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NHI's Road Safety Audits Course Available

The National Highway Institute (NHI)

901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov

The National Highway Institute (NHI) is offering a 2-day course, "Road Safety Audits and Road Safety Audit Reviews" (course #380069).

Participants in this training will learn how to improve transportation safety by applying two new proactive approaches called Road Safety Audits and Road Safety Audit Reviews. These techniques provide examinations of future and existing roadways by independent, qualified audit teams.

Arkansas Combines Best Practices for An Innovative Interstate Rehabilitation Program

So, you think you might complete the rehabilitation of 380 miles (612 kilometers) or 60 percent of your state's interstate highways in five years? No way! You also think you can come up with some creative financing to do this.

Small Investment, Dramatic Dividends—Saving Lives in ''Blood Alley''

A notorious northwest Oregon highway corridor has seen a dramatic drop in traffic fatalities during the past three years thanks in part to an innovative public-private partnership.

National Review of The Highway Safety Improvement Program

Safety is a critical part of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) mission, and so, FHWA has established a strategic goal to continually improve highway safety.

Weather: A Research Agenda for Surface Transportation Operations

Highway construction is a very structured, well-planned process; however, both during construction and afterward, highways exist in a natural environment that is neither planned nor tamed.

Highway Quality Awards

The National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) recognized 26 states for their outstanding highway projects.

FHWA Model Predicts Noise Impacts

Highway traffic noise has been a federal, state, and local problem, even before the first noise barrier was built in 1963.

Synergy In Action: FHWA's Transportation Pooled-Fund Program

Webster's Dictionary defines synergy as "the interaction of two or more forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.

Public Roads - March/April 2002

Communication Product Updates

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

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