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Work Plan for the Second Edition of the Highway Safety Manual

/ Associate Engineer / CEO / GM / Commissioner / Director / Program Manager / Employee Health and Safety / Engineer / Maintenance Staff / Manager / First...

The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is being developed through a series of NCHRP projects and with the guidance of the TRB and AASHTO Task Forces on the HSM. The draft of the first edition was completed... Learn More

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Weigh-in-Motion System Calibration

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Significant growth in domestic and international commerce, coupled with ever-increasing traffic congestion and delay on surface transportation networks, challenge industries’ ability to move freight... Learn More

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Weather Delay Costs to Trucking

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The purpose of this project was to estimate the impact of weather on U.S. roadway freight operations. It was already known that the freight sector of transportation could be greater than $600 billion... Learn More

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Visualization of Geotechnical Data for Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Response

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A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, to identify and synthesize capabilities of installed instrumentation and remote sensing that can be used for real-time measurement,... Learn More

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Vehicle-Based Technologies for Winter Maintenance: The State of the Practice

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The NCHRP 20-07/Task 200 Project is complete. The final report titled "Vehicle-Based Technologies for Winter Maintenance: The State of the Practice". Learn More

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Vehicle to Infrastructure Deployment Guidance and Products

/ Automated vehicles / Communications / Connected Vehicles / Integrated ITS Deployment / PDF / Planning / Project Development / Vehicle Systems/Connected...

This guidance is intended to assist Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) staff and transportation system owner/operators deploy Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) technology not only in terms of the... Learn More

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Using Highways During Operations for Events with Advance Notice

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FHWA report that explores transportation management and operations advancements that may be applied to improve evacuation planning and operations when advance notice is possible. This primer is... Learn More

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Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation

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This report explores the use of social media among transit agencies and documents successful practices in the U.S. and Canada. Thirty-four of 39 transit agencies in large metro, small urban, and... Learn More

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User’s Guide to Develop Highway Safety Manual Safety Performance Function Calibration Factors

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The objective of this task was to provide step by step instructions for developing calibration factors for use with the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) safety performance functions. Tasks included the... Learn More