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Below are brief descriptions of communications products recently developed by the Federal Highway Administration’s 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).
By managing roadside vegetation, transportation agencies can help conserve the pollinators that are essential to the production of our food. Without them, we’d starve.
The Washington State DOT is using a SHRP2 product to manage a multimodal ferry terminal replacement in downtown Seattle.
Recently, State highway agencies and FHWA were amazed by a discovery: The clandestine use of re-refined engine oil bottoms in asphalt is widespread.
The Pennsylvania DOT is conducting a structured approach for managing threats and opportunities on a bridge replacement—and it is proving to be useful.
The third round of Every Day Counts produced record milestones in the number of States incorporating innovations, creating momentum for the next round.
North Carolina has established a promising program to reduce the number of bicyclists and pedestrians hit by automobiles. Could your State try something like this?
Monarch butterflies like these two are among the pollinator species that are in decline. The eastern population of the iconic monarch butterfly has declined by more than 80 percent since 1996. Loss of the monarch's breeding habitat - milkweed - is a significant factor contributing to this decline. To learn more, see "Save the Bees and Butterflies!" on page 4 in this issue of Public Roads.
What a year it has been. The Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation have made great strides toward improving the safety of the transportation system, shortening project completion times, and adopting time-saving permitting practices–all of which are critical to keeping the Nation moving.
Innovation is critical to the transportation industry for many reasons. New processes and technologies can speed project delivery, improve safety, increase the durability of roads, better protect the environment, and help optimize the use of scarce financial resources. But introducing new processes and technologies comes with risk. Transportation agencies face an ongoing challenge to balance the benefits that new innovations can bring against the possible risks–financial, organizational, political, or otherwise.