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 HCM2010 Webinar Series: New Signalized Intersection Methodology
TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on May 17, 2011, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT, which is being conducted by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), that will examine updates to the Highway Capacity Manual 2010's (HCM2010's) new method for modeling modern, fully actuated, dual ring control intersections. The webinar will explore the model's estimates of actuated phase duration, improved control delay algorithms, and improved queue estimates. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] | [Share]    
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HCM2010 Webinar Series: Multi-Modal Urban Streets Methodology-Auto Mode
TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on May 19, 2011, from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT, which is being conducted by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), that will examine application of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010's (HCM2010's) new multimodal urban streets method as it relates to the auto mode by exploring the HCM2010's improved methods for estimating average travel speed. The webinar will expand on information provided during a April 28, 2011, webinar that focused on the pedestrian, bicycle, and transit mode portion of this method. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. [More] | [Share]
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 LRFD Metal Loss and Service-Life Strength Reduction Factors for Metal-Reinforced Systems
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 Guidelines for Ramp and Interchange Spacing
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 687: Guidelines for Ramp and Interchange Spacing explores guidelines for ramp and interchange spacing based on design, operations, safety, and signing considerations. [More] | [Share]
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 Determining Guidelines for Ramp and Interchange Spacing
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 169: Determining Guidelines for Ramp and Interchange Spacing documents the research effort related to the development of NCHRP Report 687: Guidelines for Ramp and Interchange Spacing. [More] | [Share]
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 State and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook: April 2011 Update
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released the latest update on the results of its long-term fiscal simulations for the state and local government sector. According to the GAO, the simulations show that, like the federal government, the state and local sector faces persistent and long-term fiscal pressures. [More]
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| Testing Web-Based Preflight Weather Self-Briefing for General Aviation Pilots
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Aerospace Medicine has released a report that explores how modern Web-based weather products are actually being used by general aviation pilots. [More]
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| NHTSA Vehicle Safety and Fuel Economy Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan: 2011-2013
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a plan that describes the projects the agency plans to work on in the rulemaking and research areas for calendar years 2011 to 2013. The list of activities in the plan is not exhaustive, it includes only programs and projects that are priorities or will take significant agency resources. [More]
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| Public Roads: March/April 2011
The latest issue of the Federal Highway Administration's Public Roads magazine has been released. The magazine highlights developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. [More]
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| FHWA R&T Now - March 2011
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Research and Technology (R&T) Now news update. The update reports on research, technology, and development activities taking place within the U.S. Department of Transportation. [More]
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 Proceedings of the Marine Safety and Security Council, the Coast Guard Journal of Safety at Sea: Spring 2011
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the latest issue of this quarterly journal, which is described as the voice of the Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Security Council. This issue has a focus on waterways management. [More]
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Dynamic Travel Information Personalized and Delivered to Your Cell Phone
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the development of technology that delivers dynamic, personalized traffic alerts only when the alert is relevant to the user's real-time location or predicted next destination and departure time. [More]
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| Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Concept of Operations in ITS Applications
The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies has released a report that explores development of a framework for the design of concept of operations that use small uninhabited aerial systems to support intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications of highway and transportation infrastructure monitoring. [More]
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Generation of Walking, Cycling, and Public Transport Trips: Pilot Study
The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that investigates a method for collecting data to enable the calculation of trip rates for walking, cycling, and public transport trips to a variety of activities. [More]
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Next Generation of Rural Roads Crash Prediction Models Pilot Study
The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that explores develop of preliminary crash prediction models for two-lane rural roads, using generalized linear regression model techniques. Development of the model involved the collection of road alignment, roadside environment, traffic flow, and crash data for 200 sections of rural road, each one 400m long, throughout the Waikato region of New Zealand. [More]
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Saving Lives, Saving Money
The European Road Assessment Programme has released a report that proposes 'economically rational' levels of safety that could be achieved for Britain's main road network. The report also examines the price of road crashes to the British economy and where those consequences fall; reviews how road and transport schemes are evaluated and the rates of return that are expected and achieved; and highlights the network of roads in each English region, Scotland, and Wales on which crashs are concentrated. [More]
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| Global Road Safety Partnership News: April 2011
The Global Road Safety Partnership has released the latest issue of its newsletter that highlights efforts of the partnership to address road safety issues in low- and middle-income countries. [More]
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| Mobile Phone Use: A Growing Problem of Driver Distraction
The World Health Organization has released a report that explores the use of mobile phones while driving as one example of the broader problem of driver distraction. The report includes a number of recommended countermeasures that could be put in place to help tackle the issue of distracted driving. [More]
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