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Articles in March-April, 2004 issue of Public Roads

• California to host conference on orthotropic bridges
• Statistical analysis to measure estimate accuracy
  by Keri A. Funderburg
• Effective stewardship of the Federal-aid highway program through Federal/State partnerships
  by Mary E. Peters
• Federal agencies sponsor National Trails Day
• FHWA reports on Traveler Information Systems in Europe
• Secretary Mineta applauds Innovative financing for S.R. 125 South project
• Corrections
• Contraflow project to ease congestion in Hawaii
• A tale of two canyons: Colorado DOT applies lessons learned from the Glenwood project to a similar highway in the Snowmass valley, near the famed aspen ski resort
  by Steve Moler
• Hyperfix 65/70: Indiana closed a major interstate corridor for repairs and reopened it a month ahead of schedule
  by Gary Mroczka
• Reporting changes of address
• Innovative replacement for a historic bridge on U.S. 2
• Iowa introduces initiative to reduce deer-vehicle crashes
• National research Center marks new era in Pavement Preservation
• New course provides instruction on managing assets
• Erosion control with recycled materials: Texas produced an award-winning program for using compost to control soil erosion along roadways
  by Timothy Barkley
• Hands-on approaches to improving accuracy.
  by Keri A. Funderburg
• ITS Arizona honors Alan Hansen with member of the year award
• Roadway Safety Awards recognize programs in 13 States
• Krammes named FHWA Engineer of the Year
• New database tracks ITS legislation
• Spotlight on the south: innovative highway projects in seven southern States demonstrate environmental leadership
  by Gary Strasburg
• Coordinating incident response: guidelines demonstrate how agencies can apply unified command to managing highway emergencies
  by K. Craig Allred
• Research facility to design fish-friendly culverts
• Communication product updates
• Wisconsin uses pavement markings to reduce speed
• Measuring the accuracy of online travel times
  by Keri A. Funderburg
• Closing roads during construction enhances safety and efficiency
• The AIRS approach to analyzing intersection crashes: a transportation management center in Kentucky pioneers a new recording system to improve driver safety and accountability.
  by Jessica Rich
• Glenwood Canyon 12 years later: more than a decade after its completion, has this marvel of highway engineering in western Colorado attained its original goals?
  by Karen Stufflebeam Rowe
• Conferences/special events Calendar
• Proceedings available from conference on congestion
• Resource center goes national: four FHWA regional centers become one national center operating through virtual teams that can be placed anywhere across the country
  by Steve Moler