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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.

Advanced Research for the Long Term

With passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) in 2005, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established new ideas, principles, and practices for research activities involving surface transportation.

Understanding Access Management Solutions

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) defines access management as “the proactive management of vehicular access points to land parcels adjacent to all manner of roadways.

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.

Scoring Intersection Safety

New indices can help highway engineers create safer environments for pedestrians and bicyclists at intersections.