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                EAR Program Research Results - Updated through 2021
FHWA-HRT-22-034.pdf (15.33 MB)
      
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                  Publication Type:Report
                  Publication Number:FHWA-HRT-22-034
              Abstract:From an origin in the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Public Road Inquiry over 120 years ago, the FHWA has been committed to shepherding innovations from theory to application. Over the past decade, the FHWA Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program has focused on early-stage, higher risk research where the Federal government can demonstrate the potential of new ideas for improving the safety, reliability, and condition of the Nation’s roadways. Examples include the following:

Early vehicle aerodynamic and traffic modeling and physical testing of technology to control truck spacing in two- and three-truck platoons that showed potential to reduce fuel use.
	The characterization and modeling of new materials that can supplement and substitute the use of Portland cement, providing more choices for building and reconstructing the structures and pavements that connect people across the United States.
	The application of experimental economics to daily travel, combined with the development of agent-based models, can result in improved travel time reliability at a system level.
	New sensor systems that monitor conditions on and off the roadway, from identifying cracks in structures before they are visible to aiding the movement of wildlife under and over roadways.With the rapid change of communications, machine learning, automation, and other technologies, having a program that leverages cutting-edge concepts to make travel safer, easier, and more cost effective is increasingly important.





Recommended Citation: Federal Highway Administration, EAR Program Research Results - Updated Through 2021 (Washington, DC: 2021) https://doi.org/10.21949/1521708.
              Publishing Date:December 2021
                                          Publishing Office:Office of Research, Development, and Technology
                  FHWA Program(s):Research
              Exploratory Advanced Research
              AMRP Program(s):Exploratory Advanced Research
                  Subject Area:Research U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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