The US Transportation Collection consists of documents from across all transportation modes with specific focus on research reports from US DOT, state DOTs, and other transportation organizations.
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This issue brief synthesizes research that clearly demonstrates how minimum parking requirements exacerbate the housing affordability crisis. Parking requirements are zoning rules that require new homes to include a minimum number of off-street parking spaces, regardless of site-specific conditions, costs, or residents’ needs. Parking is expensive
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High levels of driving can impose significant social costs, including traffic injuries and deaths, congestion, air and noise pollution, and health risks linked to sedentary lifestyles. Minimum parking requirements amplify these impacts by encouraging car ownership and driving — and discouraging other ways of moving around. These mandates typically
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Despite growing evidence that minimum parking requirements both constrain development and produce more parking than necessary or desirable, many cities remain reluctant to repeal them. A common concern is that eliminating these mandates will result in too little off-street parking. This issue brief synthesizes research from cities that have already
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Pavement infrastructure is a significant public investment (over $60 billion annually in the U.S.), yet 39% of major roads are in poor condition, resulting in costly repairs and user expenses. Maximizing pavement longevity is critical to address a projected $684 billion funding gap in road maintenance, and improving compaction quality in pavement b
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Some types of geometric improvements that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has begun to build in the past two decades, such as the reduction in the number of arterial access points, the replacement of a traditional four-way intersection with a roundabout, or a restricted crossing U-turn, or left-turn prohibitions, have elicited expr
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Transportation construction activities involving in-stream work can mobilize sediment and elevate turbidity, which can affect sensitive aquatic species such as freshwater mussels. Although cofferdams are used to isolate construction areas and limit sediment mobilization, their installation and removal create some degree of sediment release as a res
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This study aimed to determine the transport distances of sediment associated with the installation and removal of cofferdams. Related objectives were to (1) compare the impact of cofferdam-related construction events on sediment loads and (2) to document factors that affect recovery times and sediment loads.
The Oregon Real-Time GNSS Network (ORGN), managed by the Oregon Department of Transportation, serves as a critical backbone for high-precision positioning services across the state. However, the absence of a streamlined workflow for aligning ORGN station coordinates to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) has introduced challenges in consis
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The objective of this research project is to develop a guide for expanding, implementing, maintaining, and evaluating Adaptive Traffic Control Systems (ATCS)in Louisiana. The guide will be grounded in data driven evaluation of existing Louisiana deployments and national best practices, with a focus on practical implementation under DOTD standards a
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Spray-on rejuvenators are pavement preservation treatments intended to mitigate oxidative aging of asphalt binder in the near-surface region of asphalt pavements. Although several highway agencies have evaluated these treatments, reported performance outcomes vary, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has limited documented experien
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In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Virginia Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (WCAP; Code of Virginia § 29.1579), which directed the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and other state agencies to identify wildlife corridors and areas with a high risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions to prioritize wildlife crossing projects that
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The purpose of this study was to develop a predictive model to identify road segments in Virginia at high risk of white-tailed deer- or black bear-vehicle collisions. A related objective was to develop a benefit-cost methodology that complements the predictive model and supports consistent and defensible benefit-cost analyses for large animal-vehic
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Two skewed (around 45°) two-span continuous bridges with stub abutments or integral abutments were monitored in the field during construction and after the bridges were in service. The goal was to establish a comprehensive understanding of load distribution in skewed steel I-girder bridges and to potentially refine their analysis and design procedu
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Reinforced concrete (RC) barriers are often used as railings to protect bridge piers against vehicular collision force (VCF). RC barriers absorb collision energy and/or redirect vehicles. According to bridge design specifications of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), barriers used to protect bridge pier
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Low-cost cantilevered and butterfly sign support structures are commonly used because they more effectively reduce the probability of vehicle collision compared to overhead sign structures. Over time, the span of cantilevered support structures has increased as safety concerns have caused the upright component of the structures to be installed furt
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The primary objective of this research was to assess the performance of sub-standard RC barriers as protection for bridge piers against VCF and quantify their reduction of the equivalent static force (ESF) that piers must resist according to AASHTO specifications. This report describes current procedures to determine the transverse static capacity
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One of the goals of the public transit system is to provide a high-quality and affordable service while ensuring the system remains cost-efficient. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, public transit systems have experienced substantial changes in passenger ridership, revenue streams, operational costs, and capital costs. In Texas and other regions, rural
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Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
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2026-05-01
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In TxDOT research project 0-7029, the research team at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute investigated the impact of sequential seal coats, seal coat grade type, and other factors on rumble strip performance. The key recommendations form of the study, presented in this document, can guide TxDOT engineers about whether seal coat should be placed
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This report describes upgrades to the Federal Highway Administration Benchmark Profiler (BP) and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Urban and Low-Speed Profiler (ULSP) and comparison between profiles measured by the two devices. BP and ULSP measurements were compared on six pavement sections at the Illinois Certification a
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This project upgraded the land use module for the VisionEval framework to enhance the evaluation of integrated transportation and land use policies and their impacts. The project developed a new strategic land use model utilizing NHTS and Smart Location Database data from 2011 and 2019, applying advanced statistical and machine learning methods to
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