Priority, Market-Ready Technologies and Innovations

2008 List

The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Research & Technology Leadership Team endorses

four new priority, market-ready technologies and innovations (T&ls). This list continues to fulfill our Agency

commitment established in the FHWA Corporate Master Plan for Research and Deployment ofTechnolo9Y &

Innovation to identify market-readyT&ls.

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Accelerated Construction Technology

Transfer (ACTTI*-This undertaking promotes

creative techniques to reduce construction time

and enhance quality and safety. Contact: james.

sorenson@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-1333; jerry.

blanding@fhwa.dot.gov, (410) 962-2253

• Construction Analysis for Pavement

Rehabilitation Strategies (CA4PRSI*-This

software identifies optimal rehabilitation strategies

to balance the construction schedule with

inconvenience to drivers and transportation agency

costs. Contact: james.sorenson@fhwa.dot.gov,

(202) 366-1333

FINANCE

Asset Management Guide-This guide illustrates

asset management principles and identifies

techniques and methods for adopting the

decisionmaking framework in transportation

agencies. Contact: stephen.gaj@fhwa.dot.gov, (2021

366-1336; thay.bishop@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-

3695

GEOTECHNICAL & HYDRAULICS

Continuous Flight Augered (CFAI Piles-This

technology is characterized by the drilling of a

hollow-stem auger into the ground, pumping

grout or concrete into the hole, and installing

reinforcement in the pile. This eliminates the need

for a temporary casing. Contact: silas.nichols@

fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3930

Expanded Polystyrene (EPSI Geofoam-Th is

lightweight material can be used as fill behind

walls and other support structures. Contact: silas.

nichols@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3930

511 Traveler Information-This easy-to-remember,

three-digit telephone number is available to State

and local transportation agencies nationwide so

that they can provide information readily about

highway and transit conditions to travelers by

telephone. Contact: robert.rupert@fhwa.dot.gov,

(202) 366-2194; mac.lister@fhwa.dot.gov, (708) 283-

3532

• Adaptive Control Software Lite (ACS-LitelThis cost effective technology improves efficiency

and prolongs the effectiveness of traffic signal

timing by updating critical timing parameters in

response to current traffic conditions. Contact:

eddie.curtis@fhwa.dot.gov, (4041 562-3920

DYNASMART-P-This traffic analysis tool integrates

travel demand models into the planning process.

The tool also evaluates intelligent transportation

system (ITS) technologies and provides traffic

operations data for air quality analysis. Contact:

henry.lieu@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 493-3273; john.

tolle@fhwa.dot.gov, (708) 283-3541

Intelligent Transportation System Deployment

Analysis System (IDASI-This tool can predict the

costs and benefits of ITS investments and provide

data and information to enable agencies to analyze

ITS operational improvements. Contact: harlan.

miller@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-0847; john.halkias@

fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-2183; james.sturdevant@

fhwa.dot.gov, (708) 283-3552

Air Void Analyzer (AVAI*-This technology

provides real-time evaluation for measuring air

content, specific surface, and the spacing factor

of fresh portland cement concrete. Contact: gary.

crawford@fhwa.dot.gov, (2021 366-1286; angel.

correa@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3907
Pavement Smoothness Methodologies-The new

pavement smoothness specification encompasses

smoothness test methods, smoothness equipment

specifications, and equipment certification

programs. Contact: mark.swanlund@fhwa.dot.gov,

(202) 366-1323; robert.orthmeyer@fhwa.dot.gov,

(708) 283-3533

PLANNING

Highway Economic Requirements System,

State Version (HERS-ST)-This software model

evaluates the implications of alternative programs

and policies on the condition, performance, and

user cost level associated with highway systems.

Contact: robert.mooney@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-

4657

Improved Decisionmaking Using Geographic

Information Systems-This software program

enables manipulation, analysis, and display of

geographically referenced data. Contact: mark.

sarmiento@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-4828; ben.

williams@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3671

Transportation, Economics, and land Use

System (TElUS)-This information-management

and decision-support system helps State

Transportation Departments and metropolitan

planning organizations prepare their annual

transportation improvement programs and

statewide transportation improvement programs.

Contact: rob.ritter@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-8870;

lisa.randall@fhwa.dot.gov, (720) 963-3209

STRUCTURES

..Bridge and Tunnel Security-This

assessment tool provides resources to help owners

make their critical bridges and tunnels more secure.

Contact: steve.ernst@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-4619;

shay.burrows@fhwa.dot.gov, (410) 962-6791

Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)*-Th is material

repairs cracks in overhead sign supports by

wrapping the support with fiber-reinforced material.

Contact: benjamin.tang@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-

4592; lou.triandafilou@fhwa.dot.gov, (410) 962-3648

load and Resistance Factor Design (lRFD) and

Rating of Structures-The American Association

of State Highway and Transportation Officials'

(AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design

(LRFD) and Rating bridge specification provides

for more uniform levels of safety which should

lead to superior serviceability and long-term

maintainability. Contact: firas.ibrahim@fhwa.dot.

gov, (202) 366-4598; thomas.saad@fhwa.dot.gov,

(708) 283-3521

Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems

(PFBES)*-These systems minimize traffic impacts

of bridge construction, improve work zone

safety, and make construction less disruptive by

minimizing the necessary lane closures, detours,

and narrow lane uses. Contact: vasant.mistry@

fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 366-4599; raj.ailaney@fhwa.dot.

gov, (410) 962-2542

SAFETY & DESIGN

Cable Median Barriers*-These barriers are

effective mechanisms for preventing fatal and

disabling crashes and are more forgiving than

traditional concrete and metal beam barriers.

Contact: frank.julian@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3689

PEDSAFE-This online, interactive system enables

users to "diagnose" a pedestrian-related issue

based on site characteristics and to formulate

potential solutions that improve conditions for

pedestrians within the public right-of-way. Contact:

rudolph.umbs@fhwa.dot.gov, (708) 283-3548

Road Safety Audits (RSA)*-RSAs improve

transportation safety by using an independent

audit team to conduct a formal safety performance

examination of an existing or future road or

intersection. Contact: craig.allred@fhwa.dot.gov,

(720) 963-3236

Roundabouts-This design treatment is a circular

intersection that requires entering vehicles to

yield to existing traffic in the circulatory roadway.

Contact: mark.doctor@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3732

Rumble Strips-Shoulder rumble strips are

continuously grooved indentations in roadway

shoulders that provide audible warnings and

physical vibrations to alert drivers when their

vehicles are leaving the roadway. Contact: frank.

julian@fhwa.dot.gov, (404) 562-3689

..USLIMITS*-This Web-based expert

advisor system designed to assist practitioners

in determining appropriate speed limits in speed

zones. Contact: davey.warren@fhwa.dot.gov, (202)

366-4668; rudolph.umbs@fhwa.dot.gov, (708) 283-

3548

* Denotes an AASHTO Technology Implementation Group

approved technology.

Removed From 2006 list:

• Dispute Resolution Guidance for Environmental

Streamlining

• Maintenance Decision Support System (MOSS)

• QuickZone

• Red Light Cameras

Additional Resources

FHWA Corporate Research and Technology

(R&T) Web site, www.fhwa.dot.gov/crt

FHWA Resource Center Web site, www.fhwa.

dot.gov/resourcecenter/misc/technology.cfm

AASHTO Technology Implementation Group

Web site, http://tig.transportation.org

To request additional copies of this

publication, contact:

carin.michel@fhwa.dot.gov, (410) 962-2530

tamara.mccrae@fhwa.dot.gov, (202) 493-3382

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