The transportation sector accounts for about one third of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than any other individual sector of the economy. D...
The main objective of this project was to develop HPC performance specifications to ensure adequate durability performance matching with exposure cond...
In the past, achieving high strength was considered by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the main design criteria for formulating high...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
Since the beginning of time, creeks, rivers and other bodies of water have flooded their banks for a variety of reasons: steady and/or torrential rain...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
The Cumberland Gap, which measures 1,304 feet in altitude, is Nature's passage through the Cumberland Mountains between Kentucky, Tennessee and Virgin...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
A brief history of road construction throughout world history and description of modern road building practices and materials in the United States, wi...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
County Highway S-2 is a desert road in south-central California with a fascinating history. Beginning at California Highway 79 near Warner Springs, th...
This document presents the findings of an experimental study to evaluate the effect of the paste volume on the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT...
In 2018, California voters rejected Proposition 6, a ballot initiative that sought to repeal state gasoline taxes and vehicle fees enacted as part of ...
United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Aviation Consumer Protection
1999-11-01 | Air Travel Consumer Report [Series]
Abstract:
The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation Consumer Protection. The report is design...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
Motorists on Interstate 77, a major north/south highway, pass easily and quickly through the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel near Wytheville, Virginia, and...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
In 1928, 4.6 million automobiles were sold. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, many of those cars could not be used as gasoline prices ...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
For those motorists planning to travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike this week, have no fear-it is not abandoned. But there is a 13-mile stretch of the Tu...
2023-06-30 | FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Abstract:
This is the story of a highway that couldn't make up its mind--the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway (PPOO), one of the early transcontinental highway...
In 2018, California voters rejected Proposition 6, a ballot initiative that sought to repeal state gasoline taxes and vehicle fees enacted as part of ...
This report is part of a larger study focused on on-demand transportation, with a particular emphasis on shared-ride services. The first phase of the ...
The growing use of recycled asphalt materials in asphalt pavement poses durability concerns due to the replacement of virgin asphalt binder with recyc...
United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Aviation Consumer Protection
1999-10-01 | Air Travel Consumer Report [Series]
Abstract:
The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation Consumer Protection. The report is design...
Bridge or tunnel strikes by over-height vehicles are a challenge to the transportation industry. This problem causes significant economic and social l...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.