FHWA International Scanning Tour of Advanced Transportation Technology

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Our Nation's existing highway system and traffic controls have served our country well and have provided the mobility needed to support the U.S. economy and everyday activities of the population. However, as a nation, we face the need to rebuild much of our existing infrastructure and to develop new traffic-control strategies and systems. To ensure that, in the future, the highway system continues to meet the needs of the Nation, it is necessary to investigate new, emerging, or advanced technologies that have potential for long-range application in the highway program.

To better prepare for the task of identifying advanced technologies that may be incorporated in future highway systems, a scanning team was assembled to survey European planning and applications of advanced technologies, seeking knowledge that might aid us in the United States. This advanced technology scanning team was drawn from our Federal and State highway agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Carnegie Mellon Research Institute. Our group of experts in various advanced technologies met with experts in Denmark, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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