Technical Publications Catalog: October 1998 - September 2003

NHTSA · 2004 · ROSA P / Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

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The provided text is a catalog of technical publications produced by the Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center between October 1998 and September 2003. It is not a research paper with a single study, methodology, or set of results, but rather a reference listing of over 300 distinct reports, briefs, and software tools. Consequently, it does not fit the standard summary structure for a single empirical study. However, the following summary describes the scope, content, and significance of the catalog itself. The document serves as a comprehensive index of transportation research outputs, organized into six primary subject areas: environment, human factors, operations, pavements, safety, and structures. Its purpose is to provide engineers, policymakers, and specialists with access to technical reports, TechBriefs, application notes, fact sheets, and CD-ROMs. The catalog includes brief abstracts for each entry, detailing the specific research problem addressed, the methods employed, and the findings or recommendations generated. For example, environmental entries cover the assessment of highway particulate impacts and the long-term performance of recycled materials, while human factors entries address driver maneuver errors, older driver capabilities, and the design of in-vehicle information systems. The "methods" described in the catalog entries vary widely across the hundreds of listed publications. They include field sampling and evaluation programs for particulate emissions, laboratory experiments and simulator studies for human factors, and long-term monitoring programs for pavement performance. Notably, the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program features prominently, with numerous entries detailing the development of software tools like DataPave and LTPPBind, as well as reports on distress identification, rehabilitation strategies, and material testing. Operational entries describe the use of simulation models like CORSIM and TRAFVU to evaluate traffic signal preemption and the deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) such as the Atlanta NAVIGATOR case study. The significance of this catalog lies in its role as a centralized resource for disseminating federal highway research. It documents the transition of transportation engineering toward data-driven decision-making, evidenced by the extensive focus on performance-related specifications, automated data collection, and advanced traveler information systems. By providing direct access to these findings—often through online links or ordering information—the catalog facilitates the application of research results to practical highway design, maintenance, and safety improvements. It represents a snapshot of federal research priorities during the late 1990s and early 2000s, highlighting efforts to improve sustainability, accommodate diverse user populations, and enhance operational efficiency through technology.

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• roadway lighting effects
• perceptual countermeasures

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• Applied Guidance: countermeasure evaluation
• Empirical Findings: crash risk outcomes
• Methodological Resource: dataset resource