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Public Roads Summer 2024

A look back at visionary Garrett A. Morgan’s inventions, and much more.

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SPOTLIGHT

Transportation Pooled Fund Excellence Awards logo.
Learn more about the TPF Excellence Awards criteria, judging process, and the two studies that won this year.
The Inaugural Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) Excellence Awards Winners to be announced July 23.
Testing equipment over pavement.
Watch how the upgraded Pavement Testing Facility uses rapid pavement testing of full-scale structures to evaluate the durability of pavement materials.
The FHWA third-generation Pavement Testing Facility recently unveiled new state-of-the-art equipment.
A rectangular plywood box with metal rods lined up on each side with ultra-high performance concrete being poured into the box.
Find articles, papers, and workshop proceedings on the uses and performance of UHPC.
Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) References
Figures shown in infrared thermal imaging.
Read about a study that evaluated the use of infrared thermal imaging sensors for effectively measuring vulnerable road users’ exposure to crash risks.
Enhancing Vulnerable Road User Detection and Volume Data through the Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging Sensors.
A graphic illustration of a robust, smart community featuring city buildings, a single-family home, a pedestrian, and public transportation.
Read about this collection of tools and materials for streamlining the deployment of intelligent transportation systems nationwide.
Learn about the USDOT Smart Community Resource Center.
Portrait of Associate Administrator for FHWA’s Office of Operations Martin C. Knopp.
Associate Administrator for FHWA’s Office of Operations discusses how Garrett A. Morgan’s three-phase traffic signal helped shape engineering standards and traffic efficiency.
Public Roads Spring 2024 Guest Editorial by Martin C. Knopp.

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This video showcases FHWA research to ensure developing technologies meet the safety and efficiency needs of the Nation, including connected automated vehicles, truck platooning, and work zone data.

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With 15 cutting-edge laboratories onsite, Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is the Nation’s premier facility for advanced and applied research and development related to new and existing highway technologies.

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