This technical report documents the calibration and validation of the baseline (2008) mesoscopic model for the I-394Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pioneer Site. DynusT was selected as the mesoscopic model for analyzing operating conditionsin the I-394 corridor study area, and the report provides details on the network development, traffic flow model calib
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This AMS Analysis Plan for the Interstate 394 (I-394) Pioneer Corridor outlines the various tasks associated with theapplication of the ICM AMS tools to the corridor in support of a benefit/cost assessment of the proposed strategies.The report provides a brief description of the Pioneer Corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the methodology usedfo
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This AMS Analysis Plan for the U.S. 75 Pioneer Corridor outlines the various tasks associated with the application of the ICM AMStools and strategies to the corridor, in support of a benefit-cost assessment of the proposed strategies. The report provides a briefdescription of the Pioneer Corridor in Dallas, Texas, and the methodology used for the A
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This report presents the model validation and calibration results of the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) analysis, modeling, and simulation (AMS) for the U.S. 75 Corridor in Dallas, Texas. The purpose of the project was to estimate the benefits of applying ICM strategies to the U.S. 75 corridor. The base year for the U.S. 75 corridor modeling
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This report provides an overview of freight transportation, focusing on the volume and value of freight shipments, the extent of the freight network, industry employment and productivity patterns, and related safety, energy use, and environment effects. Economic and social characteristics of the United States also are provided as background informa
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Highway signs are the means by which the road agency communicates the rules, warnings, guidance and other highway information that drivers need to navigate their roads and streets. This guide, which is an update to the same titled guide published in 1990, is intended to help local agency maintenance workers ensure their agency’s signs are maintaine
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Road Weather Management Program
2010-01-01
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Mobile observation systems may help to enhance the quantity of information available on our nation’s road weather conditions and augment existing road weather information systems. Such improvements may lead to increased passenger safety through better awareness of current and impending weather conditions. Thus, understanding the full impact of mobi
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In 2005 alone, 64,000 pedestrians were injured and 4,882 were killed in the United States, with pedestrians accounting for 11 percent of all traffic fatalities and 2 percent of injuries. The focus of "Layered Object Recognition System for Pedestrian Collision Sensing," an Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program project, is a real-time, in-vehic
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Over the past 100 years, there has been asteady progression of innovations thatenhance the driving experience, in particularthe continuing trend toward automating moredriving tasks. “Human Factors for Limited-AbilityAutonomous Driving Systems,” an ExploratoryAdvanced Research (EAR) Program project,aims to investigate driver engagementthrough the de
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The Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) Road Weather ManagementProgram (RWMP) recently completeda study titled Human Factors Analysisof Road Weather Advisory and ControlInformation (Publication No. FHWAJPO-10-053). The goal of the studywas to evaluate the current state ofpractice in communicating weatherrelatedtraffi c advisory and controlinformat
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Transportation Asset Management (TAM) has long been recognized as a sound, long-term approach to managing infrastructure. It provides decision makers with a rational, long-term systematic process for making difficult and complex decisions about how to achieve the highest system condition levels for the lowest cost, over the longest term. TAM also i
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With over 4 million miles of public roads, including more than 163,000 miles of the National Highway System roadways, our nation is connected coasts to coasts and communities to communities. The 2010 edition of Our Nation’s Highways includes updates on this complex roadway system and the latest changes due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2010-01-01
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The VTRIS W-Tables are designed to provide a standard format for presenting the outcome of the Vehicle Weighing and Classification efforts at truck weigh sites. The data that appears in the W-Tables comes from the Summary files that are generated by the Summary subsystem.
The Livability in Transportation Guidebook’sprimary purpose is to illustrate how livability principles have been incorporated into transportationplanning, programming, and project design, usingexamples from State, regional, and local sponsors.It is intended to be useful to a diverse audience oftransportation agency staff, partners, decisionmakers,a
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Speeding, the driver behavior of exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions, has consistently been shown to be a contributing factor to a signifcant percentage of fatal and nonfatal crashes. Between 1990 and 2006, the frequency of speeding-related (SR) fatal crashes ranged from 11,000 to 13,000 each year, and the percentage
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The federal government, through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, is providing funding for the Heartland Corridor rail clearance project. This project involves improvements and alterations to selected bridges and tunnels along Norfolk Southern (NS) Corporation’s Radford and Pocahontas Divisions in V
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2010-01-01
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This notebook provides guidance to the instructor in preparing for and making course presentations. It presents this guidance in the form of: Course concept and objectives Course agenda General suggestions on teaching techniques and the presentation environment Specific guidelines for each session Course evaluation form Much of the course material
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Alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) is only one of the many factors that might be fully or partly responsible for the deterioration and premature loss in serviceability of concrete infrastructure. Two types of AAR reaction are currently recognized depending on the nature of the reactive mineral; alkali-silica reaction (ASR) involves various types of re
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