiates Two Studies in Nanoscale Sensors for Structural Health
- Fact Sheet: Mapping the Future of Hydraulics Research: A Strategic Plan to Protect Highway Infrastructure
- Fact Sheet: Nanoscale Approaches for Highway Research
- Fact Sheet: Beyond Traffic Signals: A Paradigm Shift Intersection Control for Autonomous Vehicles
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- Transportation Infrastructure Reconnaissance Team Goes to Chile
- Report: Design and Evaluation of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Dowels
- Demonstration Project 39—Asphalt Recycling
- SAFETY
- Report: Simulator Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements on Rural Two-Lane Undivided Roads: Nighttime Delineation for Curves and Traffic Calming for Small Towns
- Report: Alternative Intersections/Interchanges: Informational Report (AIIR)
- Alternative Intersections Selection Tool (AIST)
- Safety Improvement Program Manual Published
- RECENT PERIODICALS
- FOCUS Newsletter—April 2010
- FOCUS Newsletter—March 2010
- Public Roads—March/April 2010
- Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter—March 2010
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