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Postwar Houses: A Transportation Timebomb?

NCHRP has developed a model for evaluating the mid-century residences that soon might trigger a huge need for Section 106 compliance by Federal-aid or federally permitted highway projects.

Taking The Next Step

During a recent large-scale field test of a new stereo vision system for detecting pedestrians at street crossings, FHWA focused on the visually impaired.

A Holistic Approach to Roadway Safety

More than 32,000 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes in the United States in 2011. Because these crashes are often the result of multiple contributing factors, the solutions to saving lives must involve a comprehensive, collaborative effort spread across the four "E's" -- engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response.

A New Home for Transportation Software

AASHTOWare® -- a suite of software for designing and managing infrastructure projects -- has helped transportation professionals monitor costs, schedules, inventories, inspections, safety, and performance for more than 25 years. Authorized by the board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in 1986, the AASHTOWare technical service program provided centralized support and maintenance of legacy mainframe software used by multiple State departments of transportation (DOTs).

Bridge Inspection Goes Virtual

The Nation's bridge infrastructure depends heavily on the work of inspectors to ensure safety and performance. A high level of expertise is required to ensure that bridges meet an exacting set of standards and are safe for public use. Inspectors are therefore federally mandated to undergo comprehensive training to lead bridge inspection teams or to become program managers. This demand for high-quality training is the reason the National Highway Institute (NHI) offers training course 130055 Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges.

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. All of the reports are or will soon be available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). In some cases, limited copies of the communications products are available from FHWA’s Research and Technology (R&T) Product Distribution Center (PDC).

Trip Traces

To improve safety, the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study is collecting data on what happens when people crash, experience a near-crash -- or drive without incident.