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NHI Course: FHWA Planning and Research Grants

This Web-based training (WBT) course is one of a series designed as an introduction to FHWA planning and research grant administration:
FHWA-NHI-151046–FHWA Planning and Research Grants: History, Sources, and Regulations;
FHWA-NHI-151047–FHWA Planning and Research Grants: Common Grant Rule;
FHWA-NHI-151048–FHWA Planning and Research Grants: Cost Principles; and
FHWA-NHI-151049–FHWA Planning and Research Grants: Audits.

LTRC Research Manual (2003 Edition)

Manual that defines policies and procedures for the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) research program and its various functions.

TZD: National Strategy on Highway Safety

One person dies every 16 minutes in a traffic crash in the United States. Over the course of a lifetime, nearly every U.S. resident is touched by consequences of traffic crashes. Toward Zero Deaths is the United States’ highway safety vision. It is the only acceptable target for our nation, our families and us as individuals.

Led by the TZD Steering Committee, the National Strategy on Highway Safety provides a platform of consistency for state agencies, private industry, national organizations and others to develop safety plans that prioritize traffic safety culture and promote the national TZD vision.

Critical Issues in Transportation: 2013

TRB?s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on their likely impact on the nation?s economy and quality of life. The discussion of the critical issues identified in this document is intended to facilitate debate and to encourage research leading to their resolution.

Previous editions of Critical Issues in Transportation have highlighted many of the issues that threaten the performance of the nation?s transportation system. In recent years, the Executive Committee has added the need to respond to natural disasters; highlighted how transportation has become ever more linked to broader issues in society and in the economy; and drawn attention to the role transportation plays in energy and environmental issues.

Critical Issues in Transportation: 2013 is designed to stimulate awareness and debate and to focus research on (a) improving transportation system performance and resiliency, (b) reducing transportation injuries and fatalities, and (c) mitigating unsustainable environmental impacts.

The urgency of addressing the critical issues has never been greater. The Executive Committee hopes that readers will become aware of and concerned about these issues, and will join in addressing the problems in transportation so that society and the economy can reap the many benefits it offers.