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.
Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_ust or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530857.
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
...
INDOT has recently completed the deployment of Parsons telematics-based dash-cameras, automatic vehicle locator (AVL) positions, and spreader rate monitoring across their winter operations fleet. The motivation of this study was to develop dashboards that integrate connected vehicle data into the real-time monitoring and after-action review of wint
...
This study has three primary purposes: 1) to investigate the impacts of hydraulic modeling methods on bridge scour analysis, 2) to develop recommendations for sediment/soil sampling methods, and 3) to conduct bridge scour risk assessments. Field data were collected at five study sites to obtain the required terrain and soil/sediment input data for
...
Over 140 million tons of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) are produced in the United States per year (ACPA, 2009), and this material has been used in a host of transportation infrastructure applications, including fills, embankments, bases, subbases, and concrete pavements. Currently, TxDOT limits the maximum amount of recycled crushed concrete fi
...
This research project focuses on deteriorating roadway asset conditions, emphasizing the challenges encountered by the roadway maintenance division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The project goal is to develop algorithms for prediction models that will forecast the levels of service (LOS) performance conditions of six
...
University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
2023-08-01
|
PDF
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
...
A primary goal of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is to keep vehicles moving safely. But what are the safety impacts of vehicles that are not moving – particularly disabled and abandoned vehicles (DAVs)? From 2015-2020, DAVs were involved in 1,250 crashes in Florida, resulting in 53 fatalities, 976 injuries, $17.3 million in propert
...
Traffic control devices are a primary means of communicating highway information to road users. The design, application, and maintenance of traffic control devices are under constant transformation as new technologies, methodologies, and policies are introduced. This project provides the Texas Department of Transportation with a mechanism to conduc
...
Geotechnical site characterization sometimes fails to fully characterize the below-ground bedrock surface and hydrologic conditions using conventional borings. By combining geophysical and boring data analysis, transportation projects can produce a more thorough and accurate representation of geotechnical subsurface conditions, reducing the disrupt
...
Ohio’s local public agencies (County Engineers, Township Trustees, Villages and Municipalities) often experience the burden of construction traffic when the Ohio DOT (ODOT) closes a state route for construction. ODOT typically provides the locals with a Detour Determination Report (DDR) that evaluates the length of a detour, duration of closure and
...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) vehicle classification scheme is designed to serve various transportation operational and planning needs. Many transportation agencies rely on Weigh-In-Motion and automatic vehicle classification sites to collect vehicle classification count data. However, these systems are not widely deployed due to high i
...
The present study was initiated by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to better understand characteristics of roadway segments categorized as unmarked in IDOT’s Transportation Asset Management Plan and to suggest recommendations to manage, vacate, abandon, retain, or transfer individual routes. The researchers developed a methodology,
...
This report analyzes how state-funded highway improvement projects in the seven county Twin Cities metropolitan area affected businesses in adjacent Census Tracts. We first identify demographic factors associated with the temporal and financial prioritization of some projects over others, finding that the per capita income of a Census Tract is asso
...
This project investigated Ohio DOT’s (ODOT) existing workflow and needs for scheduling maintenance activities. ODOT conducts biweekly inspections and records roadway defects using ArcGIS Field Maps. Sources of maintenance work items also include periodic maintenance work, other collector apps for different asset types (i.e., culverts) and phone cal
...
The Texas Department of Transportation desires to flare the ends of its freestanding single-slope concrete barrier system so the system can be terminated outside the clear zone. Currently, limited guidance exists on the acceptable flare rate for the single-slope portable concrete barrier under the American Association of State Highway and Transport
...
Concrete rigid barriers are used in medians to separate traffic and on the roadside to shield hazards from motorists and motorists from hazards. These barriers need to demonstrate crashworthiness through full-scale testing per the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). Attachm
...
Safety Service Patrols (SSPs) provide motorists with assistance free of charge on most freeways and some key primary roads in Virginia. This research project is focused on developing a tool to help the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) optimize SSP routes and schedules (hereafter called SSP-OPT). The computational tool, SSP-OPT, takes re
...
Managed lanes provide transportation agencies with a strategy for reducing congestion and improving travel times along urban highways. These designated lanes, known as E-ZPass lanes in Minnesota, are available to carpoolers and transit users for free during high-traffic times, while vehicle owners who are driving alone pay a fee.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are being used nationwide in an effort to improve safety, increase efficiency, increase quality, and reduce costs. A previous New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) research project tested UAS technology to ascertain the ability to assist NHDOT with operations, development, and the execution of transporta
...
The main objective of this research is to: Evaluate the operator-induced and equipment-induced variations on design soil properties; Evaluate the site spatial variations of design soil properties; Evaluate the best spatial interpolation method to generate synthetic CPT profiles and soil boring data from the existing CPT and soil boring data of the
...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.