Transportation Engineering

This report from the American Society of Civil Engineers examines the impact of deteriorating roads and bridges on the nation's economy.

Research and technical publications on all aspects of highway design, construction, materials, and technologies.

This online edition is the legal standard for all states (11th ed., 2023).

A report on the vicious circle created when traffic increases after highway expansion: causing more delays, more expansion, and more traffic.

Standards, guidance, and technical information on Lighting Practice, Lighting Applications, Lighting Science, Lighting Measurement and Testing, and Roadway and Parking Facilities. Included in ASTM Compass.

Defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all streets, highways, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and site roadways open to public travel. The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Massachusetts highway, bridge, and specification manuals in .pdf format.

Offers an extensive collection of crash test performance reports on highway guardrail systems and luminaire supports.

NCHRP Reports, Syntheses of Practice, Research Results Digests, Web-Only Documents, and Legal Research Digests contain the findings of individual research projects sponsored by the Transportation Research Board (TRB).

Information on driving safety, vehicle safety, driving research, crash data, and auto safety laws and regulations.

A Federal Highway Administration magazine.

Design guidelines, plans and specifications, reports and publications.

Traffic calming measures, links, and publications.

Standards, guidance, and technical information on Lighting Practice, Lighting Applications, Lighting Science, Lighting Measurement and Testing, and Roadway and Parking Facilities. Included in ASTM Compass.

Provides four years of mobility data for an analysis of road traffic and its economic costs within the world’s most-congested urban areas.

Defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all streets, highways, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and site roadways open to public travel. The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Resources tab provides access to best practices in complete street design.

Information on driving safety, vehicle safety, driving research, crash data, and auto safety laws and regulations.

This interactive street cross-section builder allows users to design urban streets for various transit modes.

Boston's initiative to end road fatalities in the city.

This organization works with cities to provide safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.

This brief video describes Barcelona's "superblock" urban grid design, which has limited cars usage, increased pedestrian traffic, and created a greener city (5:30 min).

Extensive library of Federal Highway Administration technical publications on pavements.

Free research reports from a leading concrete pavement research center at Iowa State University.

Excellent source of research reports on soils, asphalt, and asphalt mixes,

Reports from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association on sustainable concrete applications.

Best practices guide from the National Association of City Transportation Officials.