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Articles in Jan-Feb, 2003 issue of Public Roads

• Data is key to understanding and improving safety: road safety audits, more efficient data collection, and a new software tool promise to make our highways safer
  by Michael S. Griffith
• Hamilton receives Transportation 9-11 Medal - Personnel - Arthur Hamilton, associate administrator for FHWA's Federal Lands Highway Program
• Helping research pay off: The highway community is intensifying its efforts to create a nationally coordinated R&T program for road safety
  by Michael F. Trentacoste
• FHWA cites top traveler information Web sites - Management and Administration
• Recent communications products
• Pushing through the safety plateau: to decrease fatalities, workforce skills must develop and adapt to new and changing transportation safety needs
  by Kristine Lee Leiphart
• New Web site shares projects in transportation research - Public Information and Information Exchange - Brief Article
• Saving lives: A Vital FHWA goal; The agency bas developed six agency-wide strategies to reduce fatalities on our Nation's roads
  by A. George Ostensen
• USDOT implements executive order on environmental reviews - Policy and Legislation
• Internet watch
  by Keri Funderburg
• Life in the crosswalk - Pedestrian safety
  by Tamara Redmon
• Field course reveals how to protect wildlife along highways - Public Information and Information Exchange
• Highway safety-everyone's responsibility - Guest Editorial - By Mary E. Peters, FHWA Admonistrator
• Managing speed: interagency collaboration could curb speeding and save lives
  by Elizabeth Alicandri
• Larsen retires from turner-fairbank highway research center - Personnel - Gary E. Larsen - Brief Article
• Safer roadsides: A new software tool helps highway agencies tackle road departure crashes, reducing their consequences
  by Harry W. Taylor
• Iowa earns FHWA Environmental Award for innovative bridge project - Management and Administration - Federal Highway Administration - Brief Article
• National Highway Institute update
• Reducing points of conflict: FHWA targets intersection safety
  by Joe G. Bared
• FHWA researchers build "strong floor" to test bridge structures - Technical News - Brief Article
• Making two-lane roads safer: IHSDM is an invaluable safety evaluation software package for highway designers and planners
  by Raymond A. Krammes
• FHWA puts context-sensitive design into action - Technical News - Brief Article
• Driving after dark: researchers at FHWA are striving to improve nighttime visibility, making roads safer for motorists and pedestrians
  by Kenneth S. Opiela
• New database to improve freight movement - Technical news - Brief Article