Public Roads Magazine Index - Contents of Volume 61

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No. 1, July/August 1997

A Preliminary Field Evaluation of Ultraviolet-Activated Fluorescent Roadway Delineation by Karen R. Mahach, Richard L. Knoblauch, Carole J. Simmons, Marsha Nitzburg, John B. Arens, and Samuel C. Tignor A two-part study by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows that drivers can see ultraviolet-activated fluorescent roadway markings at a greater distance in comparison with standard roadway markings.	2
WesTrack: Putting ITS to Work by Colin Ashmore and Terry M. Mitchell The WesTrack Driverless Control System, which controls three driverless heavy trucks circling the WesTrack course at 65 km/h, is addressing issues that are very similar to the real-world requirements of an automated highway system.	8
Nondestructive Evaluation for Bridge Management in the Next Century by Steven B. Chase and Glenn Washer FHWA is sponsoring a large program of research and development in new technologies for the nondestructive evaluation of highway bridges.	16
Overcoming an Identity Crisis: The Intelligent Transportation Industry and ITS America's National Awareness Campaign by James Costantino ITS America has initiated a campaign to elevate the awareness of intelligent transportation benefits among the general public , industry leaders, and public officials.	26
Demo '97: Proving AHS Works In August 1997, a proof-of-technical-feasibility demonstration will be conducted in San Diego to show that an automated highway system is a viable and practical option for meeting travel demands and enhancing mobility without building new highways.	30
Steel Bridge Coatings Research by Robert A. Kogler Jr. and Shuang-Ling Chong The FHWA's High-Priority National Program Area for bridge coatings research aims to define the most cost-effective means of protecting steel bridges with durable coatings.	35
NexTea by Cindy Burbank, Cheryl Hoffman, and Lawrence Paulson Several versions of legislation defining the federal highway program and its budget are under consideration by Congress.	41
Truckers Deliver a Piece of Their Mind by Stan Hamilton About 200 truck drivers at seven "listening sessions" make known their views on how the hours-of-service regulations should be changed.	47
Transportation Asset Management by Charles Nemmers "Asset management" promises to be an important planning and decision-making tool to assist transportation officials to systematically maintain, upgrade, and operate physical assets, such as roadways and bridges.	48
The Phoenix by Kathy A. Conrad An Oregon artist sculptures life-size replicas of geese, swans, and cranes from trees removed to accommodate a highway expansion project.	60

No. 2, September/October 1997

The 3:16 Syndrome by Cynthia Burbank and S. Lawrence Paulson The most controversial issue in the debate to develop a surface transportation authorization bill is how to apportion the funds among the states so that the "formula" will be acceptable to both houses of Congress.	2
The National ITS Program: Where We've Been and Where We're Going by Christine M. Johnson The National Intelligent Transportation Systems Program is the foundation for a information and communications infrastructure that will enable the nation to develop a more efficient surface transportation system.	6
The National ITS Architecture: A Framework for ITS Infrastructure by Lee Simmons The National ITS Architecture is the centerpiece of the program for developing intelligent transportation systems.	15
The Intelligent Vehicle Initiative: Advancing "Human-Centered" Smart Vehicles by Cheryl Little The Intelligent Vehicle Initiative aims to accelerate the development, availability, and use of integrated in-vehicle systems that help drivers of cars, trucks, and buses operate more safely and effectively.	18
ITS Is Already Paying Dividends by Maria Koklanaris Many intelligent transportation technologies are already improving life for millions of drivers and passengers.	26
Building Smart Infrastructure to Serve Travelers and System Managers by Jeff Lindley A critical goal of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is the development of an intelligent transportation infrastructure that will enable ITS products and services to work as a powerful and effective team to save time and lives and improve the quality of life.	30
The ITS Professional Capacity Building Program by Thomas F. Humphrey DOT has launched a five-year program to elevate the knowledge, skills, and abilities of surface transportation professionals to advance new technologies and programs.	36
NHI Charts New Course for the Future by Jacqueline M. Richardson The National Highway Institute, a leading source of comprehensive technical training and educational programs for transportation professionals, is expanding its reach to other customer groups, designing courses to focus on learner results, and improving the effectiveness and quality of NHI services.	39
Road Safety Audits: Scanning for "Gold" Down Under by Michael F. Trentacoste An American team visits Australia and New Zealand to learn about road safety audits, a process to identify potentially dangerous features of the highway operating environment.	42
Interactive Highway Safety Design Model: Design Consistency Module by Raymond A. Krammes The Design Consistency Module is one of five modules of the IHSDM, an integrated system of modules that highway planners and designers can use to evaluate the safety of highway geometric design alternatives within a computer-aided design (CAD) environment.	48
The Search for Optimal Asphalt by Brian Chollar and Mohammed Memon At the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, research on chemically modified asphalts is an ongoing project that has already resulted in furfural-modified asphalt, compatibilized crumb rubber asphalt, and chemically modified crumb rubber asphalt.	53

No. 3, November/December 1997

"... From Dense Ignorance and Otherwise": A Not Entirely Serious Look at America's 100 (Plus) Years War with Europe by Richard Weingroff For more than 100 years, the United States and Europe have waged a friendly competition to build the best highways.	2
FHWA's International Technology Scanning Program by Robert A. Ford and Donald A. Symmes The program looks throughout the world for the best and most appropriate technology, management practices, and research that can be cost-effectively adapted to programs in the United States.	9
New CVO Technologies Hit the Road by Nels Ericson The "Technology Truck" is part of a program to inform state and local decision-makers about the state of the art in commercial vehicle technologies and the benefits of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)/Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Program.	13
Puttin' on the RITS by Michael Kulbacki The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with FHWA, instituted a series of initiatives to develop a rural ITS (RITS) program.	18
The ARTS Compendium: FHWA's Electronic Rural ITS Project Tracking System by Galina Belfor, Lee-Jane Chen, Charles Liu, Paul Pisano, and Eileen Singleton FHWA created the Advanced Rural Transportation System (ARTS) Compendium as a tool to track current technology applications related to rural areas and to help identify areas in need of further research and field testing.	23
The Current Status of ITS in Japan by Yasuhiko Iwasaki The people of Japan look to intelligent transportation systems to solve pressing traffic problems.	27
Actual Hands-off Steering ― And Other Wonders of the Modern World by Bob Bryant Demo '97, the demonstration of the technical feasibility of automated highway systems (AHS) technologies by the National AHS Consortium, was a huge success.	31
Where Flowers Bloom, So Does Hope by Bob Bryant and Bonnie L. Harper-Lore On Aug. 27, 1997, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater dedicated a roadside native wildflower garden in honor of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson.	38
Utah's I-15 Design-Build Project by Roy O. Nelson The largest single design-build highway contract in the United States provides for the reconstruction of I-15 through the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics.	40
Three Years Later and Exceeding Expectations: Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC) by Peter Kissinger and Nicole Testa Created three years ago as a first-stop service center to speed the introduction of innovative technologies into the highway marketplace, HITEC has filled an unprecedented role in the highway community.	47
Wetland Mitigation: An Early Effort by Cheryl M. Nash and Morgan Cotten An award-winning wetland compensation project in Illinois is now a model for similar wetland mitigation in the Midwest.	51

No. 4, January/February 1998

Surface Transportation and Global Positioning System Improvements: L5 and DGPS by James A. Arnold The two primary improvements to GPS  ―   L5, the second civilian GPS downlink frequency, and Differential GPS  ―   have significant applications for surface transportation.	2
Sticking With ROSAN by Maria Koklanaris The Road Surface Analyzer (ROSAN) will completely change the way engineers and technicians characterize pavement.	8
One LTAP Strategic Plan Implemented 57 Ways by Anna K. Bennett The Local Technical Assistance Program has produced a strategic plan to be administered by 57 different LTAP centers.	12
FHWA's Photometric and Visibility Lab by John Arens and Mark Reilly The P&V Lab conducts studies on light, color, and retroflection to measure the retroreflectivity of traffic control devices and fluorescent materials and the proper visibility of signs under diverse driving conditions.	16
Be ALERT for Efficiency and Safety by Leslie Busler Advanced Law Enforcement Response Technology (ALERT) enables police and other public service officers to cut data-collection time at the scene of a crash or traffic violation by 20 percent to 50 percent.	21
The Human Factors Field Research Vehicle: FHWA Takes Its Show on the Road by Doug Rekenthaler Jr. This vehicle enables researchers to collect a wide variety of driver-related data in real-world driving conditions.	24
FHWA Forms an Extended Superpave Technology Delivery Team by Gary Henderson The formation of this team to provide overall Superpave program coordination and oversight marks an expansion of FHWA resources devoted to Superpave field implementation.	28
FHWA's New Leaders Have Strategic Vision by David Smith FHWA begins 1998 with a new federal highway administrator and a new strategic plan.	30
The Garrett A. Morgan Program: Shaping the Future of Transportation by S. Lawrence Paulson The Morgan Program encourages and prepares today's students for future careers in transportation.	33
Welfare Reform and Transportation: There Is a Connection by Carol Harbaugh and Theresa Smith FHWA seeks to remove the barrier of transportation access for welfare recipients and members of the working poor.	38
Federal Cost Allocation Study by James W. March The first federal highway cost allocation study since 1982 evaluates the equity and economic efficiency of the federal highway user-fee structure.	44

No. 5, March/April 1998

Small Business Innovation Research Program by Charles W. Niessner The Small Business Innovation Research Program stimulates small business innovation and meets federal research and development needs.	2
Soil Stiffness Gauge for Soil Compaction Control by Scott Fiedler, Charles Nelson, E. Frank Berkman, and Al DiMillio FHWA teams with the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Programs Administration to develop an easy-to-use portable soil stiffness gauge that will save time and money.	5
Strategic Highway Research Program: An Investment That Has Paid Off by Michael Halladay The Strategic Highway Research Program resulted in more than 100 products developed to improve highway performance, durability, safety, and efficiency.	11
1999 Environmental Excellence Awards FHWA announces the call for entries for the 1999 Environmental Excellence Award.	18
Sustainable Transportation: The Road from Kyoto by Kevin Heanue and Susan B. Petty As a result of the 1997 Kyoto Conference, our nation explores options to reduce the consumption of fossil fuel to protect global climate and create a sustainable transportation system.	20
The Ties That Bind: The 10-Year Fight for 0.6-inch Diameter Strands by Sue Lane and Doug Rekenthaler Jr. FHWA paves the way for high-performance concrete by increasing the diameter of prestressed strands from 0.5 inches to 0.6 inches.	27
Replacing Oakland's Cypress Freeway by Brett Jackson A community redesigns and rebuilds a major freeway after a devastating 1989 earthquake.	30
It Takes More Than Mirrors to See Your "True Profile" by Dennis G. Sixbey Under the jurisdiction of The Permanent International Association of Road Congresses (PIARC), researchers test devices that measure the profile of paved roads.	36
Partners in Motion: D.C. Congestion Busters by Carol Zimmerman and Pamela Marston The Partners in Motion is a public-private partnership designed to develop ways to relieve congestion on the Capital Beltway.	40

No. 6, May/June 1998

Public Roads: 80 Years Old, But the Best Is Yet to Come by Bob Bryant. Public Roads celebrates 80 years of reporting innovations on the roadway.	2
Celebrate International Highway Transportation Safety Week 1998 FHWA and the U.S./Canadian Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance celebrates International Highway Transportation Safety Week June 1 through 6.	6
Wealth of Information Presented at Superpave Conference by Karen Haas Smith Industry leaders discuss the newest advancements in the high-performance asphalt pavement mix design system at the "Superpave: Today and Tomorrow" conference, sponsored by the Asphalt Institute and FHWA.	7
AASHTO's SiteManager Tames Contract Documentation by Bill Dowd AASHTO develops a new software program, SiteManager, that automates and streamlines the management of highway construction contracts.	9
Intermodal Connectors: NHS Catches Up to the 1990s by David Smallen FHWA takes a new look at the importance of intermodal connectors as part of the transportation program.	13
The ITS Joint Program Office: Structuring the Future Dr. Johnson discusses her vision for ITS with Public Roads Editor Bob Bryant.	18
ISTEA's Tribal Technical Assistance Program Legacy by Nelda Bravo Through training and well-developed programs, TTAP has helped meet transportation goals of Native Americans on reservations.	22
Pride and Partnership: Completing the Interstate H-3 by Barbara J. Braswell After nearly 37 years, Hawaii completes its new interstate.	29
Highway Financing by Thomas Cooper Highway finance questions are answered through national data from FHWA's highway finance statistics program.	40
HIPERPAV: A User-Friendly Tool to Help Us "Build It Right" by Stephen W. Forster HIPERPAV, a Windows-based computer program, provides guidance on the design and construction of concrete pavement.	44

 

List of Authors	(issue/page references)
John B. Arens	1/p.2,4/p.16
James A. Arnold	4/p.2
Colin Ashmore	1/p.8
Galina Belfo	3/p.23
Anna K. Bennett	4/p.12
E. Frank Berkman	5/p.5
Barbara J. Braswell	6/p.29
Nelda Bravo	6/p.22
Bob Bryant	3/p.32,3/p38,6/p.2
Cynthia Burbank	1/p.41,2/p.2
Leslie Busler	4/p.21
Steven B. Chase	1/p.16
Lee-Jane Chen	3/p.23
Dr. Brian Chollar	2/p.52
Shuang-Ling Chong	1/p.35
Kathy A. Conrad	1/p.60
Thomas Cooper	6/p.40
James Costantino	1/p.26
Morgan Cotton	3/p.51
Al DiMillio	5/p.5
Bill Dowd	6/p.9
Nels Ericson	3/p.13
Scott Fiedler	5/p.5
Robert A. Ford	3/p.9
Stephen W. Forster	6/p.44
Michael Halladay	5/p.11
Stan Hamilton	1/p.47
Carol Harbaugh	4/p.38
Bonnie L. Harper-Lore	3/p.38
Kevin Heanue	5/p.20
Gary Henderson	4/p.28
Thomas F. Humphrey	2/p.36
Yasuhiko Iwasaki	3/p.27
Brett Jackson	5/p.30
Christine M. Johnson	2/p.6
Peter Kissinger	3/p.47
Richard L. Knoblauch	1/p.2
Robert A. Kogler Jr.	1/p.35
Maria Koklanaris	2/p.26, 4/p.8
Raymond A. Krammes	2/p.47
Michael Kulbacki	3/p.18
Sue Lane	5/p.27
Jeff Lindley	2/p.30
Cheryl Little	2/p.18
Charles Liu	3/p.23
Karen R. Mahach	1/p.2
James W. March	4/p.44
Pamela Marston	5/p.40
Dr. Mohammed Memon	2/p.52
Terry M. Mitchell	1/p.8
Cheryl M. Nash	3/p.51
Charles Nelson	5/p.5
Roy O. Nelson	3/p.40
Charles Nemmers	1/p.48
Charles W. Niessner	5/p.2
Marsha Nitzburg	1/p.2
S. Lawrence Paulson	1/p.41,2/p2,4/p.33
Paul Pisano	3/p.23
Susan B. Petty	5/p.20
Mark Reilly	4/p.16
Doug Rekenthaler Jr.	4/p.24,5/p.27
Jacqueline M. Richardson	2/p.39
Carole J. Simmons	1/p.2
Lee Simmons	2/p.15
Eileen Singleton	3/p.23
Dennis G. Sixbey	5/p.36
David Smallen	6/p.13
David Smith	4/p.30
Karen Haas Smith	6/p.7
Theresa Smith	4/p.38
Donald A. Symmes	3/p.9
Nicole Testa	3/p.47
Samuel C. Tignor	1/p.2
Michael F. Trentacoste	2/p.42
Glenn Washer	1/p.16
Richard Weingroff	3/p.2
Carol Zimmerman	5/p.40

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