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The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. DOT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Chief Science Officer Robert C. Hampshire, [...]

Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries.

National Work Zone Awareness Week 2021 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) 2021 is scheduled for April 26-30.  It will be hosted by the Michigan Department of Transportation. This year’s

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 discretionary grant funding through the Rebuilding American

By: Danielle Betkey and Karen Scurry, FHWA Office of Safety The highway safety environment is ever changing, and highway safety needs can greatly vary among States. As States work to reduce highway

he Division of Local Aid is transitioning to the Department’s end-to-end online Project Management Solution: PMRS This new system will shift most project management, accounting, contracting and [...]

Proactive safety planning can change the landscape of road design and maintenance. Reactively adding safety countermeasures to crash sites is a viable strategy—but requires crashes happening in [...]

For more than a decade, the Federal Highway Administration’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program has promoted proven but underused innovations that enhance roadway safety, improve project delivery, [...]

On April 8th, 2021 FHWA hosted a webinar entitled “You Have Crash Data, Now What?” This webinar focused on Rural Roadway Departures, which make up a third of U.S. traffic fatalities—about

Researchers at the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation continue to conduct important work and take on new challenges in transportation during the ongoing COVID-19 [...]