Public Roads

New Web Site Helps Make Streets Friendly For Traffic and Feet

In recent decades, suburbanization with single-use, low-density land developments has created environments where walking to and from destinations may not be safe or feasible

NHI Fosters Collaboration Between Safety and ITS Communities

The U.S. rate of highway fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled—1.48 in 2003—compares favorably with that of European countries.

Conferences/Special Events Calendar

September

Direct User Charges

Transportation agencies are considering alternative sources of highway revenue to help build new and maintain existing highways.

Making Trails

A new tool will help designers evaluate the level of service on shared-use paths.

Preventing Roadway Departures

Effective solutions are ready for deployment today, as these State examples show.

Motivating Teens to Buckle Up

Researchers in Rhode Island are promoting increased seatbelt use among high school students.

Safety Scans—A Successful Two-Way Street

International tours glean best technologies and practices from around the globe, and U.S. departments of transportation apply those lessons and offer their own successes.

Where The Dowel Bars Are

A new quality-assurance tool could help engineers improve the performance of concrete pavements.

Trans-Texas Corridor

The Lone Star State is pioneering innovative approaches to developing and financing major transportation projects.

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