Vanguard Technologies on the Move: Delivering Innovations into the Mainstream of Practice

A featured article in the March-April issue of the TR News explores the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Vanguard Technologies initiative, which is promoting proven, high-payoff innovations that save time, boost safety and quality, and decrease congestion during highway construction. Examples of innovation being promoted include road safety audits, prefabricated bridge elements and systems, precast concrete pavement systems, techniques for making work zones work better, and the safety edge to reduce roadway departure crashes.