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Making It Happen: Implementing The FHWA Restructuring Plan

"Making What's Good Even Better" in the last issue of Public Roads explored the underlying reasons for the restructuring of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and outlined the design of the restructured agency. This article describes the progress on implementing both the field and headquarters restructuring plans.

Is Benchmarking in Your Future?

Over the years, I have observed that we in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), like most other organizations, are reluctant to adopt new terminology, especially when it's part of some new management process. That's quite normal and understandable given the fuzziness of some terms.

Seismic Protection of Bridges

Recent major earthquakes in California and Japan have again demonstrated their potential for damage to highway bridges and loss of life. However, many of the bridges that failed were designed and built before the adoption of modern codes specifying earthquake-resistant design.

'Steps for Action' - Making Sure ITS Is Ready for The Year 2000

At the annual meeting of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America on May 5, 1998, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Mortimer L. Downey sounded a call to action, announcing a national summit of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) community to address Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problems in ITS.

"Safety Is Our North Star"

This issue of Public Roads is dedicated to highway safety, and almost all of our feature articles deal with current programs, research, or issues of highway safety.

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.