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IN THIS ISSUE...
- POLICY & PARTNERSHIPS
- FHWA Provides Training to NHTSA Special Crash Investigation Members
- FHWA to Help NCHRP Accelerate Research Results
- FHWA Discusses Common Interests with Army ERDC
- ADVANCED RESEARCH
- EAR Program Funds New Research on Data Mining and Freight Modeling
- FHWA Opens Door for U.S. Entities through Infravation Program
- New Technologies Guide Blind Pedestrians Safely
- Turner-Fairbank Hosts Workshop on Cementitious Materials
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- FHWA Offers Expertise on UHPC Connections Technology
- New Book to Feature Wood Trusses and Covered Bridge Construction
- FHWA’s NDE Project to Assist SCDOT, Advance Assessments of Flooded Pavements
- LTBP Program Holds Webinar on Bridge Portal
- Pavement Software Features New Traffic Defaults from LTPP
- OPERATIONS
- Saxton Lab Demonstrates Multivehicle Platooning Using CACC
- SBIR Program to Advance Safety through Smartphone App
- ATTRI and ODEP Host Online Dialogue
- USDOT Hosts Enabling Technologies Workshop
- ATTRI Mentioned in Committee’s Report to President
- SAFETY
- FHWA Releases 2015 Version of IHSDM
- Human Factors Lab to Install New Highway Driving Simulator Vehicle
- Human Factors Team Demonstrates Prototype Technology at Auburn
- STAC Awards Task Orders to Support SHRP2 Safety Data Training
- RECENT PERIODICALS
- Public Roads—September/October 2015
- Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—November/December 2015
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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:
November 2015
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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
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Corporate
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Corporate
Subject Area:
Research
Safety and Human Factors
Public Roads