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Better Options for Older Adults

Local planners are establishing supplemental transportation programs nationwide to help meet the needs of the growing senior population.

Creep and Recovery

A new FHWA test offers a faster, cheaper method for ensuring adequate elastomeric polymer content in asphalt binders.

Management and Administration

Along the Road is the place to look for information about current and upcoming activities, developments, trends, and items of general interest to the highway community.

WSDOT Web Team Updates Traveler Information Pages

At last count, the Washington State Department of Trans- portation's (WSDOT) Web site averaged about 4 million page views per day. In addition, the site set a record of 15 million page views on January 10, 2007, underscoring an enormous growth in site use since 2006, which only attracted about 1.5 million page views during the entire year.

NHI Courses Cover Requirements of Uniform Act

Government programs designed to benefit the public as a whole, such as constructing the Nation's transportation system, sometimes require purchasing private property and displacing people from their residences, businesses, or farms.

Communication Product Updates

Below are brief descriptions of products recently published online by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.