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State-Of-The-Art Toll Road

Florida's new Suncoast Parkway is designed for minimum impact on the environment and maximum use by nonmotorized traffic.

CPTP Update

Humans have been building roads since the Romans, so some may assume that the highway community knows everything there is to know about pavement.

Getting Traffic Moving Again

A study documents Oregon's rural incident response program and quantifies the benefits for transportation agencies and motorists.

Fighting Fatigue

To improve the safety of the transportation system, multimodal partnerships within USDOT are addressing problems caused by sleep deprivation.

Rumbling Toward Safety

Michigan study finds that the most severe run-off crash is the drift-off and that rumble strip design and placement significantly reduce these crashes.

511 - It's Happening!

Here's an update about the three-digit dialing code for traveler information being implemented and gaining momentum around the country.

Virginia Gains Public Trust

The Virginia Department of Transportation took measures to address project data and information problems and opened up its agency's operations to the public.

Improving Bridge Inspections

Researchers at FHWA are developing innovative nondestructive evaluation technologies to assess the condition of bridges.