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General
Fact Sheet: Office of Operations Research and Development (R&D), FHWA-HRT-08-030,
August 2008
Traffic Detector Handbook: Third Edition—Volume I, FHWA-HRT-06-108, October 2006
Traffic Detector Handbook:Third Edition—Volume II, FHWA-HRT-06-139, October 2006
Archive: Fact Sheet: Office of Operations R&D, FHWA-HRT-04-120
Inform Web Site Shares Low-Cost ITS Solutions (Public Roads, Jan/Feb 2003)
Safety & Operations Electronic Reading Room
A compilation of publications that document some of FHWA's recent research and accomplishments in highway safety and operations.
Atlanta to Showcase ITS Traveler Information
(Public Roads, Summer 1996)
by David F. Williams
The Traveler Information Showcase in Atlanta this summer is a $14 million partnership of federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector to provide the most complex, integrated transportation management and travel information system in the United States.
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN): The Information Highway Meets the Asphalt Jungle
(Public Roads, January/February 1999)
by Michael Curtis and Jeff Secrist
Intelligent Transportation Systems in Japan
(Public Roads, Autumn 1996)
by Hideo Tokuyama
In Japan, intelligent transportation systems are one of several essential elements in creating a global advanced information and telecommunications society.
ITS and the Environment
(Public Roads, Spring 1995)
ITS Is Already Paying Dividends
(Public Roads, September/October 1997)
by Maria Koklanaris
Many intelligent transportation technologies are already improving life for millions of drivers and passengers.
Smart Road, Smart Car: The Automated Highway System
(Public Roads, Autumn 1996)
by Nita Congress
The National Automated Highway System Consortium is making significant progress toward the development of an automated highway system that will combine intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies to maximize safety and efficiency and to reduce congestion and associated costs.
WesTrack: Putting ITS to Work
(Public Roads, July/August 1997)
by Colin Ashmore and Terry M. Mitchell
The WesTrack Driverless Control System, which controls three driverless heavy trucks circling the WesTrack course at 65 km/h, is addressing issues that are very similar to the real-world requirements of an automated highway system.
Enabling Technologies
International Cooperation to Prevent Collisions at Intersections
(Public Roads, July/August 2001)
Highway Effects on Vehicle Performance
(FHWA-RD-00-164, January 2001)
Safe Plowing - Applying Intelligent Vehicle Technology
(Public Roads, January/February 2001)
by Robert A. Ferlis, Shahed Rowshan, and Cathy Frye
The California and Minnesota departments of transportation use the Global Positioning System, a geo-spatial database, radar, and intelligent vehicle technologies to enable snowplow operators to "see" snow-covered roads and obstacles.
Collaborative Research on Road Weather Observations and Predictions by Universities, State DOTs and National Weather Service Forecast Offices, September 2004, FHWA-HRT-04-109
Road Weather Management Summary
FHWA-HRT-04-101
Collaborative Research on Road Weather Observations and Predictions by Universities, State DOTs and National Weather Service Forecast Offices, FHWA-HRT-04-109,September 2004
Travel Management
Interstate 80 Freeway Dataset, FHWA-HRT-06-137, December 2006
Freeway Lane Selection Algorithm, FHWA-HRT-06-136, December 2006
NGSIM Overview, FHWA-HRT-06-135, December 2006
Center for Excellence in Advanced Traffic & Logistics Algorithms and Systems (ATLAS)
(Public Roads, January/February 2001)
by David Gibson, Alan Hansen, and Pitu Mirchandani
The University of Arizona with the support of FHWA established a center of excellence for the research and development of algorithms, software, and systems to advance the state of the art and the state of the practice in traffic management systems and logistics management systems.
Adaptive Control Software Lite (ACS Lite) (FHWA-HRT-06-083, January 2006)
Coordinated Freeway and Arterial Operations Handbook, May 2006, FHWA-HRT-06-095
Coordinated Freeway and Arterial Operations Handbook - Brochure, FHWA-HRT-06-094
Identifying and Assessing Key Weather-Related Parameters and Their Impacts on Traffic Operations Using Simulation, FHWA-HRT-04-131, September 2004
Traffic Analysis Toolbox, Volume I: Traffic Analysis Tools Primer, June 2004, FHWA-HRT-04-038
Traffic Analysis Toolbox, Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools, June 2004, FHWA-HRT-04-039
Traffic Analysis Toolbox, Volume III: Guidelines for Applying Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Software, June 2004, FHWA-HRT-04-040
Software that Really Moves (TSIS)
(R&T Transporter, August 2001, PDF File - 381 KB)
Traffic Control With a Twist
(R&T Transporter, August 2001, PDF File - 381 KB)
Traffic Flow Theory: A State of the Art Report
The Revised Monograph
Traffic-Flow Theory
(Public Roads, January/February 1999)
by Henry Lieu
Quickzone Studies 1-8
A QuickZone Tailor-Made for Maryland
(Focus, March 2001)
QuickZone
(Public Roads, July/August 2001)
By Deborah Curtis
QuickZone is software that will estimate traveler delay due to work zones, and by doing so, it will provide a more complete and realistic view of the total construction costs.
Strategic Workzone Analysis Tools
(Public Roads, November/December 2000)
by John Harding
The SWAT program addresses work-zone factors and stresses the importance of accounting for work-zone influences when making transportation-improvement decisions.
