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Delivering Solutions for a World in Motion

New Training Courses NHI has redesigned two of its civil rights courses. Conducting EEO Contract Compliance Reviews (Course #36114) reviews equal opportunity laws regarding the hiring of minorities and women by government contractors.

Conferences/Special Events Calendar

May

May 11-12 1998

International Road Safety Audit Forum

ARRB Transport Research

Melbourne, Australia

Margaret Husselbee

marghu@arrb.org.au

+61 3 9881 1578

May 11-15 1998

North American Travel Monitoring Exhibition and Conference

FHWA et al.

Charlotte, N.C.

Pam Cloer

(http://itre.ncsu.edu/namtec)

May 17-21 1998

Public Roads: 80 Years Old, But The Best Is Yet to Come

Public Roads was first published in May 1918. So, that makes the magazine 80 years old. But this is not an old, stodgy magazine. Public Roads maintains the strength, vitality, energy, and enthusiasm of the young - knowing that the best years are yet to come.

Communication Product Updates

Below are brief descriptions of reports recently published by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.

Wealth of Information Presented At Superpave Conference

"We cannot expect the technology of the World War II erato meet the demands of our nation today," said Federal Highway AdministratorKenneth Wykle. "In the past 10 years alone, traffic volume in this countryhas doubled, and pavement loadings have quadrupled."