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Arizona Connected Vehicle Work Zone

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), as part of AZTech and the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA’s) Every Day Counts initiative, developed a system for deployment of Smarter Work Zone technology at work zone sites. The smart work zone system is designed to be implemented

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A Guide to Agency-Wide Knowledge Management for State Departments of Transportation

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 813: A Guide to Agency-Wide Knowledge Management for State Departments of Transportation presents guidance for state transportation agencies on adopting an explicit knowledge management (KM) strategy and the ways that organization

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Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 845: Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies assesses policy and planning strategies at the state, regional, and local leve

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Strategies to Advance Automated and Connected Vehicles:

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Program(NCHRP) has released Strategies to advance Automated and Connected Vehicle: Briefing Document. It is intended for state, regional, and agency, and political decision makers who are framing public policy making for these transformational

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) - Critical Infrastructure

In addition to recreational use, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones—are used across our Nation to support firefighting and search and rescue operations, to monitor and assess critical infrastructure, to provide disaster relief by transporti

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National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Security and Resilience Challenge

hrough the NIPP Security and Resilience Challenge, the Office of Infrastructure Protection, within the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, in partnership with the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS), provides an opportunity fo

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U.S. Domestic Scan Program: Leading Management Practices for Developing a Cross-Trained Workforce

Nationally, there is an increasing need for DOT organizations to be more efficient with limited resources and a reduced workforce. One strategy that is being tried within some agencies is to cross train their workforce. A cross-trained workforce can be more efficient and agile in adapting to an a

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Integrated Corridor Management and Traffic Incident Management: A Primer

This primer will examine both how TIM can be integrated into an ICM approach, as well as the many benefits resulting from ICM that can contribute to the advancement of TIM programs. It will explore opportunities to effectively integrate TIM strategies institutionally, operationally, and technical

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Congestion Pricing - A Primer: Effective Approaches to Streamlining Back Office Operations

While project managers for congestion pricing strategies and systems are focused on traffic management, technology, toll rates, and design, other critical issues related to operations, policy, and rapidly changing technology tend to arise. In this primer, these challenges are collectively referre

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Independent Evaluation of Heavy-Truck Safety Applications Based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications Used in the Safety Pilot Model Deployment

This report presents the methodology and results of the independent evaluation of heavy trucks (HTs) in the Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD); part of the United States Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems research program. In 2012 the SPMD deployed approximately 2,80
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