Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study
Report to States
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Technical Report Documentation Page
1. Report No.
FHWA-HOP-09-021 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient’s Catalog No. |
4. Title and Subtitle
Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study - Report to States Final Report |
5. Report Date
February 2009 |
| 6. Performing Organization Code |
7. Author(s)
Erin Flanigan, Mark Howard, Matt Volz (Telvent) |
8. Performing Organization Report No. |
9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 800
Bethesda, Maryland 20814 |
10. Work Unit No. |
11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-06-D-00004 |
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590 |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report
August 2007-February 2009 |
14. Sponsoring Agency Code
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15. Supplementary Notes
Contract Officers Task Order Manager (COTM) Mr. James Pol |
16. Abstract
Section 5507 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) directed the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, State departments of transportation, and other appropriate State, regional, and local officials, to assess the feasibility of installing fiber optic cabling and wireless communication infrastructure along multistate Interstate System route corridors for improved communications services to rural communities along such corridors.
This document is the second of two reports that explore the potential for the use of rural Interstate Highway corridor rights-of-way for the deployment of fiber optic cable and/or wireless communication infrastructure, across multiple States linked by the Interstate Highway system. The first document, the Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study: Report to Congress, was submitted to Congress on August 18, 2008. This document, the Report to States, provides a summary of study resources available to the Corridor States to begin the process for possible deployment of high-speed telecommunications (HST) in the corridors in question.
As part of the task to develop the Report to States, a preliminary backbone alignment plan for telecommunications has been developed. The report, a White Paper on the Preliminary Backbone Alignment, is included as an appendix to this Report to States. This preliminary backbone alignment report presents information related to the development of preliminary telecommunication infrastructure, alignments, and other supporting material developed by the study team to be utilized by the corridor States in the future. It addresses issues of constructability, scheduling and maintenance, environmental considerations, and utility accommodation policies.
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17. Key Words
Rural transportation systems, preliminary backbone alignment, high-speed telecommunications, broadband, fiber optic cabling, wireless, public-private partnership, corridor, utility accommodation |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. |
19. Security Classif. (of this report)
Unclassified |
20. Security Classif.
(of this page)
Unclassified |
21. No of Pages
140 |
22. Price
na |
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Metric Conversion Factors
(International System of Units)
| APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS TO SI
UNITS |
| SYMBOL |
WHEN YOU KNOW |
MULTIPLY BY |
TO FIND |
SYMBOL |
| LENGTH |
| in |
inches |
25.4 |
millimeters |
mm |
| ft |
feet |
0.305 |
meters |
m |
| yd |
yards |
0.914 |
meters |
m |
| mi |
miles |
1.61 |
kilometers |
km |
| AREA |
| in2 |
square
inches |
645.2 |
square
millimeters |
mm2 |
| ft2 |
square
feet |
0.093 |
square
meters |
m2 |
| yd2 |
square
yard |
0.836 |
square
meters |
m2 |
| ac |
acres |
0.405 |
hectares |
ha |
| mi2 |
square
miles |
2.59 |
square
kilometers |
km2 |
| VOLUME |
| fl oz |
fluid
ounces |
29.57 |
milliliters |
mL |
| gal |
gallons |
3.785 |
liters |
L |
| ft3 |
cubic
feet |
0.028 |
cubic
meters |
m3 |
| yd3 |
cubic
yards |
0.765 |
cubic
meters |
m3 |
NOTE: volumes greater than 1000 L shall
be shown in m3 |
| MASS |
| oz |
ounces |
28.35 |
grams |
g |
| lb |
pounds |
0.454 |
kilograms |
kg |
| T |
short tons
(2000 lb) |
0.907 |
megagrams
(or "metric ton") |
Mg (or
"t") |
| TEMPERATURE
(exact degrees) |
| oF |
Fahrenheit |
5 (F-32)/9
or (F-32)/1.8 |
Celsius |
oC |
| ILLUMINATION |
| fc |
foot-candles |
10.76 |
lux |
lx |
| fl |
foot-Lamberts |
3.426 |
candela/m2 |
cd/m2 |
| FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS |
| lbf |
poundforce |
4.45 |
newtons |
N |
| lbf/in2 |
poundforce
per square inch |
6.89 |
kilopascals |
kPa |
| APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS FROM SI
UNITS |
| SYMBOL |
WHEN
YOU KNOW |
MULTIPLY BY |
TO
FIND |
SYMBOL |
| LENGTH |
| mm |
millimeters |
0.039 |
inches |
in |
| m |
meters |
3.28 |
feet |
ft |
| m |
meters |
1.09 |
yards |
yd |
| km |
kilometers |
0.621 |
miles |
mi |
| AREA |
| mm2 |
square
millimeters |
0.0016 |
square
inches |
in2 |
| m2 |
square
meters |
10.764 |
square
feet |
ft2 |
| m2 |
square
meters |
1.195 |
square
yards |
yd2 |
| ha |
hectares |
2.47 |
acres |
ac |
| km2 |
square
kilometers |
0.386 |
square
miles |
mi2 |
| VOLUME |
| mL |
milliliters |
0.034 |
fluid
ounces |
fl oz |
| L |
liters |
0.264 |
gallons |
gal |
| m3 |
cubic
meters |
35.314 |
cubic
feet |
ft3 |
| m3 |
cubic
meters |
1.307 |
cubic
yards |
yd3 |
| MASS |
| g |
grams |
0.035 |
ounces |
oz |
| kg |
kilograms |
2.202 |
pounds |
lb |
| Mg (or "t") |
megagrams
(or "metric ton") |
1.103 |
short
tons (2000 lb) |
T |
TEMPERATURE (exact degrees) |
| oC |
Celsius |
1.8C+32 |
Fahrenheit |
oF |
| ILLUMINATION |
| lx |
lux |
0.0929 |
foot-candles |
fc |
| cd/m2 |
candela/m2 |
0.2919 |
foot-Lamberts |
fl |
| FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS |
| N |
newtons |
0.225 |
poundforce |
lbf |
| kPa |
kilopascals |
0.145 |
poundforce per square inch |
lbf/in2 |
