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Talking Freight Seminar on January 18, 2017: Truck Parking Issues and Initiatives - 1/9/2017
This webinar will feature discussion about truck parking needs from the trucking industry's point of view and truck parking initiatives both the industry...
Applying Performance-Based Practical Design Methods to Complete Streets: A Primer on Employing Performance-Based Practical Design and Transportation Systems Management and Operations to Enhance the Design of Complete Streets - 12/14/2016
This Primer explains how the application of performance-based practical design (PBPD) principles combined with transportation system management and operations...
Solar Eclipse Webinar: Preparing for August 21, 2017 - Webinar Materials are Now Available - 12/13/2016
The National Operations Center of Excellence hosted a 2017 Solar Eclipse webinar on November 3, 2016. Speakers provided an excellent summary of what to...
Integrated Corridor Management and the Smart Cities Revolution: Leveraging Synergies - 12/12/2016
Because smart cities and integrated corridor management (ICM) are so fundamentally similar in terms of their requirements and objectives, this primer...
Sharing Work Zone Effective Practices for Design-Build Projects - 12/12/2016
This project constitutes the second phase of previous work to develop design-build projects and work zones resources. This new report is intended to share...
National Coalition on Truck Parking Meeting on December 12, 2016 - 12/8/2016
The U.S. Department of Transportation will be hosting a meeting of the National Coalition on Truck Parking on December 12, 2016. The National Coalition...
2016 Freight Quick Facts Report - 11/22/2016
Our Nation's freight transportation system consists of a vast network of roads, railways, navigable channels, and pipelines that connect hundreds of seaports,...
Research Data Exchange (RDE) Adds More Data Environments for Download - 11/21/2016
The Research Data Exchange (RDE), a web-based portal that provides access to archived and real-time multi-source and multi-modal data to support the...
Transportation Management Plan Effectiveness Framework and Pilot - 11/2/2016
This report was prepared to help practitioners formulate and follow clear, consistent approach towards assessing the effectiveness of Transportation Management...
Improving Business Processes for More Effective Transportation Systems Management and Operations - 11/1/2016
Many agencies are shaping their Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) programs to more effectively address those planned and unplanned...
Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors: A Desk Reference - 11/1/2016
This Desk Reference is designed to equip State, regional, and local transportation operations and planning professionals with the knowledge and tools...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
