The Reason Foundation has released a report that discusses the condition of the United States’ roads and bridges based on data from the Highway Performance Monitoring System, the National Bridge Inventory, the Fatal Accident Reporting System, and the Texas Transportation Institute’s reports on urban congestion. Read the Report
On February 19, 2013, TRB’s Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Committee sent its third letter report to Victor Mendez, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The committee provides advice and assistance on the conduct of the LTBP program, which is designed to collect research-quality data on a large representative sample of in-service U.S. highway bridges and to analyze these…
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2313 discusses 21 papers on topics including general structures; steel bridges; concrete bridges; field testing and nondestructive evaluation of transportation structures; tunnels and underground structures; culverts and hydraulic structures; structural fiber-reinforced polymers; and critical transportation infrastructure protection. Read TRR Journal Number 2313
TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that summarizes SHRP 2 Renewal projects that are designed to help transportation agencies deal with the unique challenges that rapid highway renewal techniques present. The brief describes tools that agencies can use to mitigate worker and manager fatigue, develop and apply performance specifications, manage risk and…
The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the efficacy of a new procedure developed to design concrete filled steel tube (CFT) piles to concrete pile cap connections. Read the Report
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