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Public Roads

Structural Monitoring With GPS

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a rapidly evolving technology that is changing the way many navigation and surveying tasks are performed.

Editor's Notes

Beginning with this issue, which is the first issue in a new volume, Public Roads will be published six times per year.

Policy and Legislation

"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.

Westrack: Putting ITS to Work

On May 30, 1996, three 69-metric ton triple-trailer/vehicle combinations (without drivers at the wheel) circled a 2.9 kilometer (km) test track at 65 km per hour at the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) WesTrack facility.