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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The primary objective of the research was to help FDOT successfully implement and optimize the AASHTOWare BrM software by recalibrating its essential analytical models—such as deterioration, risk, cost, and data translation tools—so the software can more accurately forecast bridge performance, support decision-making, and satisfy federal requiremen
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The objective of this project was to determine appropriate screening thresholds for tests that assess concrete durability in extremely aggressive chloride and sulfate environments. Specifically, the research aimed to recommend threshold values for bulk and surface resistivity tests (based on AASHTO TP 119 and T 358) for chloride durability, and for
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Barrier striping is a roadway safety countermeasure designed to enhance driver awareness of concrete barriers, particularly under adverse weather and low-visibility conditions. This study evaluated the short- and long-term safety effectiveness of retroreflective barrier striping across multiple sites in Texas. The research involved a comprehensive
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Premature pavement failures have occurred on several widening projects, including shoulder widenings, conversion of two-lane roadways to Super 2 sections, and other safety enhancements. Repairing these early failures is time-consuming, expensive, disrupts traffic, and poses safety hazards. Key contributing factors include poor-quality materials, po
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Across the United States and around the world, cities are increasingly reconsidering, and often repealing, minimum parking requirements. They are doing so to align their parking policy with their housing, climate, and mobility goals. While minimums can help increase parking availability and prevent curb parking from becoming overcrowded, they can a
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This report analyzes and summarizes the changes in conflicts, user volumes, speed, travel time, and vehicle throughput before and after a multimodal safety project on N Lombard St. Results show that changes in each metric were observed in the before and after conditions. The number of persons using crosswalks decreased between 2017 and 2019 and inc
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This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in concrete mixtures, focusing on the performance-based specifications and the critical role of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in mitigation. A modified version of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) T380 was developed
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This study supports Virginia’s efforts to participate in the Federal Highway Administration’s Climate Challenge Program. The research team developed and applied OpenLCA models to evaluate the effects of key pavement treatments, including asphalt overlays, balanced mix designs, cold in-place recycling, full-depth reclamation, and Portland cement con
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This Special Crash Investigations report documents the rollover crash of a 2014 Ford E-350 Type II ambulance that ran off the roadway, struck a road sign, a tree, and then rolled over. The unbelted 25-year-old female driver sustained fatal injuries. The unbelted 27-year-old male EMT/front passenger sustained serious injuries. The ambulance was trav
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This Special Crash Investigations report documents the remote investigation of a frontover incident in California in March 2023 that involved two pedestrians, a 62-year-old male and 60-year-old female, who were struck by a 2022 Honda Civic driven by an unlicensed, belted 18-year-old male. The Honda was stopped at a traffic signal in the right turn
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The presence of stationary emergency vehicles on high-speed roadways poses heightened safety risks, and driver compliance with Move Over laws remains inconsistent nationwide. In recent years, digital alert systems, integrated into widely used navigation applications and in-vehicle platforms, have emerged as a potential countermeasure to improve dri
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Highly skewed steel I-girder bridges are used commonly across the US, especially in congested areas, despite complications in their analysis, design, and construction. Systematic investigation of skewed steel I-girder superstructure response, load distribution, and deformation through field monitoring and numerical simulation is needed, including a
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On wide bridges, precast concrete pier caps are often constructed in multiple segments and connected on site because of transportation or construction limitations. When these segments are connected through closure joints, contractors use lap splices of straight reinforcing bars. However, the splice lengths of large (e.g., No. 11) straight bars must
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This report presents a comprehensive methodology for evaluating cement content and layer thickness variability in cement-stabilized pavement layers using a nondestructive ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique. The research integrates laboratory calibration and field validation for two widely used stabilization practices: conventional soil-cement
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Bridge fires can cause rapid and severe loss of structural capacity. This loss of capacity often leads to major safety risks, network disruptions, and high economic impacts. A curated history of U.S. bridge fires in the 20th and 21st centuries is presented. This history identifies recurring ignition sources, contributing factors, and damage pattern
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The design of highway curves has significant impact on traffic safety. More than 25% of fatal crashes in the United States occur on horizontal curves, and the crash rate for curves is approximately three times higher than other highway sections. Furthermore, crashes are over 4 times more likely to be fatal on horizontal curve sections compared to s
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The design of highway curves has significant impact on traffic safety. More than 25% of fatal crashes in the United States occur on horizontal curves, and the crash rate for curves is approximately three times higher than other highway sections. This research focuses on a detailed analysis of curves where vehicle crashes occur in South Carolina. Ei
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Across the United States, city zoning rules require a minimum number of parking spaces for every type of building, obligating anyone building new housing or commercial space to also expand the city’s parking supply. Researchers have frequently argued that these mandates are arbitrary, unscientific and one-size-fits-all, and that they work against m
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The Highway Safety Manual (“HSM”) is the national guidance of quantitative safety analysis used in highway transportation planning, alternatives development, highway design, operations, and maintenance. However, some safety prediction models in the HSM were developed using data from other states, not Oregon. Therefore, it is necessary to validate t
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This study evaluated roadway runoff impacts on trout stream temperature and dissolved oxygen to support GDOT MS4 Permit compliance with Georgia Rule 391-3-6-.03(6) for trout streams. Using YSI® ProDSS, HOBO® MX-801 Dataloggers, and low-cost ESP32-based sensors, the GSU research team collected summer season data over two (2) consecutive years at 2-3
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