Despite decades of research and government investment in commute options for low-income workers, mobility barriers are still a major hindrance for low...
This work investigates the opportunities and environmental impacts brought about Electric bicycles (E-bikes) sharing program. Electric bicycles (E-bik...
Transportation communication towers facilitate telecommunications that are essential for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications in adva...
KDOT currently uses a variety of thin bonded overlay systems to prolong the life of bridge decks in Kansas. These vary in both thickness and material ...
Jay’s Majic Mud (JMM) was investigated for possible use as either a rapid-set patching material or as a potential new alternative, novel, thin-bonde...
Complete Streets policies emphasize design for older and younger travelers as well as people with disabilities. Issues of gender, families, and caregi...
Many transportation agencies, planning organizations, and local governments are interested in predicting travel outcomes like vehicle miles traveled (...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about transformative changes in human activity-travel patterns. These lifestyle changes were naturally accompanied b...
A sustainable transportation future is one in which people eschew personal car ownership in favor of using automated vehicle (AV) based ridehailing se...
Roadway lighting is a conventional roadway infrastructure provided to ensure nighttime safety and security for multimodal road users. This Phase II pr...
This study assesses the suitability of aviation accident autopsy samples as RNA sequencing input and for detecting gene expression differences between...
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fault lines in society. Whether it be remote work, remote learning, online shopping, grocery and meal deliverie...
Flooding in the past few years in the U.S. has shown the concerning condition of the country´s waterway systems and the great economic impact that ar...
This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandem...
United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ...
2020-01-01
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The 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a manual intended for use during the initial phase of a transportation incident i...
The development of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) holds promise for reducing traffic crashes and maintaining mobility among older adults. Cha...
The usefulness of attitudes in travel demand forecasting requires predictability. Since travel demand models aim to simulate future populations, resea...
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant social and economic impacts throughout the world. In addition to the health consequences, the impacts on...
In this study, we explore the heterogeneous impacts of ridehailing on the use of other travel modes using survey data (N=1,438) collected from June to...
Surveys continue to be critical sources of data for making informed decisions about transportation plans and policies and understanding the evolutiona...
This study uses a survey collected in four metropolitan areas in the United States (Phoenix, Atlanta, Austin, and Tampa) to understand the attitudinal...
United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ...
2024-02-01
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The 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a manual intended for use during the initial phase of a transportation incident i...
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are an important technology in the future of transportation systems. While attitudes and perceptions towards AV have been st...
This study assesses the suitability of aviation accident autopsy samples as RNA sequencing input and for detecting gene expression differences between...
This report studies the expected change in post-pandemic air travel for both personal and business travel purposes. The COVID Future survey serves as ...
The energy footprint of households is inextricably tied to the amount of travel undertaken by households. The transportation energy consumption is dep...
This education development project focused on creating entertainingly engaging (entergaging), informative, and STEM-promoting "plug-and-play" curricul...
In an era of big data and emergence of new technologies such as app-based ride services, there are growing opportunities for better understanding huma...
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are rapidly emerging in United States cities, leaving urban and regional planning institutions unsure how to plan and develo...
Mass evacuations, especially at the statewide level, present formidable challenges in traffic management, often characterized by extensive delays and ...
Connected and automated vehicle (CAVs) technology has the potential to improve traffic efficiency and safety by providing advisories related to differ...
In the last few years, the concept of platform-based sharing economy has received tremendous attention (Sundararajan, 2016). This concept is mainly ma...
As city planners and transportation system planners consider changes and upgrades to transportation systems and infrastructure, they require models th...
This project involves the use of machine learning methods to impute attitudes into the Georgia subsample of the 2016-17 National Household Travel Surv...
In this project, we devised an innovative approach to produce highly detailed orthomosaics of road surfaces, with a spatial resolution as fine as mill...
The primary objectives of this research project involve: (a) forensic analysis of composite deck samples from the I-15 800 South bridge; (b) replicati...
The Covid-19 pandemic wrought unparalleled disruptions in global supply chains and port operations, unleashing congestion, delays, and container short...
The urban goods distribution system is a critical component of modern society. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant vulnerabilities in t...
In recent decades, state transportation authorities (STAs) such as the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have increasingly relied upon alter...
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2024-04-01
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This flyer provides transportation practitioners and other stakeholders with a resource that identifies and describes current capabilities, best pract...
A previous study involving a wind tunnel investigation of a stay cable found that rotating the cable along its longitudinal axis changed its wind-indu...
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research, Development, and Technology
2024-02-01
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The primary objective of the study was to investigate how light-vehicle drivers' knowledge of partially automated truck platooning and how different p...
The Federal Highway Administration technical advisory (TA) 5140.22, Uncoated Weathering Steel in Structures, issued on October 3, 1989, gave broad gui...
Partially automated truck platooning is an emerging technology that allows heavy trucks to follow each other at close distances via automated speed co...
Highway-rail grade crossings (HRGCs) rank among the leading locations for fatal crashes on the railroad network in the United States, and safety at HR...
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2024-03-01
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This TechBrief provides a summary/information about the following: Artificial pore solution (APS), The use of a highly alkaline solution, such as APS,...
Traffic management systems (TMSs) and their centers are critical resources that offer agencies the potential to improve the safety and mobility of tra...
A traffic management system (TMS) is composed of a complex, integrated blend of hardware, software, and people performing a range of functions and act...
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