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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Technology awareness, use, and application are required to realistically and accurately model strategies (and their performance measures) that define success in corridor planning. Performance measures derived from each implementable strategy through a project that improves mobility, safety, reliability, sustainability, and equity are helpful to pol
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Bridge deck cracking reduces serviceability and lifespan of bridges. Early age cracking can typically be attributed to either of two factors: 1) construction practices and 2) concrete shrinkage. The Arkansas Department of Transportation ARDOT has identified a disproportionate number of continuous steel girder bridges experiencing early age bridge d
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The Balsi Beam system was developed by Caltrans as a Mobile Work Zone Protection System for worker protection. The system is integrated as a self-contained tractor trailer system with telescoping beams which can be deployed to a work zone and adjusted in length without a need for a crane or any other equipment. There are, however, no guidelines for
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The objective of this project was to carry out a safety evaluation of conversion of intersections owned by CTDOT operating under side street green pedestrian phasing to concurrent pedestrian phasing. Side street green phasing means that pedestrians cross the main road during the minor road green phase, and there is no special pedestrian phasing or
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The goal of this project is to implement Aira, one of the fastest-growing assistive technology options for people who are blind or have low vision, across the entire State of Connecticut, to be used for navigation, wayfinding, riding public transportation, and to ensure proper social distancing for blind-low vision (BLV) individuals. The University
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Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs), reduced ecological connectivity, and associated impacts to wildlife and humans are widespread problems across road networks, but mitigation measures like wildlife crossings1 that can address those problems are often considered expensive. This effort aims to support transportation agencies, wildlife agencies and o
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Research benefits information was compiled to estimate the effectiveness of UDOT’s research program. Project benefits were gathered through survey responses submitted by the end users of the project deliverables. Using project costs, an estimate of the benefit-cost ratio for the program was determined. This information gathered for 57 research proj
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance
2023-06-01
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These Guidelines are provided to you by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC). These Guidelines apply only to employers; individuals who are acting as a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) for DOT- regulated employers; and employees subject to DOT regulation 49 CFR part 40 (Part 40) and
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Pedestrian fatalities make up almost 14% of traffic fatalities in Minnesota. While MnDOT continues to prioritize pedestrian safety, maintaining certain safety countermeasures can present challenges, particularly in winter. Keeping walkways, curb ramps, median refuge islands and other features safe requires keeping them free from snow and ice. Snowp
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Transverse rumble strips (TRS), which run across a traffic lane, are a low-cost and easily deployable safety countermeasure for intersection approaches. Grooved into the pavement or installed as ridges on the surface, rumble strips provide an audible and tactile warning to drivers and are effective in all conditions but particularly when it’s dark
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A Graphical User Interface (GUI) software is developed to perform numerical simulations in which gabion barriers are impacted by boulders of various geometries and initial momentum values. The results generated from this tool are used to develop design standards and life-cycle analysis procedures.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of production variability on performance test results to determine if mixtures balanced during design could become unbalanced during production. Fourteen currently accepted mixture designs, 10 BMD mixtures and 4 Superpave mixtures (to serve as a comparison between current standards and BMD d
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This project developed a high-level best practices guidance document for the design/installation of subsurface drainage. This Tool serves as a guide to assist agencies in understanding drainage problems and options to consider for mitigating structural damage to pavements due to moisture. The weather and soil conditions vary drastically across Minn
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While pedestrian safety countermeasures contribute to reducing vehicle-pedestrian crashes, their impacts on winter maintenance operations are sometimes overlooked during design. There is a need to investigate the best practice guidance and solutions for the design, installation and maintenance of pedestrian safety features for year-round maintenanc
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Polymer-modified binders (PMB) have been shown over the decades to improve the mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures compared to unmodified binders. Considering its higher initial cost, selecting the best alternative is very important, especially for local agencies, given their limited budgets. A challenge in the materials selection process for
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This Minnesota Department of Transportation-sponsored research effort examined innovative right-of-way projects nationwide, focusing on how new and innovative practices for redeveloping transportation assets can meet ambitious goals such as mitigating environmental impacts, encouraging placemaking, and enhancing economic opportunity while continuin
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This report examines existing guidelines in Idaho and in other states that lead in the implementation of UAS, in order to identify strategies to promote and regulate their use in Idaho’s airspace from the surface to 400 feet AGL. UAS innovations accelerate project delivery, increase roadway safety, reduce congestion, and improve environmental susta
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This project studies the benefits and barriers of increased adoption of medium-duty and heavy-duty electric trucks, referred to as e-trucks, and presents a methodology for optimizing the location of e-truck charging stations in Minnesota. In general, e-trucks provide zero tailpipe emissions and lower operating and maintenance costs. However, some b
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The design of buried pipes, in terms of the allowable minimum and maximum cover heights, requires the use of both geotechnical and structural design procedures. The geotechnical procedure focuses on estimating the load on the pipe and the compressibility of the foundation soil. The focus of the structural design is choosing the correct cross-sectio
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The goal of Complete Streets is to accommodate all road users and bring attention to the needs of vulnerable road users. In the last 10 years, thousands of local/regional/state agencies in the United States (U.S.) have adopted Complete Streets policies. However, it is not clear how successfully these policies have been implemented and to what exten
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