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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Numerical simulations were used to investigate the thermo-structural response of simple span prestressed bulb-T concrete bridge girders to fire hazards located underneath the bridge. The approach consists of three steps: (1) fire modeling, (2) heat transfer modeling, and (3) structural modeling. The effects of thermal concrete spalling are accounte
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Connected, automated, shared, and electric (CASE) technologies have invoked Mobility 4.0—a connected, digitized, multimodal, and autonomous system of systems. This project established a flexible and adaptable blueprint that would streamline multidisciplinary and multistakeholder efforts as well as leverage available resources to prepare the Illinoi
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The potential Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) megathrust earthquake is recognized as one of the major natural hazards affecting the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The estimation of expected ground-motions is complicated by the long-duration motions from CSZ as well as site effects from deep sedimentary basins in northwest Oregon. This study
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The best way to find out if a transportation research project was meaningful is to check the numbers. The Florida Department of Transportation is laying the foundation to do that with a massive new undertaking that aims to capture safety and mobility conditions along Interstate 4 (I-4) from Orlando to Tampa.
The objective of this research is to evaluate the characterization of asphalt binder through TLC/FID testing and SARA grouping. The results will be further analyzed and compared with the available GPC results and other available characterizations of the asphalt binders. Furthermore, the results will be correlated with performance.
The constructability and performance of non-proprietary thixotropic UHPC for thin bonded bridge deck overlay construction was investigated. Task 1 reviewed literature on UHPC for thin bonded overlays and non-proprietary UHPC. Crack monitoring of experimental slabs cast with UHPC thin bonded overlay (MoDOT project TR201704) and pull-off bond strengt
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Previous research conducted at MSU developed a nonproprietary UHPC mix design (MT-UHPC) that is significantly less expensive than commercially available mixes and is made with materials readily available in Montana. The focus of the research discussed herein was on the field implementation of MT-UHPC. Specifically, MT-UHPC was used in all field-cas
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This project examined the results of an extensive program of (1) cyclic plate loading tests carried out at Purdue University’s S-BRITE site on two testing strips comprised of a coarse aggregate (Indiana #53) subbase layer compacted over either untreated or cement-stabilized subgrade, and (2) static loading tests conducted on #53 aggregate compacted
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This report outlines the use and application of the Mobility Energy Productivity (MEP) tool in evaluating the efficiency of transportation systems. The MEP metric assesses the quality of mobility in transportation systems, considering accessibility, energy consumption, and productivity. It incorporates time, cost, and energy-related measurements to
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The expected crash frequency model of Illinois Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Design and Environment needed improvement to incorporate track circuitry as well as pedestrian exposure at railroad-highway grade crossings to make the model more comprehensive. The researchers developed, calibrated, and validated three models to predict collisi
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With the industry foundation classes (IFC) building information modeling (BIM) standard (ISO 16739) being adopted by AASHTO as the national standard for modeling bridge and road infrastructure projects, there comes a great opportunity to upgrade the INDOT model development standard of roads and related assets to 2D+3D BIM. This upgrade complies wit
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Reduction in phosphorus is critical because phosphate, a dissolved form of phosphorus, sustains algal and cyanobacteria growth and causes a wide range of water-quality impairments in the ponds and downstream waters including algal blooms, excess floating plants, taste, and odor problems. Many stormwater ponds and wetlands that treat stormwater appe
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This project aims to develop, assess, and optimize control strategies for ramp metering and local signal synchronization in Maryland's Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) 1 system (I-70 corridor east of Baltimore, MD). The methodology and mesoscopic simulation model can be generally applicable to other networks and TSMO systems.
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This research studied the relationship between crosswalk setback and intersection safety. The study included field-based and driving simulator experiments. Video data was collected at 10 crosswalks in Oregon to examine the frequency pedestrian-vehicle conflicts (measured using PET), including how these conflicts vary between corner and setback cros
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