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Internal FHWA Partnership Leverages Technology And Innovation

One of the guiding principles of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), as defined in the FHWA National Strategic Plan, is to "be an international leader in researching, developing, and advancing technology to ensure the most efficient, effective, and environmentally sensitive intermodal transportation system.

Center for Excellence in Advanced Traffic and Logistics Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS)

Two major factors in the economic competitiveness of a country and the quality of life of its people are the ease with which people move between home and workplace and other destinations, minimizing the attendant impact on clean air, and the efficient movement of goods from point of origin to destination. Thus, economic competitiveness and the people's quality of life can be considerably enhanced by better management of vehicular traffic on the road network.

ITS Peer-To-Peer Program

The ITS Peer-to-Peer Program provides free technical assistance to agencies seeking to improve transportation operations through the deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

The Northwest Transportation Technology Exposition

What's a smart snowplow? How do you repair a leaking culvert pipe? Do those pothole-patching machines really work? Answers to these questions and more were available at the Pacific Northwest Transportation Technology Exposition in Moses Lake, Wash., Sept. 12 to 14, 2000. The event was held at the Grant County Fairgrounds in central Washington.

Faster, Easier, Cheaper - Pyrotechnical Anchoring

It looks like a Patriot missile launcher on a yellow truck, and when the "launcher" is extended from the bed of the truck, it does fire a projectile. However, instead of shooting something into the sky, it "shoots" a pile into the ground.