Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has maintained a motor-carrier accident database, known as the Motor Carrier Safety Management Information System (MCMIS), since 1973 [18]. It includes any federally regulated motor-carrier accident that meets the specified reporting criteria. Prior to 1986, the criteria demanded reporting of accidents resulting in a fatality, an injury, or property damage of 2,000 or more. 

In January 1986, the value of the property damage was increased to 4,200 and to 4,400 in March 1987. Subsequently, its value increased in accordance with the Gross National Product index of inflation [18]. 

In comparison to any other national accident database, the FHWA database provides for more detail on truck accident characteristics. It includes information on items such as carrier identification and address, incident location, information on the cargo, characteristics of the event, contributing factors, and accident consequences. 

The main strengths of the MCMIS are its exclusive truck focus and good detail on truck accident characteristics. In contrast, its main weaknesses are that it misses several portions of the truck population, concerns over the accuracy and completeness of its reports, and its dependency on carrier participation [18]. 

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U.S. Department of Transportation. (1973). The Effect ot Speed on Automobile Gasoline Consumption Rates. Washington, DC Federal Highway Administration. 

Knapp, K. Rao, K. Cratvford, J. and Krammes, R. (1994). The Use and EvnlunCion of TrunsporCuCion Control Measures. Research Report 1279-6. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas Federal Highway Administration and Texas Dcpaixnient of Transportation. 

The most recent study was conducted by CC Technologies Laboratories, Inc. (circa 1999 to 2001), with support by the Federal Highways Administration and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, International. The results of the study show that the (estimated) total annual direct costs of corrosion in the United States are 276 billion, i.e., about 3.1 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That... 

Source From Federal Highway Administration, available at http //www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/waste/app.htm. 

AG Mohan. Investigation of Water Soluble Chemiluminescent Materials. Report of the Federal Highway Administration. FHWA-RD-77-79, 1976. 

DOT (1997). Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study 1997. US Department of Transportation, in co-operation with the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration. Washington, DC Department of Transportation. 

Humphrey DN, Eaton RA (1993) Tire chips as a subgrade insulation - field trial. Symposium proceedings Recovery and Effective Reuse of Discarded Materials and Byproducts for Construction of Highway Facilities. Federal Highway Administration, FHA, 11... 

Collins RJ, Ciesielski SK (1993) Recycling and use of waste materials and byproducts in highway construction. Federal Highway Administration, FHA 1 - 2 356... 

FHWA/RD-81/153, Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington, D. C. 

Federal Highway Administration Facility, Lakewood, CO TCA, TCE, 1,1-DCE, cDCE 1996 1,000,000 for design and installation... 

Cahill, T.A. Eldred, R.A. Barone, J.B. Ashbaugh, L.L. "Ambient Aerosol Sampling with Stacked Filter Units" Federal Highway Administration Report No. FHWA-RD-78-178, 1979. 

In Arizona, California, and Florida, the use of rubber-modified asphalt will likely expand whatever the outcome with ISTEA, because of less stress cracking. The use of rubber-modified asphalt may increase in other states if they follow California s lead and allow reduced-lift thickness when using rubber-modified asphalt in pavement rehabilitation (7). The Federal Highway Administration has undertaken studies to provide guidance to those states that must comply with Section 1038. 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, 1992. 

Personal communication with Mr. Harold N. Weber, Demonstration Projects Division, Federal Highway Administration. 

The oil embargo of 1973-74 caused the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to establish an R D program to investigate the production of asphalt replacements and extenders from essentially non-petroleum sources. Since its inception, this program has examined in detail the use of sulfur in elemental and chemically modified form binders derived from cellulosic materials such as wood wastes and animal manure (JL) and lignins produced as by products of the paper and pulp industries (2) ... 

Preliminary road trials with SC paving have taken place in Canada and the U.S. In Canada, Sulphur Innovations Lts., carried out paving tests with Sulfurcrete (15), and in the U.S. the Southwest Research Institute has done research and development work on Sul phi ex paving under contract to the Federal Highway Administration (15, 38, 39). 

E. H. Dole and R. A. Barnhart, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1985, U.S. Dept, of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1986, Table VM-201A, pp. 229-232. 

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