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                FHWA R&T Now Newsletter - September 2013
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IN THIS ISSUE...

GENERAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
	FHWA Launches RD&T Agenda Web Site
	ADVANCED RESEARCH
	New Brochure Explains EAR Program
		Workshop Focused on Aging of Composites
		Technologies to Help Vision-Impaired Pedestrians Find their Way
		Fact Sheet: Creating Productive Roadways: Developing an Advanced Energy Production, Storage, and Distribution System
		Fact Sheet: Next Generation Vehicle Positioning and Simulation Solutions—Using GPS and Advanced Simulation Tools to Improve Highway Safety
	INFRASTRUCTURE
	TFHRC Open House Features Intelligent Compaction and Sustainable Pavement Technologies
		LTPP InfoPave Released for User Review and Input
		New Profilers Capture Data on the Road
		TechBrief: FHWA LTBP Workshop to Identify Bridge Substructure Performance Issues
		Report: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Performance Testing—Axial Load Deformation Relationships
		Report: Composite Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Mass
		TechBrief: Friction Angles of Open-Graded Aggregates from Large-Scale Direct Shear Testing
	SAFETY
	FHWA Releases 2013 Version of Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
		TechBrief: Field Evaluation of a Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection
		Summary Report: Safety Evaluation of Converting Traffic Signals from Incandescent to Light-Emitting Diodes
		Report: Traffic Control Device Conspicuity
		Report: Simulator Study of Signs for a Complex Interchange and Complex Interchange Spreadsheet Tool
	OPERATIONS
	Report: Synthesis of Traveler Choice Research: Improving Modeling Accuracy for Better Transportation Decisionmaking
		Report: Large Field Test of New Stereo Detection System for the Pedestrian Signal Phase for the Visually Impaired
		Report: The Effective Integration of Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Tools
	RECENT PERIODICALS
	Public Roads—September/October 2013
		FOCUS Newsletter September 2013
		Innovator: Accelerating Innovation for the American Driving Experience—September/October 2013ABOUT FHWA R&T NOW

FHWA R&T Now is a newsletter containing information and updates about research, technology, and development from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The newsletter is an electronic newsletter and is updated approximately every other month.

Send your comments, questions, and feedback to FHWA_Now@dot.gov.



Online access:https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/rtnow/.

Mail:
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Attention: Dawn Vanlandingham
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
              Publishing Date:September 2013
              Posting Date:09/01/2013
                          Notes:**This newsletter is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information.**

**Distribution**–FHWA R&T Now is being distributed according to a standard distribution. Direct distribution is being made to the FHWA Divisions and Resource Center.

**Key Words**–Infrastructure, Operations, Safety, EAR, exploratory advanced research, research, V2X Hub, technology transfer, T2, nondestructive evaluation, NDE lab, crowdsourcing, CACC, cooperative adaptive cruise control, vehicle string, crash test, cell phone, managed lanes, alkali-silica reaction, ASR, simulator, asphalt, pavement test facility, indirect tensile-cracking test.

**Notice**–This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the USDOT in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document.

The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturers' names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the objective of the document.

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