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Environmental Research: Helping Highways Improve the Quality of Life

Over the past few years, technological advancements and protecting the environment have been catalysts for change in the policies and procedures of many federal agencies.

Looking for a Few Good IDEAS

The Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program of the National Research Council's (NRC) Transportation Research Board (TRB) is designed to nurture innovative concepts for technologies, systems, methods, and processes for application to highway and intermodal transportation practice.

The National Quality Initiative

Quality Management (QM) is a broad term for the overall process of ensuring quality products.

Public Roads - Winter 1994

Along the Road

"Along the Road" is a hodgepodge of items of general interest to the highway community.

New Research

The following new research studies reported by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Research and Development are sponsored in whole or in part with federal highway funds.

Texas High-Strength Concrete Bridge Project

High-strength concrete is one of the most significant new materials available to federal, state, and local highway agencies to rehabilitate the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

The Impact of Highway Infrastructure on Economic Performance

In the United States, the importance of transportation facilities to the nation's economic strength and efficiency is generally accepted.

Automatic Weather Station Installed at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

A state-of-the-art automatic weather station (AWS) was installed at the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Va., on July 26, 1993.

An Automatic Warning System to Prevent Truck Rollover on Curved Ramps

Truck accidents on urban freeways occur more frequently at interchanges -- particularly on curved exit ramps -- than at any other location.

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