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FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - September 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE...

  • ADMINISTRATION/GENERAL
    • Madison Confirmed as Highway Administrator
    • NHTSA Data Shows Drop in 2007 Highway Fatalities
    • 2009 TRB 88th Annual Meeting: Dennis C. Judycki, 2008 Roy W. Crum Award Recipient
    • Dennis C. Judycki Nominated for Frank Turner Award
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • Exploratory Advanced Research Opportunities: Advanced Research on the Empirical Mode Decomposition Algorithm
    • Development of Methodologies to Evaluate the Nighttime Safety Implications of the Roadway Visual Scene Under Varying Cognitive Task Loads
    • Human Factors for Limited-Ability Autonomous Driving Systems
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • “It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air” Initiative Launches New Web Site
  • PAVEMENTS
    • LTPP Newsletter, Summer 2008
  • SAFETY
    • 2008 Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) Public Release
  • TRANSPORTATION POOLED FUND PROGRAM
    • New Transportation Pooled Fund Program Manager
    • FHWA Officially Closes Over 10 Pooled Fund Projects
  • EVENTS/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
    • Technical Presentations at TFHRC by the Applied Research Laboratory at The Penn State
      University
    • Upcoming Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) Web Conferences
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • FOCUS Newsletter - August 2008
    • Public Roads - July/August 2008

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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Online access:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/rtnow/.
 

Mail:
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Attention: Dawn Vanlandingham
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101

 

Publishing Date:
September 2008
Posting Date:
Issue:
September 2008
Notes:

This newsletter is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information.

 

Distribution–FHWA R&T Now is being distributed according to a standard distribution. Direct distribution is being made to the FHWA Divisions and Resource Center.

 

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.

 

Notice–This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the USDOT in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document.
 

The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturers' names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the objective of the document. 

 

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Subject Area:
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Safety and Human Factors
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