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FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - September 2013

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IN THIS ISSUE...  

  • GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
    • FHWA Launches RD&T Agenda Web Site
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • New Brochure Explains EAR Program
    • Workshop Focused on Aging of Composites
    • Technologies to Help Vision-Impaired Pedestrians Find their Way
    • Fact Sheet: Creating Productive Roadways: Developing an Advanced Energy Production, Storage, and Distribution System
    • Fact Sheet: Next Generation Vehicle Positioning and Simulation Solutions—Using GPS and Advanced Simulation Tools to Improve Highway Safety
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • TFHRC Open House Features Intelligent Compaction and Sustainable Pavement Technologies
    • LTPP InfoPave Released for User Review and Input
    • New Profilers Capture Data on the Road
    • TechBrief: FHWA LTBP Workshop to Identify Bridge Substructure Performance Issues
    • Report: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Performance Testing—Axial Load Deformation Relationships
    • Report: Composite Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Mass
    • TechBrief: Friction Angles of Open-Graded Aggregates from Large-Scale Direct Shear Testing
  • SAFETY
    • FHWA Releases 2013 Version of Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
    • TechBrief: Field Evaluation of a Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection
    • Summary Report: Safety Evaluation of Converting Traffic Signals from Incandescent to Light-Emitting Diodes
    • Report: Traffic Control Device Conspicuity
    • Report: Simulator Study of Signs for a Complex Interchange and Complex Interchange Spreadsheet Tool
  • OPERATIONS
    • Report: Synthesis of Traveler Choice Research: Improving Modeling Accuracy for Better Transportation Decisionmaking
    • Report: Large Field Test of New Stereo Detection System for the Pedestrian Signal Phase for the Visually Impaired
    • Report: The Effective Integration of Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • Public Roads—September/October 2013
    • FOCUS Newsletter September 2013
    • Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—September/October 2013
       

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September 2013
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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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