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In 2013 in the United States, 32,719 people died in motor vehicle crashes. Roadway safety professionals across the country are striving to improve the safety of the Nation’s roads, but they face challenges as technologies emerge and new professionals enter the field. To support these safety stakeholders, the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Safety recently introduced two resources focused on professional capacity building.
Every highway agency participates in construction projects that include accommodation and relocation of utilities along public rights-of-way. If planners do not fully consider the potential impact of utilities on construction--and of construction projects on existing utilities--during a project’s planning stages, the result can be costly delays and dissatisfied stakeholders. To improve the process, the National Highway Institute offers course 134006 Utility Coordination for Highway Projects.
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).
With the return of warmer weather, many people are heading out on two wheels.