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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.

The Low-Cost Dropoff Solution

The safety edge, a relatively easy and inexpensive countermeasure to steep pavement edges, is reducing crashes on rural two-lane highways.

Accountability At a Glance

California is harnessing the power of the Internet to provide transparency of management on a $3 billion program of transportation improvements.

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.

"Fight Gridlock Now" Web Site Expands

In May 2006 the U.S. Department of Transportation introduced the National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network (also referred to as the Congestion Initiative), a plan aimed at reversing the Nation's growing congestion problem.