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OFFICE OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER

FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - September 2010

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IN THIS ISSUE...  

  • GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
    • Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center Hosts the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories and European Conference of Transport Research Institutes
    • Planning for SHRP 2 Implementation
    • Highways for LIFE Solicits Proposals
    • Report: State Planning and Research Guide For Peer Exchanges
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • FHWA Exploratory Advanced Research Solicitation Deadline Approaching
    • Fact Sheet: Driving Simulation Forward: Making Driving Simulators More Useful for Behavioral Research
    • Fact Sheet: Investigating Congestion and Solutions: Experiments on Congestion Conditions and Pricing Initiatives
    • Fact Sheet: New Ways to Predict Bridge Performance: Advances in Structural Health Monitoring
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • More Than 50 International Pavement Specialists Attend LTPP Pavement Analysis Forum
  • SAFETY
    • National Crash Analysis Center Technical Summaries Now Available
    • Report: Safety Effectiveness of the HAWK Pedestrian Crossing Treatment
    • TechBrief: Safety Effectiveness of the HAWK Pedestrian Crossing Treatment
    • TechBrief: Crash Impact of Smooth Lane Narrowing with Rumble Strips at Two-Lane Rural Stop-Controlled Intersections
    • Surrogate Safety Assessment Model Software Download is Now Online
  • OPERATIONS
    • TFHRC Transmitter Installed, Intellidrive Research Continues
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • FOCUS Newsletter—August 2010
    • FOCUS Newsletter—July 2010
    • Public Roads—July/August 2010
    • Innovator–Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—June/July 2010
    • Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter—July/August 2010
    • LTPP Newsletter, Summer 2010
    • LTBP News, Summer 2010

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

Publishing Date:
September 2010
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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.
 

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Subject Area:
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