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Twenty years ago, the Federal Highway Administration embarked on the initial effort to push for a U.S. Department of Transportation policy on reducing total fatalities. The agency decided it would not be satisfied with reductions in fatality rates. At the time, FHWA used the analogy that daily highway deaths equated to a Boeing 737 crashing each day!
The Smart City Challenge generated a significant amount of interest among U.S. cities. The U.S. Department of Transportation received 78 applications--one from nearly every midsized city in the country.
The challenge required the cities to boldly envision new solutions that would change the face of transportation in U.S. cities by closing the gap between rich and poor, capturing the needs of both young and old, and bridging the digital divide through smart design so that future transportation meets the needs of all city residents.
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.
The new Red Book offers a collaborative process that accelerates environmental reviews and permitting and is gaining traction as the accepted business practice at State DOTs. Try it on for fit.
Here's how a metropolitan planning organization in Colorado didn't settle for “good enough” when developing its award-winning transportation plan.
Federally funded, State-administered business development programs are helping level the playing field for disadvantaged business enterprises across the country.
Each year, FHWA employees bring in their children for a fun day of scientific discovery in hopes of encouraging them to consider a STEM career.
What do hydraulic modeling tools, ultra-high performance concrete, and data-driven safety analysis have in common? Each is among the innovations selected for deployment under the Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative.
EDC is the innovation partnership between the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, launched in 2009 to take on the challenges presented by limited budgets and to speed up the delivery of needed highway projects.
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that there are more than 470 highway tunnels in the United States. Many of these tunnels are more than 50 years old and are quickly reaching the end of their designed service lives. But, until recently, tunnel owners and operators lacked Federal guidance for conducting mandatory tunnel inspections.