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Talking Freight Seminar on November 16, 2016: State Freight Plans and State Freight Advisory Committees - FAST Act Guidance Overview - 10/27/2016
This webinar will provide information to aid States in complying with the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) requirements relating...
Transportation Management Center Video Recording and Archiving Best General Practices - 10/5/2016
This report presents a cross section of how different agencies are addressing video recording and sharing topics—drawn from a literature review,...
Public Perception of Safety Messages and Public Service Announcements on Dynamic Message Signs in Rural Areas - 10/5/2016
The objective of this project was to assess the effectiveness and potential benefits of posting public service announcements (PSAs) in rural areas by...
The Open Source Application Development Portal Adds More Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Applications for Download - 10/3/2016
The Open Source Application Development Portal (OSADP) is a web-based portal that provides access to and supports the collaboration, development, and...
Freight Analysis Framework Inter-Regional Commodity Flow Forecast Study - 9/27/2016
This technical report accompanies the 2012 base-year Freight Analysis Framework Forecasts (FAF4) submitted to the FHWA Office of Freight Management and...
Use of Narrow Lanes and Narrow Shoulders on Freeways: A Primer on Experiences, Current Practice, and Implementation Considerations - 9/6/2016
This primer provides information to policy makers, transportation agency managers, designers and operators on the use of narrow lanes and narrow shoulders...
Urban Congestion Trend Reports for 2015 Available - 8/23/2016
The 2015 Urban Congestion Trend annual report is now available, providing annual congestion and reliability measure trend information as well as highlighting...
2017 SOLAR ECLIPSE Transportation Fact Sheet for State and Local Departments of Transportation - 8/17/2016
To help the 14 states under the path of the first solar eclipse to transverse the continental United States since 1918, FHWA has prepared the 2017 Solar...
Public Roads Editorial: Fostering America's Freight Economy - 8/4/2016
The FAST Act delivers programs and critical funding to reenergize investment in the movement of goods in the United States. (FHWA Public Roads July/August...
Regional Assessment of Weather Impacts on Freight - 7/18/2016
This project follows up on a study completed for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2012 that provided a national estimate of weather-related...
Smartphone Applications To Influence Travel Choices: Practices and Policies - 7/6/2016
This primer provides an overview of current practices in this emerging field and looks toward the future in the evolution and development of smartphone...
Integrated Corridor Management and Traffic Incident Management: A Primer - 7/6/2016
This primer will examine both how traffic incident management (TIM) can be integrated into an integrated corridor management (ICM) approach, as well as...
Congestion Pricing - A Primer: Effective Approaches to Streamlining Back Office Operations - 7/5/2016
The document explores the range of back office issues that have arisen on congestion pricing projects throughout the United States. The issues are organized...
Shared Mobility: Current Practices and Guiding Principles - 7/5/2016
This primer provides an introduction and background to shared mobility; discusses the government's role; reviews success stories; examines challenges,...
Integrated Corridor Management, Transit, and Mobility on Demand - 6/28/2016
This primer examines how both public transportation and mobility on demand can be incorporated into an integrated corridor management approach.
Integrated Corridor Management and Freight Opportunities - 6/28/2016
This primer examines how freight can be incorporated into an integrated corridor management (ICM) approach, as well as the benefits of ICM in addressing...
The Freight Economy - 6/27/2016
Learn more about the interconnected network of almost seven million miles of highways, local roads, railways, navigable waterways and pipelines that move...
Guide to Project Coordination for Minimizing Work Zone Mobility Impacts - 6/2/2016
This new publication provides guidance on using work zone Project Coordination (PC) to minimize work zone impacts and produce time and achieve cost savings....
