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FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - November 2013

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IN THIS ISSUE...  

  • GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
    • SHRP2 Implementation Update
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • EAR Program Awards Four Projects to Research Sensor Systems for Highway Infrastructure
    • EAR Program Awards Two Projects for Long-Range Environmental Screening
    • Workshop to Focus on Corrosion Management for Sustainable Bridges
    • Workshop Held on Utilizing Data Sources for Transportation Human Factors Research
    • Fact Sheet: Designing a New National Household Travel Survey: Innovations in Collecting and Analyzing Long-Distance Travel Information
    • Fact Sheet: Paving the Way for Greener Highways: Extending Concrete’s Service Life Through Multiscale Crack Control
    • Fact Sheet: Understanding Long-Distance Traveler Behavior: Supporting a Long-Distance Passenger Travel Demand Model
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • Workshop Focused on Characterization of Bridge Foundations
    • Protocols for Condition Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Girders Using NDE and Physical Testing
    • Recruiting of LTPP Warm Mix Asphalt Pavements Starts Soon
    • LTPP InfoPave to Debut at TRB Annual Meeting
    • TechBrief: Development of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High Performance Concrete for Use in the Highway Bridge Sector
  • SAFETY
    • Report: Assessment of The Geographic Information Systems’ (GIS) Needs and Obstacles in Traffic Safety
    • Report: Driver Expectations When Navigating Complex Interchanges
    • Report: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control: Human Factors Analysis
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • Public Roads—November/December 2013
    • FOCUS Newsletter October 2013
    • Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—September/October 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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FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Attention: Dawn Vanlandingham
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McLean, VA 22101

Publishing Date:
November 2013
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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:
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Subject Area:
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Public Roads
Safety and Human Factors