What's New - Research Publications 2026
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| Content Link: A Study on the Influence of Asphalt Layer Temperature on TSDD-Measured Deflection Slopes and Deflections |
| Date: April 14, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-057 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance, Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) |
| Type: Report |
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| Content Link: A Framework to Procure Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Services for Highway Bridges |
| Date: April 14, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-056 |
| Category: Long-Term Bridge Performance |
| Type: Report |
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| Content Link: NDE FHWA Advanced Sensing Technology & Nondestructive Evaluation Program |
| Date: April 14, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-054 |
| Category: Long-Term Bridge Performance, Long-Term Pavement Performance |
| Type: Brochure |
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| Content Link: Transportation Management Center (TMC) Operator Performance |
| Date: April 14, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-055 |
| Category: Transportation Management |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: Impacts of Wildfires on Highway Assets |
| Date: April 13, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-005 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance, Long-Term Bridge Performance, Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) |
| Type: TechBrief |
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| Content Link: Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety (VOICES™) Distributed Testing Pilot Test 2 |
| Date: March 24, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-053 |
| Category: Cooperative Automated Vehicles |
| Type: Report |
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| Content Link: Cooperative Automation Driving System (C-ADS) with Road Weather Management (RWM) with a Lane Closure |
| Date: March 5, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-091 |
| Category: Cooperative Automated Vehicles, CARMA |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: HSIS - Excellence in Highway Safety Data Awards |
| Date: March 5, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-041 |
| Category: Highway Safety Information System |
| Type: Flyer |
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| Content Link: Modeling Autonomous Driving Systems-Equipped Vehicle Interactions With Traffic Signs |
| Date: February 23, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-035 |
| Category: Intersections, Human Factors |
| Type: Other (Poster) |
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| Content Link: Behavioral Analysis and Impact Assessment of Automated Driving Systems’ Interaction With Traffic Lights |
| Date: February 23, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-034 |
| Category: Intersections, Human Factors |
| Type: Other (Poster) |
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| Content Link: A Data-Driven Comparison of Car-Following Behaviors of Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles and Their Traffic Flow Impacts Under Naturalistic Traffic Conditions |
| Date: February 2, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-036 |
| Category: Human Factors, Cooperative Automated Vehicles |
| Type: Other (Poster) |
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| Content Link: Learning From Real-World Trajectories: A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Reinforcement Learning Approach for Vulnerable Road User Model Calibration |
| Date: January 30, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-033 |
| Category: Human factors, Pedestrian/Bicycle |
| Type: Poster |
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| Content Link: Portland Limestone Cement Variability |
| Date: January 21, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-116 |
| Category: Concrete Pavement |
| Type: TechNote |
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| Content Link: A Web-Based and Open-Source Tool to Simplify MAP and RGA Message Development for Connected Infrastructure |
| Date: January 13, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-019 |
| Category: Operations |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: A Web-Based and Open-Source Tool to Simplify Traveler Information Message Development for Connected Infrastructure |
| Date: January 13, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-018 |
| Category: Integrating Advanced Technologies to Actively Manage Traffic |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: IHSDM Resource List - December 2025 |
| Date: January 12, 2025 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-014 |
| Category: Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) |
| Type: Flyer |
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| Content Link: 2026 HSIS Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award: Research Paper Submission Cover Page |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-027 |
| Category: Highway Safety Information System |
| Type: Other (HSIS Form) |
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| Content Link: V2X Interoperability Help Desk |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-031 |
| Category: Operations |
| Type: Postcard |
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| Content Link: Accelerate Your V2X Deployment with USDOT’s Open-Source Connected Vehicle Equipment Loan Program |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-032 |
| Category: Operations |
| Type: Postcard |
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| Content Link: Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) Overview |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-068 |
| Category: Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study (ELCSI) |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: Fast Lane: Exploring Human Behavior - January 2026 |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-029 |
| Category: Human Factors, Pedestrian / Bicycle |
| Type: Newsletter |
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| Content Link: Validating a Density Profiling System for Asphalt Compaction Assessment |
| Date: January 12, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-011 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: HF Human Factors (Postcard) |
| Date: January 12, 2016 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-022 |
| Category: Human Factors |
| Type: Postcard |
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| Content Link: Excellence in Highway Safety Data Awards |
| Date: January 9, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-006 |
| Category: Highway Safety Information System |
| Type: Flyer |
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| Date: January 9, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-017 |
| Category: CARMA |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: Long-Term Pavement Performance Program Updates on Accomplishments and Benefits |
| Date: January 9, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-021 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) |
| Type: Research Note |
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| Content Link: Geometric Design Laboratory Bridging Safety, Design, and Innovation for Safer Roads |
| Date: January 9, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-016 |
| Category: Pedestrian / Bicycle |
| Type: Flyer |
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| Content Link: Work Zone Management for Light Vehicles Using Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) - Fact Sheet |
| Date: January 9, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-090 |
| Category: CARMA, Cooperative Automated Vehicles |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: Distributed Testing and the Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety (VOICES™) |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-103 |
| Category: Operations |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: Perception Sharing for Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Using Sensor-Data-Sharing Messages |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT 26-028 |
| Category: Cooperative Automated Vehicles, CARMA, Pedestrian / Bicycle, Intersections |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: FHWA’s Future Plans for IHSDM |
| Date: January 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-015 |
| Category: Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM), Pedestrian / Bicycle |
| Type: Technical Report |
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| Content Link: Advanced Traffic Signal Control Optimization in a Cooperative Driving Automation Environment |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-096 |
| Category: CARMA, Cooperative Automated Vehicles, Intersections |
| Type: Fact Sheet |
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| Content Link: FHWA’s Small-Scale Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Program |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-26-025 |
| Category: Cooperative Automated Vehicles |
| Type: Postcard |
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| Content Link: Macrotexture Model Development for Asphalt Mixtures Aimed at Safety Analysis |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-100 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) |
| Type: TechBrief |
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| Content Link: Extending the Life of Highway Infrastructure: Summary of 2023 and 2025 TRB Data Workshops |
| Date: January 8, 2026 |
| Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-25-118 |
| Category: Long-Term Pavement Performance, Long-Term Bridge Performance, Ultra High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) |
| Type: Summary Report |
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Last updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2026