Limited-access highways and the Interstate highway system have been largely responsible for greatly increasing the mobility and safety enjoyed by the American driving population. However, as the driving population ages, it is not known if the requirements for a driver using the freeway system are compatible with the capabilities of older drivers. T
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Commercial Vehicle Operations - Roadside report discusses the findings and conclusions exclusively from Field Operational Tests (FOTs) of roadside Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO). The FOTs considered in this report include: The technologies demonstrated by the Field Operational Tests (FOTs) discussed
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The Atlanta metropolitan region was the location of one of the most ambitious Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployments in the United States. This deployment included several individual projects - a Central Transportation Management Center (TMC), six Traffic Control Centers (TCCs), one Transit Information Center (TIC), the Travel Informa
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These course materials were developed for the National Highway Institute by the National Asphalt Training Center II of the Federal Highway Administration. The objective of this educational program is to briefly discuss the Superpave Mix Design System and how it is being implemented. It is intended to highlight the main issues for senior management
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As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) investigated the human factors research needs for integrating in-vehicle safety and driver information technologies into usable systems that provide manageable information to the driver. This investigation inclu
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1998-11-01
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Researchers sought to determine if fatigue is an equally important factor in influencing the safety of local/short haul truck operations as it is in influencing the safety of long-haul commercial vehicle operations. Accordingly, researchers conducted focus groups in eight cities, across five states. The purpose of these sessions was to gain an unde
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A "biometric" technology is an automatic method for the identification, or identity verification, of an individual based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. The primary objective of the study summarized in this tech brief was to make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation for the establishment of minimum uniform standards fo
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This manual is intended to serve a dual purpose, first as a participant's manual for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) National Highway Institute courses on driven pile foundations and secondly as FHWA's primary reference of recommended practice for driven pile foundations. The manual is directed to geotechnical, structural, and constru
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This manual is intended to serve a dual purpose, first as a participant's manual for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) National Highway Institute courses on driven pile foundations and secondly as FHWA's primary reference of recommended practice for driven pile foundations. The manual is directed to geotechnical, structural, and constru
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This document represents the results of a Symposium on wildlife mortality and passage as related to transportation facilities, held in Orlando, Florida, April 30 - May 2, 1996, under the joint sponsorship of the Florida Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration. It is collection of case histories and data relative to wildlife
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Transportation corridor preservation is: ... a concept utilizing the coordinated application of various measures to obtain control of or otherwise protect right-of-way for a planned transportation facility. Corridor preservation techniques should be applied as early as possible after the transportation corridor is identified either along a new alig
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This report is one of a series of reports prepared as part of a recent study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) aimed at updating the state-of-the-art of the design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements. The scope of work of the FHWA study included the following: (1) C
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This report is one of a series of reports prepared as part of a recent study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) aimed at updating the state of the art of the design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements. The scope of work of the FHWA study included the following: (1) C
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This report is one of a series of reports prepared as part of a National Pooled Funds study administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) aimed at updating the state of the art of the design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements. The scope of work of the study included the fol
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This report is one of a series of reports prepared as part of a recent study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) aimed at updating the state of the art of the design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements. The scope of work of the FHWA study included the following: (1) C
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This report contains the test procedures, test setup, and test results from two crash tests performed at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia. The objective of these tests was to evaluate the safety performance of a small sign support system provided by the O
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A study has been conducted to evaluate and analyze Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements in order to develop recommendations for the design and construction of long-lived concrete pavements. In involved a detailed evaluation and analysis of the PCC pavement data in the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database using a variety of means to de
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The purpose of this brochure is to serve as an organizing tool that will help you map out your Y2K problem-solving activities between now and January 1, 2000. During that period, the U.S. Department of Transportation will communicate the importance of Y2K at every appropriate opportunity. We will facilitate a national Y2K dialog and provide whateve
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In 1996, a model deployment program launched deployment of CVISN in eight states across the country: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington. Representatives of these states are attending workshops and benefiting from the lessons learned by Maryland and Virginia, two prototype states that were used t
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