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

FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - November 2009

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IN THIS ISSUE...  

  • GENERAL/ADMINiSTRATIVE
    • Administrator Mendez Launches the Every Day Counts Initiative
    • Formal International Collaboration Platform Established
    • Administration's Authorization Considerations
    • Planning for Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Implementation
    • Review of the Peer Exchange Program
    • FHWA Administrator Recognizes Transportation Pooled Fund Program Task Force
    • TPF Management and Improvement
    • FHWA Phase | Small Business Innovation Research Projects - FY09 Award Activity
    • Technical Publications Catalog - October 2008 - September 2009
  • ADVANCED RESEARCH
    • Exploratory Advanced Research Program Assesses Mega Trends
    • EAR Program Stakeholder Involvement
    • FHWA EAR Program Initiates Research in Emerging Field of Experimental Economics
    • FHWA EAR Program Initiates Research on Driver Behavior Leveraging Naturalistic Driving Data
    • FHWA EAR Program Initiates Research on Next Generation Vehicle Positioning
    • Fact Sheet: Next Generation Crack-Resistant Concrete Maximizing the Service Life of Transportation Infrastructure
    • Fact Sheet: Next Generation: Next Generation Smart Traffic Signals - Rhodes with Intellidrive - the Self-Taught Traffic Control System
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • Techbrief: Improved Corrosion-Resistant Steel for Highway Bridge Construction Knowledge-Based Design
  • SAFETY
    • The Diverging Diamond Interchange Selected by Popular Science as One of the 100 Best Innovations of the Year
    • Crash Prediction Module Updated: Version 5.3.1 Now Available
    • Road Safety Audit (RSA) Program
  • FREIGHT MANAGEMENT and OPERATIONS
    • Announcing the New and Improved FHWA Freight Web Site
    • Brochure - Freight Professional Development Program
  • RECENT PERIODICALS
    • FOCUS Newsletter - October 2009
    • FOCUS Newsletter - September 2009
    • Public Roads-November/December 2009
    • Safety Compass Newsletter - Fall 2009
    • Innovator-Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience-August/September 2009
    • Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter -September 2009

 

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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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:
November 2009
Posting Date:
Issue:
November 2009
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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.

 

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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Publishing Office:
Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
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Subject Area:
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Environment
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