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    Transportation Management

    Mount Pleasant gets adaptive

    May 8, 2013
    In 2010, the town of Mount Pleasant, S.C., implemented an adaptive traffic-control system in conjunction with ongoing improvements to U.S. Rte. 17. The purpose of the system was...
    Transportation Management

    WORK-ZONE SAFETY: A close look

    May 8, 2013
    OSHA is paying special attention to the construction industry, especially to companies performing work near roadways or highways where employees could be exposed to struck-by ...
    Transportation Management

    CONNECTED VEHICLES: A grand experiment

    May 8, 2013
    The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), is conducting the largest-ever road test...
    Bridges

    BRIDGE PRESERVATION: Getting clearance

    April 1, 2013
    A significant number of bridges have been struck by tall vehicles, and the occurrence of such accidents keeps rising.
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    Guardrails

    VEGETATION MANAGEMENT: Guards lose cover

    April 1, 2013
    For the past 50 years or more, mowing and herbicides have been the predominant methods used to manage nationwide roadside vegetation.

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    Asphalt

    PAVEMENT PRESERVATION: Calculation is correct

    April 1, 2013
    Managing one of the nation’s largest assets is tough to do, even if you have the most sophisticated software to help predict roadway conditions and recommend what projects this...
    Bridges

    BRIDGE PRESERVATION: Standing on ropes

    April 1, 2013
    Five hundred ninety-two. That’s the number of suspender ropes holding up the deck of the George Washington Bridge connecting upper Manhattan and New Jersey.And 592 also is the...