Articles in this Issue
Asset Management Offers a New Approach to Highway Safety
A new Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) brochure, Highway Safety and Asset Management (Pub. No. FHWA-IF-07-014), looks at how State transportation departments, local road agencies, and metropolitan planning organizations can use transportation asset management (TAM) to identify and prioritize critical safety needs and make strategic investment and program decisions.
COMPASS Software Points the Way to Improved Concrete Pavements
"What was needed was a mixture optimization tool that could simplify the approach to the mix design and proportioning process based on job-specific conditions," says Peter Kopac of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Infrastructure Research and Development. To meet this need, FHWA has developed the new Concrete Mixture Performance Analysis System software (COMPASS)."
Alaska Maintenance Scanning Tour: Showcasing Innovation
Alaska's unique terrain provided a valuable learning experience for participants in an August 2007 maintenance technology scanning tour organized by the Western Maintenance Partnership pooled fund program. Sponsored by the Utah Department of Transportation, the 3-year pooled fund is designed to promote effective maintenance strategies and to share experiences, innovations, expertise, and solutions in managing highway assets.
Pavement Preservation Training Now Online 24/7
Pavement preservation training online and at your convenience. The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) National Highway Institute (NHI) is now offering a free Web-based training course on pavement preservation designed for State and local highway agency personnel and contractors. The 6.5-hour course, Pavement Preservation Treatment Construction (Course No. FHWA-NHI-131110), introduces pavement preservation concepts and techniques and provides a solid foundation of knowledge on preservation practices.
Work Zone Rule Resource CD Available
Implementation guidance for the updated Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule is now collected in a new CD released by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Published in the Federal Register in September 2004, the rule's overarching goal is to reduce crashes and congestion in and around work zones.
Highway Technology Calendar
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