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      <title>FY 25/26 Florida Local Technical Assistance Program</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/2673041</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The overall goal and associated objectives of the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center is to deliver a highway training curriculum and technical assistance that will provide local agencies with tools to build their capacity and means to innovatively address their roadway network challenges and be reflective of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s current core areas of Safety, Infrastructure Management, Workforce Development, and Organizational excellence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:15:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluate Emerging Transportation Technologies and Advancements in Engineering and Roadway Safety Efforts Impact on Crashes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Emerging technologies and advancements in transportation and engineering are becoming increasingly prevalent across the transportation spectrum. From advanced driving systems to the development of innovative corridors, and the use of 3D modeling for engineering, new technologies and tools are being implemented by the public and private sector with the goal of reducing crashes and saving lives. No analysis has been conducted to determine their safety effectiveness and what practical impact they may have in the future. The research team will develop a safety and policy framework to explore the correlations between the emerging technologies and engineering tools and purported reductions in fatalities and serious injuries. The research team will demonstrate how public agencies, like the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), can objectively assess the extent to which emerging technologies and tools will achieve desired safety outcomes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FY 24/25 Florida Local Technical Assistance Program</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The overall goal and associated objectives of the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center is to deliver a highway training curriculum and technical assistance that will provide local agencies with tools to build their capacity and means to innovatively address their roadway network challenges and be reflective of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s current core areas of Safety, Infrastructure Management, Workforce Development, and Organizational Excellence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:11:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MD 210 Before and After Case Study for Speed Management Practices.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This corridor experiences a disproportionate number of traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries. This research will explore different factors that potentially influence excessive speeding along like corridors (locally or nationally) and document best practices for speed mitigation by other local and state agencies.  Provide a before/ after evaluation of planned engineering improvements and document the study processes and findings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Using Knowledge of Human Factors to Strengthen Highway Design</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, human error is deemed the critical factor in 94 percent of crashes. But even when a driver is cited as the critical reason for a crash, many variables, often in combination with driver error, exert an influence (e.g., poor signage, inadequate sight distance, highway geometrics, weather). Although transportation agencies have gravitated toward more context-adapted roadway designs through initiatives like context sensitive design, performance-based flexible solutions, and new context classification systems, engineers can struggle to design facilities that are fully responsive to the needs, limitations, and perceptions of road users. Significant knowledge of human factors has been catalogued, but engineers lack practical guidance for applying this knowledge efficiently and consistently during project development activities. This research will develop a framework and guidance engineers and designers can use to incorporate knowledge of human factors into project development. Guidance will describe methods for analyzing human factors, determining which are most critical, and applying insights to create holistic designs that account for perceptions, behaviors, and capabilities of road users, as well as features of the natural and built environments.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:57:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SPR-4107: Subgrade Stabilization Alternatives</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Subgrade stabilization in the INDOT current standard specification is limited to the selection of materials type rather than strength and properties of the treated soil. With the adoption of the Mechanistic
Empirical Design Guide, it is possible to consider in the input parameters the actual properties of the stabilized soil subgrade. The research addresses this issue by exploring the engineering properties of subgrade stabilization alternatives, so pavement engineers can design the pavement structure accordingly.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:27:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PPRC14 SPE 5.09: Update PaveM Engineering Configuration</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Update engineering configuration (data aggregation, decision trees, benefit equations) as experience is gained during initial use by districts and headquarters (HQ).  Address additional data collection, materials design and policy questions developed by California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PPRC14 SPE 5.06: Evaluate APCS Data Collection and PaveM Engineering Configuration</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1441833</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Evaluate how distresses collected by the Automated Pavement Condition Survey (APCS) are being used in PaveM decision trees and develop recommendations for changes in APCS and/or decision trees, performance equations and benefits equations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PPRC14 SPE 5.04: Algorithms for Grouping Segments into Projects in PaveM</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1441831</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This task is a continuation of PPRC11 Project 3.28 (PaveM Engineering Configuration). The main goal is to continue development of an algorithm that will allow the detailed management sections to be grouped into appropriately sized sections for project selection, while retaining the benefits of detailed performance prediction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Roadway Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Generation and Distribution System Towards Energy Plus Roadways</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1365861</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The aim of this project is to develop a novel Roadway Wind/Solar Hybrid Power Generation and Distribution System (RHPS) towards energy-plus roadways, where energy-plus stands for annual energy consumption that is less than production. The RHPS would be a low footprint, intelligent, and multilayer power system designed for integration into urban and suburban areas, which reduces the need for new distribution networks. The RHPS represents a dramatic change in the role of the public right-of-way from an energy consumer to an energy producer, and therefore will aid in reducing transportation system operating costs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 01:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In-situ Scour Testing Device</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objective of this research is to prove or disprove the viability of such an in-situ scour testing device for use as a foundation design aid by the highway engineering community. The field device for the proposed study could consist of a water jet directed vertically downward into the soils that are to support the bridge pier foundations.  The jet would be calibrated through physical model testing and computer simulation to produce the predicted scour depth in a sand-bed channel for the design hydraulic conditions and proposed pier geometry.  The water jet would be run until equilibrium conditions are reached in the resulting scour hole, or until some maximum period of time has elapsed (such as the expected cumulative time the foundation will be exposed to the design discharge over the life of the bridge).  The in-situ soils would thereby be exposed to the energy necessary to develop the scour depth, as predicted by the currently used equation. Any equilibrium or maximum scour depth resulting from a field test that is less than the predicted depth for a sand-bed channel would be attributable to the erosion-resistant characteristics of the in-situ soils. It is envisioned that this scour-testing device would be used for foundation analysis and design in a manner similar to present-day soil borings in that several tests would be conducted across the channel and floodplain area to be occupied by a proposed new or replacement bridge.  The scour hole information resulting from the field test(s) would be used, in conjunction with the subsurface soil boring information, to adjust the design scour depth predicted by the equations for sand-bed channels, as appropriate, for the actual soil conditions at the bridge site. The Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center (TFHRC) Hydraulics Laboratory will collaborate on this proposed research and will provide Lab capabilities and technical assistance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WisDOT Major Highway Cost Estimating Workgroup Support</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Highway projects in the Major Highway Program of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) are generally the most complex and costly projects undertaken by the Department. Under the Majors Program, projects are recommended to the Transportation Projects Commission (TPC) by WisDOT. The TPC reviews the proposals and recommends specific projects for enumeration by the Legislature and the Governor. Before projects are considered for enumeration by the TPC, WisDOT conducts environmental and engineering studies and develops project cost estimates that are used by the TPC in making their recommendations. Legislative reviews of the Majors Program have identified concerns over significant increases in the costs of Majors Projects after enumeration. Recommendations were made that WisDOT provide better management of the scope of the projects and they develop improved procedures for estimating the cost of projects prior to recommending them for enumeration. In response to that, WisDOT has formed the Major Highway Cost Estimating Workgroup (MHCEW) to redesign the process for estimating costs prior to recommending projects to the TPC. The overall process will be developed by the MHCEW, but they require technical assistance and support in developing new cost estimating tools and documenting the new procedures. The scope of this project is to provide support to the Major Highway Cost Estimating Workgroup (MHCEW) in their effort to improve the cost estimating procedures for the projects under consideration for enumeration in the Majors Program. It will involve reviewing existing scoping checklist documents and developing new templates to assist design engineers in identifying significant cost items; creating an interactive flow chart of the redesigned process based upon MHCEW input to provide "how to information" for project teams; develop recommendations for "allowance items" and the percent of roadway costs they represent; provide recommendations for "contingency items" and the amounts that should be utilized; develop guidance on determining unit prices for developing estimates based upon WisDOT historical bid information; and development documentation on the process as needed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:48:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Strategic Highway Research Program II (SHRP II)</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1231172</link>
      <description><![CDATA[No summary provided.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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