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Thomas H. MacDonald, who headed the FHWA's predecessor agencies from 1919 to 1953, and his top assistant, Herbert Fairbank, were recognized as highway authorities internationally. During the 1920s and 1930s, they helped the State highway agencies to create the Nation's first "interstate system"...
former Special Agent and Engineer for Road Inquiry
Office of Road Inquiry
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
("as told to Richard Weingroff")
INTRODUCTION: In October 1993, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated its 100th anniversary in...
By Richard Weingroff
The country is in a recession with an unemployment rate as high as 10 percent! Highway and bridge needs far exceed highway user tax revenue! The President opposes a gas tax increase! Sounds familiar, but the year was 1982 and the solution...
By Richard F. Weingroff
Federal Highway Administration
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 authorized establishment of a National Highway System that would be the primary Federal focus of the post-Interstate era:
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by Richard F. Weingroff
ISTEA called for designation of the National Highway System. Completing the designation would be a lot harder than anyone imagined!
As the highway community moved into the post-...
The iHUD is a staff-level...
On June 1, 2021, the Innovation and Research Council...
This document highlights Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) Rapid Response program (RR Program or RR team) and shows how the program takes a systemic approach to safety and aligns with the Safe System principles to achieve Vision Zero in Denver.
For a thesis on the role of ideas in the public policy process, researcher Ron Fraser conducted interviews in 1992-1994 with 36 participants in the creation of ISTEA. One of his conclusions was that certain concepts, such as flexibility, were generally accepted by all parties. What was needed...