Recipient

Amount

Program

Description

Albuquerque, N.M.

$62,499

Determining Advisory Speed Limits

The research team will conduct surveys and review existing research on setting "advisory" speed limits. The team will document existing best practices for setting advisory speed limits and will develop further guidance material.

$62,500

Using ITS Technology to Improve Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety

Researchers will survey states, local jurisdictions and ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) companies to document the best practices and develop guidance material for using ITS technology to improve highway-rail grade crossings.

Tallahassee, Fla.

$62,516

Identify Processes to Reduce Highway Construction Project Times

Researchers will conduct a detailed examination of the current highway construction processes and identify potential changes that could lead to reducing highway construction project duration.

Mayaguez, P.R.

$67,754

Location Marker Signs for Incident Management

Researchers will survey states and local jurisdictions to document "best practices" for providing highway location signage/markers, develop guidance material and assess the need for additional experimentation.

$43,750

Base Crash Model for Interchanges

The research team will develop base accident models for all major interchange types. Data analysis will be performed to determine the best modeling forms and procedures for the development of crash models. Crash models will be developed and the results will be evaluated.

$62,500

Safety Concerns Related to Design/Build Projects

Researchers will seek to determine the nature and extent of safety-related issues on design/build projects and document best practices to reduce and/or alleviate them. The study will offer language that may be incorporated into contractual agreements between governmental agencies and design/build contractors at the state level to address safety issues.

$62,500

Noise-Compatible Land-Use Planning

Researchers will survey state and/or local governments to identify successful noise-compatible land-use planning activities and develop informational materials highlighting the successes.

Jackson, Miss.

$75,000

Academic Forum

The team will plan and execute a one-day academic forum for representatives of a maximum of 50 community colleges and universities and members of the FHWA research community to share information about transportation-related academic programs and encourage communication between institutions.

Houston

$50,000

Transportation Expertise Pool

The team will develop a database of student beneficiaries of FHWA university-based programs and make the information available to the transportation community-at-large via a web site. Such information will aid students' job searches and employment transitions and benefit the transportation industry's search for top talent.

Miami

$79,895

Environmental Justice: Working with Community-Based Groups on Transportation

The team will identify opportunities and provide support for government agencies to partner with community-based organizations. The team will also report on the successes and issues in using community-based groups to support agency planning and project development activities.

Albuquerque, N.M.

$56,250

Highway Safety Challenges on Low-Volume Roads

Researchers will examine highway safety issues on rural roads with traffic volumes of less than 200 vehicles per day to identify the principal safety-related problems that exist on these facilities and treatments that might be cost-effective.

Las Cruces, N.M.

$157,130

Mitigating Reflection Cracking

Researchers will assess state-of-the-practice in design of asphalt pavement overlays, develop and perform laboratory tests to study pavement cracking, and identify asphalt pavement overlay design improvements

Albuquerque, N.M.

$75,260

Improving Pavement Sub-Surface Drainage Systems

Researchers will assess state-of-the-practice in pavement drainage systems, develop a computer simulation, conduct data analysis and develop guidelines for design improvements.

Washington, D.C.

$68,800

Concrete Admixture

Researchers will provide technical expertise to help develop a seminar series on concrete admixtures to strengthen practitioners' basic and advanced knowledge of the process.

Greensboro, N.C.

$274,458

Integration of Road Closure Information

The team will develop a Web-based system to provide road closure information on all or part of the National Highway System in case of a national emergency, severe weather, or national disaster.