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Policy and Legislation

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.

Web-Based Tools Help With Travel Data Analysis

Why do people travel? What modes of transportation do they use? How long are their trips? Where do they go? The answers to these questions and more are what the Federal Highway Administration's National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) seeks to collect and provide to the transportation community. The NHTS data enable transportation decisionmakers to assess initiatives, review programs and policies, study current mobility issues, and plan for the future.

Updated Course Can Help With Designing Safer Highways

In 2010, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) expanded the Crash Prediction Module of the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM), a suite of software tools that analyze the safety of design decisions on two-lane rural highways, multilane rural highways, and urban and suburban arterials.

Paths for Improving Quality of Life

Communities across the country are eager to develop multimodal transportation networks that provide safe, convenient, and affordable travel options for motorists, transit riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

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.

Communication Product Updates

Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.