Run of the mills   Roads & Bridges April 2008   By Roads & Bridges
ODOT handles the enormity of windmills out on its roads
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Holding down the fort   Roads & Bridges December 2007   By Frank Cippel
Officials maintain order during construction, safely move traffic through and around project

Austin's city limits   Roads & Bridges September 2007   By Jodi L. Carson, P.E., Ph.D., and Stuart Anderson, P.E., Ph.D.
Researchers find effective construction management strategy in bustling Texas town

In for the long haul   Roads & Bridges June 2007   By Stephanie Harris
The U.S. faces a freight nightmare as congestion continues to grow and our economy expands

Retro Reflection   Roads & Bridges October 2006   BY Allen Zeyher Managing Editor
The path to effective traffic management went through its curves and bumps

Protected by Dolphins   Roads & Bridges November 2005   Arthur Schurr Contributing Author

Care to Share?   Roads & Bridges August 2005   Norman W. Garrick Contributing Author
Shared streets rely on social rather than regulatory controls to govern how all users behave. Where there is a mix of different types of users, this design approach can be very effective.

Upgrade for the digital work zone   Roads & Bridges June 2005   By Deborah Curtis
When QuickZone showed that traffic congestion would likely be significant, further analysis was done on options to prevent lengthy delays.

If you can’t say something nice   Roads & Bridges May 2005   By David Matthews
When the neighbor refused to turn down the TV volume, the BMW owner got into her car, drove across the neighbor’s lawn, crashed through some patio furniture and rammed right into the side of the neighbor’s residence.

Upper-hand management   Roads & Bridges May 2004   Matthew J. Lee and Anthony M. Bradford; Contributing Authors
Closely coordinated with transportation control centers (TCCs) and emergency service providers located throughout the metropolitan area, NaviGAtor is intended to achieve a seamless transportation network across multiple jurisdictions.

An open and shut case   Roads & Bridges November 2003   Marc Start, P.E., Robert Clegg, P.E., Contributing Authors
The Port Huron, Michigan, staff recognized the challenges of traffic control with the bascule bridges, and successfully submitted an application for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding of a traffic signal modernization and interconnect project. The goals of the project are to reduce traffic congestion related to the bridge events and to reduce city emergency service response times.

What are the city's limits?   Roads & Bridges August 2003   Brian Stotler, Contributing Author
A traffic control system will only be as good as the information collected and used to design and operate it. Continuous monitoring for changes in traffic demand and volume should be considered during the system's engineering stage of the project. This can be done in several ways.