2007 Cyber Guide to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Infrastructure, Publications, Guides to Transportation, Highways for Life Program, Statistics, Engineering (Two CD-ROM Set)

This incredibly comprehensive superset of two CD-ROMs provides an up-to-date collection of authoritative reference sources on the Federal Highway Administration. FHWA is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring that America's roads and highways continue to be the safest and most technologically up-to-date. Although State, local, and tribal governments own most of the Nation's highways, FHWA provides financial and technical support to them for constructing, improving, and preserving America's highway system. The annual budget of more than $30 billion is funded by fuel and motor vehicle excise taxes. The budget is primarily divided between two programs: Federal-aid funding to State and local governments; and Federal Lands Highways funding for national parks, national forests, Indian lands, and other land under Federal stewardship. The Federal-aid Highway Program provides Federal financial resources and technical assistance to State and local governments for constructing, preserving, and improving the National Highway System, a 160,000-mile network that carries 40 percent of the Nation's highway traffic. The program also provides resources for one million additional miles of urban and rural roads that are not on the System, but that are eligible for Federal-aid. Priorities for the agency: Safety, Congestion Mitigation, and environmental stewardship and streamlining. Contents and topics covered include: Geotech Engineering * Highways for Life (HFL) pilot program to accelerate the adoption of innovations and new technologies for safety and quality while reducing congestion * Operational Publications * Freight * Periodicals and Research Reports * Pavement concrete pavements; asphalt pavements * Pavement Testing Facility * Archive of "Public Roads" bimonthly magazine on federal highway policies, programs, and R&D * Archive of the "Focus" monthly FHWA publication which covers the implementation of innovative technologies in all areas of infrastructure * Statistics * Archive of "Pocket Guides to Transportation" * Electronic Reading Room This incredible CD-ROM set on two discs is packed with over 49,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.