Friday, October 29, 2010

Missouri Highway Project Uses 'Smog-Eating Concrete'

Missouri Highway Project Uses 'Smog-Eating Concrete'
Click to view story and video on KTVI-TV

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Interactive Highway Safety Design Model version 2010

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the 2010 version of its Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM), which is a suite of software analysis tools for evaluating safety and operational effects of geometric design decisions on two-lane rural highways, rural multilane highways, and urban/suburban arterials. IHSDM is a decision-support tool. The 2010 version includes six evaluation modules that cover crash prediction, policy review, design consistency, intersection review, traffic analysis, and driver and vehicle modules.
http://www.ihsdm.org/wiki/Welcome

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Comprehensive Intersection Resource Library

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has launched a website that provides access to a broad cross section of publications, educational materials, and other media that addresses traditional signalized intersections, traditional unsignalized intersections, roundabouts, highway/rail grade crossings, and alternative intersection designs such as single-point intersections. Information on the site can be found by keyword search or browsed by title, author, or topic.
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/resources/fhwasa09027/

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Driving Innovation 2010: FHWA's Highways for LIFE video

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Highways for LIFE program has released a video that describes the program, which is designed to advance longer–lasting highway infrastructure using innovations to accomplish the fast construction of efficient and safe highways and bridges. The video is slightly more than eight minutes long.