This report is one of a series produced as part of a contract designed to develop precise, detailed, human factors design guidelines for Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO). The goals of the work covered in this report were to: (1) identify information format alternatives for ATIS devices for both pr
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) participated in an international research program organized by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) to evaluate cargo securement regulations and industry practice. As a result of this multi-year, international research program, the FHWA and other agencies responsible for establishi
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This report is a direct step for the implementation of the Accident Analysis Module in the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). The Accident Analysis Module is expected to estimate the safety of two-lane rural highway characteristics for existing and new projects. Several accident models are developed to estimate accident frequencies. T
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD, 1988) provides a general outline for how Raised Pavement Markers (RPMs) should be used, but more specific information is required in order to produce a set of guidelines that are usable by a field traffic engineer. The Roadway Delineation Practices Handbook, produced by the Federal Highway Admin
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This manual provides the practicing geotechnical engineer with a thorough understanding of the use of geotechnical instrumentation in highway construction. The manual presents an overview of measurement methods and tools, and recommends a systematic and complete approach to planning monitoring programs. Issues that lead to the use of instrumentatio
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure
1998-10-01
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The National Highway Construction Cost Index (NHCCI) is intended as a price index that can be used both to track pure price-changes associated with highway construction costs and to convert current-dollar expenditures on highway construction to real- or constant-dollar expenditures. The NHCCI is intended to replace the Federal Highway Administratio
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Technology Applications
1998-10-01
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The purpose of Demonstration Project 97 is to promote the use of new and innovative equipment to measure scour, monitor changes in scour over time, detect the extent of past scour and serve as countermeasures. The Participant Notebook contains all the information that will be presented in the classroom lecture, with enough blank space for additiona
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This revised version of SA-96-069 incorporates primarily clarification and format changes received in the project workshops. However, the basic design and construction procedures and unchanged from the original. The long-term performance of soil nail walls has been proven after 20 years of use on Europe and the United States. The purpose of this ma
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This report describes and, where possible, quantifies the value of information and information services for transportation agencies. It evaluates the various means of accessing information and looks at the important role of the information professional. In 1994, the Transportation Research Board Committee A5001 on the Conduct ofResearch addressed t
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
1998-10-01
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This Tech Brief summarizes an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) study titled Evaluation of Techniques for Ocular Measurement as an Index of Fatigue and as the Basis for Alertness Management. The study was funded in part by FHWA’s Office of Motor Carriers and managed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The project’s
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This paper demonstrates application of the principles of economic analysis to evaluate highway capacity expansion in an urban setting, using a sketch-planning model called Spreadsheet Model for Induced Travel Estimation (SMITE). The application takes into account new travel that may be induced by highway expansion over and above that which is simpl
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One of the new requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is the requirement that State Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and transit operators conduct a major investment study (MIS)in metropolitan areas where (1)a major investment is proposed, and (2)federal funds are potentially
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The moisture sensitivities of 21 dense-graded asphalt pavements were predicted in 1987 using American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Test Method D 4867, Effect of Moisture on Asphalt Concrete Paving Mixtures. Tests were performed on cores taken from the pavements. The air-void levels of the cores varied from pavement to pavement. In 1995
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Commercial Vehicle Administrative (CVO) Processes Cross-Cutting report summarizes and interprets the results of several Field Operational Tests (FOTs) conducted to evaluate systems that increase the efficiency of commercial vehicle administrative processes. The FOTs considered in this report include: Automated Mileage and Stateline Crossing Operati
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Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Cross-Cutting report summarizes and interprets the results exclusively of several Field Operational Tests (FOTs) that have traveler information components. The FOTs considered in this report include: Atlanta Kiosk, Genesis, Seattle Wide-Area Information For Travelers, TravInfo, TravLink, Trilogy, Atlanta
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Emissions Management Using ITS Technology report summarizes and interprets the results of three Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Field Operational Tests (FOTs) that evaluated the use of emerging technologies to help authorities measure emissions and develop strategies to help control them. Two of these tests use similar technologies employi
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Hazardous Materials Incident Response Cross-Cutting report summarizes and interprets the results of three Field Operational Tests (FOTs) that are evaluating systems for improving the accuracy and availability of HazMat information provided to emergency response personnel. The FOTs considered in this report are: Tranzit Express Systems, Tranzit Expr
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