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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New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is required to quantify and mitigate the stormwater impacts of certain roadway projects. Acceptable runoff calculation methods include the Natural Resources Conservation Service Method and the Rational Method. Existing coefficients are often insufficient for representing land treatments utilized in ro
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Pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high nationally, accounting for 16% of total deaths in 2018 and far exceeding the previous decade of 12%, a trend mirrored in Minnesota. Previous research found an increase in local and citywide yielding at unsignalized crosswalks following an engineering and high-visibility enforcement program in Saint Paul, Minn
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Although crack sealing is one of the common tasks that maintenance crews at ODOT county garages frequently conduct, it can often be challenging as it is weather-dependent, slow-paced, and labor intensive. In addition, frequent breakdowns of equipment can cause significant downtimes. Crack sealing maintenance crews are also exposed to many hazards i
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This technical report presents results from the 2021 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS), the only probability-based nationwide child restraint use survey in the United States that observes restraint use and interviews an adult occupant to collect age, gender, height, weight, race, ethnicity, and other data. NHTSA’s National Center
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Many roads and highways exist close to streams that exhibit lateral instability (bank erosion). Conventional practices are to armor such locations, and these solutions are expensive, do not provide ecosystem value, and result in high mitigation fees. Natural channel design structures, such as engineered log jams, offer a greener, less expensive alt
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Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) designed and tested a Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 3 (TL-3) compliant guardrail transition system (hereafter referred to as Transition) that enables transitioning and terminating the ends of the Texas Department of Transportation MASH TL-4 guardrail system with MA
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This study explores the effects of increases in online activities (such as telecommuting and online shopping) as well as shifts toward electric vehicles on transportation revenues for the District of Columbia (DC). The analysis is based on (1) a review of the literature and state of practice regarding online activities, trends in vehicle fleet mix,
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In general, tunnels are designed with an abundance of safety regarding structural integrity, however, there can be uncertainty related to structural performance after a fire event. The residual condition of a tunnel after a fire is dependent on fire intensity and duration. The goal of this study is to correlate visual and material characteristics o
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This report describes a process to estimate AADT on non-Federal-Aid public roads (collectively called “off-system” roads) in Idaho. This will provide additional data for ITD and regional and local transportation agencies to conduct analysis, and it will meet new federal requirements for estimating AADT on all public roads. The report includes a rev
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Field contamination of friction pendulum system (FPS) isolation bearings (water, ice, dirt and other debris) has been observed in several Alaskan bridges during routine bridge inspections. Characterization testing was performed on four FPS bearings in clean/dry conditions as well as wet, frozen and soil-filled. Three of the four were double pendulu
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Field contamination of friction pendulum system (FPS) isolation bearings (water, ice, dirt and other debris) has been observed in several Alaskan bridges during routine bridge inspections. Characterization testing was performed on four FPS bearings in clean/dry conditions as well as wet, frozen and soil-filled. Three of the four were double pendulu
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What transit will look like in the future depends on how it is funded now. Funding can lead planning (Taylor, 2000), especially in setting the agenda for agencies to follow. How transit is funded, therefore, is at least as important as the level at which transit is funded. This brief focuses on the Transportation Development Act (TDA) because of it
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This project is designed to provide the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) with implementation-ready tools for incorporating data-driven socioeconomic measures into the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) prioritization process for pedestrian, bicycle, and transit projects. This research will equip NCDOT with the tools neede
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Appropriate design strategies for frame piers can ensure their satisfactory performance against shrinkage and temperature effects while maintaining their construction cost advantages.
The mobility constraints for low-income households are well known. Limited or no access to a private vehicle and often poor quality transit access result in shorter trips, slower travel speeds, and overall less travel. New mobility services that fill the gap between vehicle ownership and transit can potentially provide better mobility options for t
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Culverts are among the most important assets of state transportation departments. As culvert inspection and maintenance are critical to the safe operation of transportation infrastructure systems and preventing injuries, human life losses, and heavy financial losses, they should be inspected and maintained regularly. Several state DOTs and the Amer
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Shrinkage and temperature forces are known to have short- and long-term effects on both the superstructures and substructures of bridges. In the substructure, such effects are more pronounced if frame piers are used, given their volumetric change is often restrained. The main objective of this research was to investigate the forces developed in fra
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The objectives of this study are to: (1) carry out an operational needs assessment and a performance evaluation of the state’s TIM; (2) perform a functional analysis of the Mutualink system; and (3) carry out a benefit cost analysis of integrating Mutualink into the state’s TMC.
The primary objective of this project is to examine whether Louisiana has a traffic safety problem due to lack of lighting at its intersections, particularly at roundabouts and stop-controlled intersections, at rural and suburban areas. Underlying this objective, this research aims to undertake a nationwide survey of state DOTs to document lessons
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Real-Time Smoothness (RTS) measures pavement surface profiles during paving using sensors mounted on the back of a paver. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has supported implementing RTS technology for concrete pavements through the SHRP2 Solutions program since 2014. Its study indicated that RTS technology's real-time diagnosis allows chan
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