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NOCoE Bi-Weekly Newsletter January 20, 2016 PDF
NOCoE Bi-Weekly Newsletter January 20, 2016 PDF
Informational Product
Safety Pilot Model Deployment Data
The Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD) program was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and
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Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Practices: 2016
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 398: Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Practices is a digest of the progress and status of NCHRP Project 20-5, “Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices.”
Standards & Recommended Practices
Freeway Operations; Regional Systems Management and Operations; Managed Lanes 2015
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2484, explores 20 papers related to freeway operations, regional systems management and operations, and managed lanes, including:
Acceleration Characteristics at Metered On-Ramps Assessment of Spee
Research
Replacement Process for LED (Light Emitting Diode) Traffic Signals
As an initial step in developing maintenance guidelines for LED traffic signals, this project developed a process for determining when LED traffic signal heads should be replaced.
Task 1. Synthesize existing human factors research relevant to the visibility of traffic signals, updating it as ap
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Research
Safety Impacts of the Emerging Digital Display Technology for Outdoor Advertising Signs
This topic will review on-going human factor studies and guidelines with regard to highway agency DMS’s and CMS’s now in use on highways. The panel noted that the panel for this topic should include a representative from the outdoor advertising industry. The final report has been submitted and copi
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Best Practice
Best Practices for Implementing Quality Control and Quality Assurance for Tunnel Inspection
The objective of this project is to develop guidelines for owners to use in selecting practices for tunnel inspection, operational safety and emergency response systems testing, and inventory procedures to improve the safety of highway tunnels.
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Research
Seismic Isolation Design Examples of Highway Bridges
The objective of this research was to develop the Third Edition of the AASHTO Guide Specifications for Isolation Design with examples.
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