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When Disaster Strikes

The latest edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook provides critical information to assist first responders at the scene of incidents involving hazardous materials.

The Century Challenge

Researchers at FHWA set out to find bridge coatings that will last 100 years. Here’s what they found.

Celebrating 100 Years of Success

As described to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx by the Acting Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Federal Lands Highway (FLH) is one of the agency’s best kept secrets. Most who work in FLH would agree.

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. This information comes from U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) sources unless otherwise indicated. Your suggestions and input are welcome. Let’s meet along the road.

A New Home for Innovation

Increasing the use of innovative technologies and processes is critical to improving the Nation’s highways. Recognizing this, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established the Center for Accelerating Innovation in 2012. Then, in fall 2013, FHWA launched an umbrella Web site for the center, www.fhwa.dot.gov/accelerating. The new site makes it easier for a variety of audiences to find information and resources about innovations in highway design and construction.

Helping Practitioners Improve Traffic Signal Management and Operations

Arterial roadways are critical to the national transportation system, accounting for more than 1 million lane miles of roadway connecting local and collector roads to national highways. These roadways, in turn, rely on the management and operation of an estimated 311,000 traffic signals in the United States.

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).

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Border crossings are the focus of two key FHWA initiatives to assist the U.S.-Canadian joint effort to improve security while expediting trade.