Public Roads Goes Bimonthly

Starting with the next issue -- July-August 1997 -- Public Roads, the magazine of the Federal Highway Administration, will be published six times per year. Over the course of its 79 years, Public Roads has been a monthly, bimonthly, and quarterly publication. For the past 25 years, the magazine was published quarterly. The increase in publication frequency came about because the contributing authors wanted their articles published more timely and because, although 90.5 percent of surveyed respondents said Public Roads meets their needs well or very well, 14.6 percent of the respondents wanted the magazine to cover more information and/or topics. Now, by increasing the number of issues per year from four to six, the magazine will present 50 percent more information on developments in Federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. Public Roads is continually reshaping itself to ensure that it is an effective communication tool of FHWA and is meeting the needs of its readership.
-- Bob Bryant