NHI Celebrates 45 Years of Excellence
Since opening its doors in 1970, the National Highway Institute has equipped thousands of transportation professionals with the skills to keep the Nation’s highway system moving forward.
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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).
Nailing The Cheats
Identifying schemes to dodge taxes or steal fuel—and finding solutions—will bolster revenues for constructing, maintaining, and operating highways and bridges.
The World of Tomorrow Is Today
High-performance computing is helping pave the way to the bridges of the future. Read on for the straight skinny from FHWA’s Hydraulics Research Program
Spotlighting Speed Feedback Signs
An FHWA study links dynamic messages to a reduction in roadway departures on two-lane rural curves that have high crash histories
The Evolution of Geometric Design
Enhanced guidelines, analysis tools, and decisionmaking approaches are driving the latest innovations available to transportation professionals.
Investing in Today and Tomorrow
The Arizona Department of Transportation used a sustainability tool from FHWA to build a more efficient and well-balanced transportation program.
A Commitment to Innovation
The Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials have a long history of collaborating on the deployment of innovations and technologies to shorten project delivery, enhance safety, reduce congestion, and improve environmental sustainability. Recent examples of this collaboration to assist State and local transportation agencies with implementing new processes include the partnership of the AASHTO Innovation Initiative (AII) and FHWA’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program.
The Web Manual for Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies
To maintain the performance of highway systems, transportation agencies must be able to assess the condition of structural elements without damaging or altering them. Nondestructive evaluation (NDE), which complements visual inspection, is a means by which they can assess structural components of inservice highway infrastructure without impairing future usefulness.