Highway Best Practices Search Engine

 

Objective:

 

This customized set of search engines enable transportation and traffic engineers to limit their internet searches to websites which have relevant highway best practices information.

 

How to Use:

 

Decide which search engine will best fit your needs. The search engines are separated into six categories based on the agencies which host the web domains:

 

 

 

 

The user interface for the customized Highway Best Practices TRB search engine is shown below:

 

 

 

Please type search key words in the text box. Then click on the search button. The tool will search all the relevant websites. This new tool can save countless hours compared to the prior practice of one-at-a-time website searches.

 

Web Domains Included:

 

Currently, the tool only searches information from the following domains.

 

  • TRB
    • TRB Publications
    • National Cooperative Highway Research Program
  • Journals

 

Some journal sites require subscriptions or the purchase of some editions. Without these you may not be able to access an article.

 

    • Institute of Transportation Engineers
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
    • Access Magazine
    • Internet Journal of Cooper@tive Tr@nsport@tion Dyn@mics 
    • ITE Journal
    • ITS International
    • Journal of the American Planning Association  
    • Journal of Advanced Transportation
    • Journal of Engineering Education
    • Journal of Public Transportation
    • Journal of Transportation and Statistics
    • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
    • Mass Transit
    • Metropolitan Universities Journal
    • Public Roads
    • Research & Technology Transporter
    • Traffic Engineering and Control
    • Traffic Safety Digest
    • Traffic World
    • Transportation Quarterly
    • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board           
    • Transportation Science
    • The Bridge
    • Civil Engineering
    • Engineering Professional
    • Public Works
    • Transportation Future Newsletter
    • Land Lines
    • CTE News and Notes
    • Sustainable Transportation Monitor
    • World Transport Policy and Practice
    • Waterways Journal
    • Transport Topics
    • Modern Bulk Transporter
    • Express Lanes
    • ITS America News
    • Metropolitan Transportation Management and Operations: ITS
    • ITS Minnesota Update
    • Innovation Briefs
    • DOT Law Library Newsletter
    • Planning Newsletter
    • The Wisconsin CULER Report
    • MRUTC Newsletter
    • National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest
    • Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest
    • Police and Security News
    • Transportation Law Journal
    • McTrans
    • Texas Transportation Researcher
    • TR News
    • TRB Main Publications Page
    • TRB Conference Proceedings
    • TRB Ignition Magazine
    • TRB Millennium Papers
    • TRB Special Reports
    • TRB Publications Errata
    • TRB Transportation Research Circulars
    • TDA Newsletter
    • TRB E Newsletter
    • Asphalt Magazine
    • LTTP Letter Reports
    • AASHTO Journal
    • Progress
    • Railway Age
    • LRT News
    • Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update
    • Better Roads
    • Crossroads
    • Focus
    • Highway Information Quarterly
    • Land Line Magazine
    • Link
    • NCHRP Legal Results Digests
    • NCHRP Synthesis Reports
    • NCHRP Research Results Digests
    • NCHRP Reports
    • NCHRP Web Documents
    • Roads and Bridges
    • The Chronicle: American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
    • Highway Safety Directions
    • Status Report
    • Traffic Safety Reporter
    • UMTRI Research Review
    • Traffic Tech: Technology Transfer Series
  • Universities
    • Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M University
    • California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH), University of California at Berkeley
    • Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTRC), City College of New York
    • Center for Transportation Studies, University of Virginia
    • Mineta Transportation Institute, San José State University  
    • Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas A&M University
    • The University of California Transportation Center
    • Deep Blue at the University of Michigan
    • Transportation Research Institute at The University of Michigan
    • National ITS Implementation Research Center, George Masson University
    • National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    • Value Pricing, University of Minnesota
  • Organizations
    • American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
    • Intelligent Transportation Society of America
    • The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA)
    • International City/County Management Association
    • National Conference of State Legislatures
    • ITS Decision
    • I-95 Corridor Coalition
    • Public Technology Institute
  • FHWA/BTS
    • FHWA
      • Office of Operation
        • FHWA Publication
        • Program Areas
      • ITS Joint Program Office
      • Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
    • BTS
    • ITS Lessons Learned Knowledge Resource (by ITS Joint Program Office)
    • FHWA Office of Project Development and Environmental Review
    • FHWA Resource Center Success Stories
    • FHWA Highway for Life
  • State DOTs
    • Alabama Department of Transportation
    • Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
    • Arizona Department of Transportation
    • Arkansas Department of Transportation
    • California Department of Transportation
    • Colorado Department of Transportation
    • Connecticut Department of Transportation
    • Delaware Department of Transportation
    • District of Columbia Department of Transportation
    • Florida Department of Transportation
    • Georgia Department of Transportation
    • Hawaii Department of Transportation
    • Idaho Transportation Department
    • Illinois Department of Transportation
    • Indiana Department of Transportation
    • Iowa Department of Transportation
    • Kansas Department of Transportation
    • Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
    • Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
    • Maine Department of Transportation
    • Maryland Department of Transportation
    • Massachusetts Highway Department
    • Michigan Department of Transportation
    • Minnesota Department of Transportation
    • Mississippi Department of Transportation
    • Missouri Department of Transportation
    • Montana Department of Transportation
    • Nebraska Department of Roads
    • Nevada Department of Transportation
    • New Hampshire Department of Transportation
    • New Jersey Department of Transportation
    • New Mexico Department of Transportation
    • New York Department of Transportation
    • North Carolina Department of Transportation
    • North Dakota Department of Transportation
    • Ohio Department of Transportation
    • Oklahoma Department of Transportation
    • Oregon Department of Transportation
    • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
    • Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works
    • Rhode Island Department of Transportation
    • South Carolina Department of Transportation
    • South Dakota Department of Transportation
    • Tennessee Department of Transportation
    • Texas Department of Transportation
    • Utah Department of Transportation
    • Vermont Agency of Transportation
    • Virginia Department of Transportation
    • Washington State Department of Transportation
    • West Virginia Department of Transportation
    • Wisconsin Department of Transportation
    • Wyoming Department of Transportation
  • World-Wide Web

 

Credits:

 

This new search tool has been developed by the Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) under the sponsorship of the Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation.  

Contact:

 

Shih-Miao Chin, PhD

chins@ornl.gov