The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a Presolicitation Notice for its 2018 Exploratory Advanced Research Program’s Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) with an anticipated posting date soon. Through the issuance of this BAA, FHWA anticipates sponsoring research addressing four topics: (1) Mobil Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs); (2) Video Analytics; (3) Artificial Realistic Data and (4) Supplementary or Alternative Materials for Highway Pavements and Structures. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the U.S. Government’s needs may submit proposals for evaluation. The presolicitation announcement is posted on the FedBizOpps Web Site here. Potential offerors and vendors are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov to receive any further information regarding this announcement. The BAA will close […]

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Transportation System has released a Request for Information on Integration of Automated Driving Systems (ADS) into the Highway Transportation System. Responses are due February 24th, 2018.  Summary: Automated Driving Systems (ADS) are increasling being tested and introduced onto the public roadways. The FHWA is interested in hearing from the public, including stakeholders (e.g. State and local agencies, vehicle manufacturing industry, road hardware and intelligent transportation systems industry, related associations, transporation advocates, ADS hardware and software platform developers, etc.) on a range of issues related to assessing the infrastructure requirements and standards that may be necessary for enabling safe and efficient operations of ADS. For […]

Join the Federal Highway Administration for the first in a series of webinars on Tuesday April 5th from 1:00PM-2:30PM (ET) on their program SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) Pooled Fund, which will conduct ground breaking research in the areas of Highway Safety, Operations, Planning, and Safety. This first webinar will provide an overview of the data and discussion of the Pooled Fund. Future webinars will be more closely aligned to potential research questions based on the data, including video analytics. The solicitation for this pooled fund can be found here. The SHRP 2 NDS data and complementary Roadway Information Database (RID) will provide unprecedented data to the highway community collected over a […]

The National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Programs (RAP) promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U.S. government through the administration of programs offering graduate, postdoctoral, and senior level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Prospective applicants select a research project from among a large group of research opportunities available through this website. One of the current research projects available is with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) examining road user behavior with virtual and augmented reality in McLean, VA. Description of the project: Over 90% of traffic incidents can be attributed to road user/driver errors. As the transportation sector continues to introduce various new technologies/countermeasures […]