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Enhancing safety on rural roads, bundling projects to reduce construction backlogs, and capturing the value of infrastructure investment to fund more projects are among the innovations in round five of Every Day Counts (EDC-5). Stakeholders suggested more than 160 innovations and collaborated with the Federal Highway Administration to evaluate and select 10 innovations that will be promoted and deployed in 2019 and 2020.
Transportation planners have a challenging job. They must balance competing priorities and needs against an anticipated but not necessarily known future. Planners must answer complex questions: Will congestion decrease if we invest in a particular strategy? How might travel patterns change and where will we see the worst congestion in the future?
The planning and finance staff of State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations face myriad regulations and requirements for expending and administering Federal-aid planning funds. Indepth knowledge of these regulations is vital to ensuring sound administration and management of funds.
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).
Strategic planning and design of rural roads can encourage drivers to choose speeds consistent with the posted limits, reducing the severity of speeding-related crashes.
Connecticut's journey to modernize its system for crash data collection, reporting, and analysis could serve as a model for other transportation agencies.
To improve safety on Connecticut’s roads, the Connecticut Department of Transportation teamed up with FHWA, the University of Connecticut, and local law enforcement to overhaul the State’s process for collecting and handling crash data. For more information, see “Better Information for Better Roadway Safety” on page 8 in this issue of Public Roads.
On September 20, 2018, the Federal Highway Administration released a Federal Register Notice establishing a new Special Experimental Project (SEP) that provides States with an opportunity to explore new responsibilities in the management of the Federal-aid Highway Program. A SEP is an opportunity for States to collaborate with FHWA to innovate the process and improve the delivery of the Federal-aid Highway Program.
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.
