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Road Engineering - Featured articles:America is at the crossroads and the crossroads is in very poor condition. The challenge of eroding highway infrastructure is right up there with sub-prime mortgages and terrorist threats More »
Potholes often cause serious damage to vehicles, and spring is the time they bloom. Here are tips to help you avoid trouble. More »
Imagine an intersection without traffic lights or stop signs. A recipe for disaster? Not if the speed limit is below 20 mph, says a U.K. consultant. More »
Traffic roundabouts (they're not traffic circles) have been used in Europe for decades. Now they're beginning to catch on in North America, and for very good reasons. More »
One expert finds flaws in the recommendations aimed at aggressive drivers made by an inquiry into a tragic pileup on Highway 401 in Canada. More »
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Not everyone is convinced the traffic roundabouts springing up around Detroit are a good thing
A "Liberal America" blog analysing the report, ... "sobering reading"
Article describes the features, geometry, advantages, and disadvantages of roundabouts.
Public Roads is the bimonthly magazine of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Reading Public Roads is the easiest way to keep up-to-date on developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology.
This issue of the IIHS's Status Reports has two articles (PDF format) about roundabouts and their acceptance by drivers.
This page leads to the chapters of a 268 page PDF file about roundabouts, by the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, part of the U.S. FHWA. (Also; summary version in PDF .)
Traffic Engineering and Transportation Engineering Search Directory
One of the largest transportation libraries in the world, NorthWestern's Library was founded in 1958 to support the curricula and research programs of the Transportation Center and the Center for Public Safety of Northwestern University.
TFHRC is the home of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Research, Development, and Technology Service Business Unit, conducting advanced research and development related to new highway technologies.
The website of TranSafety, Inc., offering information on road safety, management, and litigation. The site archives two journals on the legal aspects of road injuries, and road design, maintenance, operations, and safety.
