The Maryland State Highway Administration has released a report that explains methods for using biological control as a means to provide a sustainable, cost effective, and beneficial method for dealing with noxious and invasive weeds on highway rights-of-way.

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes research conducted on developing a strategic implementation plan for the management of right-of-way parcel and utility data.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 746: Traffic Enforcement Strategies for Work Zones presents guidance for the safe and effective deployment of traffic enforcement strategies in work zones on high-speed highways (those with speed limits of 45 mph or greater). The report discusses the planning, design, and operation of traffic enforcement strategies, as well as administrative issues that should be considered. The contractor’s final report providing background information f...

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 194: Traffic Law Enforcement in Work Zones: Phase II Research is contractor’s final report providing background information for the project that produced NCHRP Report 746 Traffic Enforcement Strategies for Work Zones. NCHRP Report 746 presents guidance for the safe and effective deployment of traffic enforcement strategies in work zones on high-speed highways.

TRB’s Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program Final Report for Safety-IDEA Project 18: DRIVE-SMART Driver Monitoring and Crash Risk Mitigation System describes the development and testing of a driver monitoring and crash risk mitigation system.

The World Road Association has released the latest edition of its magazine that present analyses and summaries related to roads and road transport. The magazine is available without a fee after logging on to the site.

TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) annual program announcement solicits funding proposals for the upcoming review cycles.  The announcement explains the IDEA programs, describes the types of eligible projects and their funding structures, suggests general areas for which IDEA proposals can be submitted, and provides guidelines and forms for submitting proposals. NCHRP IDEA proposals are due September 1st and March 1st, depending on which of the two funding cycles is targeted. Th...

Clear Roads has released a report that discusses practices and innovative strategies for removing snow from highways when temperatures are lower than 10°F (-12°C).

The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois has released a report that discusses safety at rail grade crossings including pedestrian and non-motorized user behavior and attitudes toward safety at such crossings.

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project L32A has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a final report titled Train-the-Trainer Pilot Courses for Incident Responders and Managers that describes pilot tests of the national traffic incident management train the trainer course, the course's revised and finalized curriculum, and an evluation of its effectiveness.