Managing Curbside Productivity
Increasing use of curb space offers challenges in considering accessibility for all users, accommodating increased delivery access, and optimizing curb productivity.
Public Roads
How 10 States Use, Evaluate, and Implement Nondestructive Evaluation Technology
State DOTs are adopting NDE techniques to manage pavement and bridge deck maintenance and repairs.
Internet Watch
Transportation planners always need to be aware of potential impacts from their projects to federally listed endangered species and designated critical habitats. If a project may impact these wildlife populations or habitats, Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act requires planners to create a biological assessment and complete a consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Former Research Associates Find Success
FHWA's Research Associateship Program helps participants launch their careers—sometimes with FHWA itself.
Postdoctoral candidates who apply for positions as research associates with the Federal Highway Administration do so to continue their research, make connections in their fields, and launch their careers. For some, career success is found right at the facility where they started as associates.
NHI's Commitment to Virtual Training for Engineers
Despite the shift in how to meet the needs of today's workforce, the National Highway Institute (NHI) prides itself on its commitment to provide quality training to engineers. To continue to do so, NHI now offers some of its structures courses in an online, instructor-led format.
Communication Product Updates
Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Research, Development, and Technology. All of the reports are or will soon be available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). In some cases, limited copies of the communications products are available from FHWA's Research and Technology (R&T) Product Distribution Center (PDC).
Compiled by Lisa A. Shuler of FHWA's Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management
Working Together to Improve Pedestrian Safety
Working Together to Improve Pedestrian Safety
In 2019, traffic deaths decreased across the United States, with a fatality rate of 1.10 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the lowest since 2014. This is positive news, but even more encouraging is the 2.7-percent decrease in the number of pedestrian fatalities.
Have You Shared Your Innovation with Your Neighbor?
Sometimes the inspiration to try something innovative can come from your neighbor's proverbial backyard. Creating a neighborhood for the transportation community to share their successes was the goal of the National State Transportation Innovation Council Network Showcase (STIC Showcase), conducted as part of the Virtual Summit that launched Every Day Counts round six (EDC-6; for more information, see the Innovation Corner in the Winter 2021 issue of Public Roads).
CarmaSM: Improving Traffic Flows and Safety at Active Work Zones
FHWA's CARMASM Program is testing how cooperative driving automation can manage work zone congestion and enhance safety.
