Making Virtual A Reality
NHI has delivered interactive, conference-style training to State DOT desktops.
Public Roads
A Golden Opportunity to Make Travel More Golden
FHWA continues its increasingly important role of helping meet the needs of a growing demographic. Check out the Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Turns 75
On this diamond jubilee, it’s easy to lose sight of just how revolutionary the Nation’s first superhighway really was.
Check Out Your Latest FP
Every few years, FHWA’s Office of Federal Lands Highway updates the specs for building roads and bridges to access Federal and tribal lands. Here’s the news.
Powering An Energy Revolution
A boom in U.S. energy development is challenging transportation agencies to alleviate the strain related to increased truck traffic on aging infrastructure.
TIM: An Important Operations Strategy
Over the past 2 years, PublicRoads has featured a series on traffic incident management (TIM) to demonstrate the critical role that operations plays in efficient and effective highway management.
Your Home for Accessing ITS Data
How do you manage more than 15 years’ worth of data and turn it into a valuable resource for transportation professionals? The U.S. Department of Transportation was faced with this challenge to organize and store data resulting from intelligent transportation systems (ITS) projects. The agency understood that it was critical to track benefits, costs, lessons learned, and implementation status in order to advance ITS programs.
Advancing Asphalt Recycling
Departments of transportation face increasing challenges from tightening budgets and deteriorating roadway conditions on aging infrastructure. To overcome these challenges, State DOTs are looking for ways to assess and modernize their approach to maintaining and managing highway investments.