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The purpose of Human Factors research is to understand all road user behavior, to further the understanding of roadway user needs so that those needs can be incorporated in roadway design, construction, repair, and improvement. All of the Federal Highway Association’s (FHWA's) strategies for...
The primary purpose of the Safety Data and Analysis (SDA) research focus area, and the program of the same name in the Office of Safety Research and Development, is to provide information and tools to use that information for decisionmakers to maximize the benefits realized by safety initiatives...
The research focus areas and objectives of the Safety R&D program reflect current Federal Highway Administration strategic focuses.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has embraced a culture of innovation and actively supports and advances innovation across the breadth of FHWA activities. FHWA has woven innovation into its business practices. Innovative technologies are developed at its world class Turner-Fairbank...
The FHWA Evaluation of Low Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study (ELCSI–PFS) was established in 2004. Its goal was—and continues to be—to develop reliable estimates of the effectiveness of the safety...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) managers and staff responsible for research and technology (R&T) in particular functional areas develop and set their own R&T agendas, which reflect FHWA's mission, support strategic goals, and engage internal and external stakeholders.
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Innovation drives the Office of Innovative Program Delivery (OIPD) and its approach to transforming transportation. Transportation officials have ambitious goals with shrinking budgets to improve safety,...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Motorcycle Crash Causation Study (MCCS) is the most comprehensive data collection effort to study the causes of motorcycle crashes in the United States in more than 30 years.
The dataset includes data...
Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) prioritization database.