Moving to a Complete Streets Design Model: A Report to Congress on Opportunities and Challenges

The House Report accompanying the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2021, encouraged the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to adopt a Complete Streets design model, and to evaluate its current activities related to that goal

Happy 30th Anniversary National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe\uae Acrobat\uae PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.Details of the 30th anniversary of the National Interstate System in 1986 where celebrations were held nationwide. An article by Ray A. Barnhart about the celebration is included and gives an account of the progress it has had for travelers since the Interstates\u2019 implementation

Bragdon-DDE Meeting - Nov. 30, 1959

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe\uae Acrobat\uae PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.Memorandum on several topics related to the Interstate Highway Program such as cost, and further economic implications from the program itself. Factors such as congressional input, federal aid, are also discussed as well as discussion of an earlier report that is reviewed within this memorandum. Topics covered are considerations for stricter criteria, planning, phasing, and the use of tolls

Target: $27 Billion - The 1955 Estimate

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe\uae Acrobat\uae PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.Document on the estimated cost for the Interstate System determined in 1955, and the details surrounding the expenses that would be accumulated. Specifics such as highway mileage, and rural and urban areas costs and design standards

GM's Better Highways Award

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe\uae Acrobat\uae PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.The increasing need for highway improvement prompted the General Motors (GM) Corporation to announce, on November 20, 1952, a Better Highway Award for the best essay on "How to plan and pay for the safe and adequate highways we need." Prize money totaled $194,000 for 161 awards, with the grand prize being$25,000. Anyone, including GM employees, could submit an entry except the panel of judges and their families. If a GM employee's essay was a winner, a duplicate award would be made to keep the amount for outsiders intact

Shared Micromobility and Equity Primer

The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is advancing research on the rapidly evolving field of micromobility. The Federal Highway Administration\u2019s (FHWA) Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty is U.S. DOT\u2019s lead convener on the topic, coordinating with offices across U.S. DOT and engaging with external partners on micromobility research and initiatives

Priority, Market-Ready Technologies and Innovations: USLIMITS

The management of speed through appropriate speed limits is an essential element of highway safety. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) recommends that speed limits be set within 8.05 km/h (5 mi/h) of the 85th percentile speed. The MUTCD also specifies other factors (e.g pedestrian activity and crash history) to consider but does not provide guidance on how to account for these factors. Because procedures for setting speed limits are subjective, speed limits may be established that are inconsistent and ineffective in managing speed and crash risk

Address of Vice President Richard Nixon to the Governors Conference Lake George, New York July 12, 1954

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Providing In-Cab, Traffic-Related Warning Messages To Commercial Motor Vehicles

Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are highly overrepresented in fatal work zone crashes nationwide. Between 2018 and 2020, 30 percent of all fatal work zone crashes involved CMVs, and over 55 percent of fatal work zone crashes occurred on rural interstates.1 Many fatal work zone crashes involve rear-end collisions with traffic slowed or stopped in a queue. Warning CMV drivers of traffic slowdowns and congestion upstream of those queues is one way to help reduce the likelihood of such crashes occurring. Roadside changeable message signs are the traditional method of providing warnings to both CMV and passenger vehicle drivers. However, signs are not always located where they are needed to provide warnings. In addition, drivers may not always detect such external roadside warnings depending on what other driving actions they are performing or if they are cognitively or visually distracted in some fashion. Therefore, providing in-vehicle warnings that can be received anywhere they are needed is highly desirable

B. D. Tallamy Reports on Highway Program During First Year

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe\uae Acrobat\uae PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.Review report on the progress and accomplishments met from the Interstate System one year after its\u2019 implementation. Given by the Federal Highway Administrator Bertram D. Tallamy to the Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks in 1957