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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.
Determining an appropriate asphalt binder is a critical step in selecting materials for paving projects. A binder’s properties should be related to the conditions under which it is used, including air and pavement temperatures and traffic conditions at the specific site.
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).
FHWA is encouraging the use of ultra-high performance concrete to join prefabricated bridge elements and improve their performance.
Unmanned aerial systems are taking flight in highway transportation. Here's a bird's-eye view at how and where the industry is using them.
Today, project delivery requires better and faster ways of doing business. One way is to use the construction manager/general contractor method of procurement. Here's how it works.
Visitors are flocking to the Nation's natural and cultural wonders in record numbers. How are agency leaders responding to the related traffic and impacts? Here is the story of new approaches to managing congestion in a recreational setting.
Detroit's QLINE electric streetcar, launched in 2017, is the outcome of an unprecedented public-private partnership providing a model for regional collaboration. The project is an example of the innovative technologies, methods, and processes encouraged by FHWA to improve the Nation's transportation system. FHWA is also exploring innovations like drones and alternative contracting methods.
Collaborative engagement, better results: This is the concept behind the State Transportation Innovation Councils (STICs) that now work across the country. Bringing together stakeholders from public agencies, industry, and academia fuels a collaborative environment that drives the generation of ideas, promotes buy-in for those ideas, and increases opportunities for successfully identifying and deploying innovations.
