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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Roadways have the potential to negatively impact wildlife populations directly through vehicle collision mortality and indirectly through habitat fragmentation. The Wyoming Department of Transportation installed wildlife crossing structures and wildlife on US 89 between along a 3.6 mile stretch between Jackson and Hoback Junction to mitigate these
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The design, construction, and maintenance of off-system bridges vary across local governments (cities and counties), often resulting in inferior performance compared to bridges managed by state highway agencies. Limited knowledge of local government practices hinders understanding of the factors contributing to these deficiencies and poses challeng
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University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
2023-08-01
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TRACtion: Transformative Research and Collaboration is a new approach to community–researcher collaboration that seeks to match the University’s academic expertise with the wisdom and perspectives of community groups and advocacy organizations. It is a partnership between the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLAGC) and UCLA Institute of Transportati
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory circular AC 150/5100-13 authorized the use of state highway material specifications at nonprimary public-use airports serving aircraft less than 60,000 pounds gross weight. This approval is based on the condition that the safety and life span of these airports will not be adversely affected. The us
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This document is a template and instructions for developing control sets for ITS physical objects (systems and devices) as defined in Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT). The control sets can be provided to developers and can be used to identify requirements for developing and assessing physical objects. T
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The aim of Project 0-7129 was to demonstrate that AV trucking data can be effectively ingested and reported to TxDOT maintenance personnel, improving operational efficiency. Texas leads the nation in AV testing and deployment, with significant stakeholder support for the IRMF’s potential to reduce reporting latency and improve geographical and seve
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This project is one of the first CAV research projects focused on liability issues from a state department of transportation perspective. The research team was a collaboration between the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Stantec. Six research tasks were conducted to identify potential tort liability from the deployment of CAV technologies. A
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This research study was sponsored by PennDOT and US DOT Transportation Research Center to evaluate the potential of the Hamburg wheel tracking device (HWTD) in determining the mix quality in terms of fatigue cracking resistance. The research work included applying changes to HWTD, developing the test setup and the experimental plan, conducting the
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Federal requirements have made it mandatory that safe mailbox support systems be designed to yield or breakaway when impacted by a vehicle. The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has previously used a non-proprietary, U-channel post mailbox support that was evaluated at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) in the 1980's. NDOT desi
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A NY statewide model choice model is developed to deterministically fit heterogeneous coefficients for trips along each census block-group OD pair conducted by each population segment within a random-utility-consistent framework. The proposed approach is to use inverse optimization (IO) to derive coefficients for each OD pair times population segme
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Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) methods have been increasingly used in recent years to reduce the impact of construction operations on traffic and mobility. ABC methods, however, often require a higher initial cost, more planning, and additional design coordination. Several tools have been developed to assist decision-makers in the selection
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Pollinating insects provide vital ecosystem services and are facing global declines and habitat loss. Roadsides are increasingly regarded as important potential areas for enhancing pollinator habitat. Understanding which roadsides best support pollinators—and why—is essential to helping locate and prioritize pollinator conservation efforts across r
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Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) hosted a two-day Peer Exchange at the CDOT headquarters in Denver, Colorado on February 28 and March 1, 2023. Representatives from Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Maryland, Vermont, Federal Highway Administration, and the National Transportation Library participated. This peer exchange focused on the discussi
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Single-slope median barriers are currently planned for several bridges in Louisiana. For these bridges, both 36-in. and 42-in. designs were developed and considered as part of this project. Both barrier designs can be used near a longitudinal joint that is approximately 1 in. wide. The 36-in. high barrier is similar to the single-slope traffic rail
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The objective of this research was to analyze the strengths of the four proposed retrofit designs considered for this project in accordance with AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications Section 13 for MASH TL-4 impact conditions. These designs are briefly described below and shown in Figure 1 (36-in. median barri
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The objective of this research is to collect and analyze data from non-destructive testing (NDT) pilot projects proposed in LTRC project 17-2B for implementation in section 502 of the Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges.
Missouri’s multimodal freight system is critical to the health of both the state and national economy, and as the economy and population grow, goods movement activity is expected to increase. This growing demand for goods will likely mean more trucks on the road, leading to a greater need to enhance the infrastructure necessary for trucks to improv
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New and emerging transportation technologies, driven by automation, connectivity, and electrification, could potentially help address the transportation sector’s persistent and pervasive problems associated with safety, mobility, energy use, and so on. For this reason, the state of Indiana, uniquely positioned to serve nationwide interstate truck t
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The New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) members spend significant time and resources on pavement surface condition data collection in support of a wide range of reporting and decision-making functions. Quality data are of critical importance to these functions—as the adage goes, “garbage in, garbage out.” The data quality management plans
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The New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) members consist of Maine (ME), Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), Rhode Island (RI), and Vermont (VT) transportation agencies. The member agencies spend a considerable amount of time and resources on pavement surface data collection. The data collected are used for a wide range
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