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2022-08-01
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A previous NHTSA study in 2013 reported that females have a higher estimated fatality risk than males in comparable crashes (i.e., from similar physical impacts) as front row occupants when the full history of all fatal crashes are considered. This report updates NHTSA’s previous analysis to examine the effect of sex on driver-side or right-front p
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This project establishes a series of design guidelines for drilled shaft footings subjected to biaxial eccentric loading by refining the design recommendations of TxDOT Project 0-6953. The refined guidelines include the single strut– and single tie–based equivalent force system, development of 3D strut-and-tie models for biaxial eccentric loading s
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This study assessed the safety impact and performance of three different bicycle-specific intersection treatments (bike boxes, mixing zones, and bicycle signals) using surrogate safety measures (i.e., bicycle-vehicle conflicts and other non-crash measures). To date, limited research had been conducted to analyze how these treatments along with traf
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State departments of transportation (DOTs) are expanding the use of electronic engineering data (EED) throughout highway projects — from design and construction through asset management. Included under the umbrella of EED are technologies such as building information modelling (BIM), digital terrain models (DTMs), and 3D models and plan sets. The K
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Congestion pricing improves economic efficiency, but it may lead to inequitable outcomes. A key policy priority in California is identifying ways to avoid the hardship of congestion pricing on low income or other vulnerable populations. This study uses data from a congestion pricing experiment in the Seattle metro area to examine the feasibility of
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Florida Department of Transportation identified resilience as a critical priority in its Florida Transportation Plan (FTP). Resilient transportation systems are assets that can withstand disruptions, adapt to changing conditions, perform effectively, and recover rapidly. Historically, disruptions from natural hazards are more consequential, with mo
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Telecommuting, which enables employees to perform job tasks remotely at home, increased significantly (25% to 35%) early in the COVID-19 pandemic. This shift represented a major societal change that reshaped the family, work, and social lives of many Californians, also raising important questions about what factors influenced telecommuting before,
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Maintaining the functionality of the transportation infrastructure depends on the successful management of aging bridge assets. Departments of transportation rely on the load rating process to evaluate the sufficiency of the bridge structures in their state, and they post load restrictions if the capacity of a bridge does not meet the maximum load
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) maintains 3,343 lane-miles of composite pavements (asphalt over jointed concrete or continuously reinforced concrete pavements). Propagation of cracks from existing pavements into new asphalt concrete overlays (reflective cracking) is a major problem with composite pavements. Treatments that are used
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Telecommuting, the practice of working remotely at home, increased significantly (25% to 35%) early in the COVID-19 pandemic. This shift represented a major societal change that reshaped the family, work, and social lives of many Californians. These changes also raise important questions about what factors influenced telecommuting before, during, a
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This work investigated the Geospatial Information System (GIS) as a low-cost, high-precision, and rapid method for identifying the (RAP). This work also showed that (GIS) can be linked to new techniques including Remote Sensing (RS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) which can be serious subjects for research in the field of pavement engineering. The
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In the design of highway bridges in Florida, glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) materials are starting to replace mild carbon steel as the basis for reinforcing structural concrete components. Whereas traditional steel rebar is susceptible to corrosion, GFRP rebar is not, and therefore the use of GFRP has the potential to reduce maintenance cost
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This research investigates non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques for the quality assurance of portland cement concrete pavements and structures. Responses were collected from a survey distributed amongst AASHTO Committee of Materials and Pavements (CoMP) members regarding their use of NDT technologies. Relevant literature was reviewed to determi
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Forty-three households in the Sacramento region representing diverse demographics, modal preferences, mobility barriers, and weekly vehicle miles traveled (VMT) were provided personal chauffeurs for one or two weeks to simulate travel behavior with a personally-owned, fully autonomous vehicle (AV). During the chauffeur week(s), the total number of
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This guidebook is designed to enable practitioners at all levels of government to select the most cost-effective pedestrian-safety treatments for a wide variety of Texas contexts and reverse the rise in pedestrian deaths on Texas roadways. It provides a framework for prioritizing problematic intersections and corridors, analyzing the impact of rele
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The Civil Infrastructure Vision (CIV) system is an integrated software/hardware system is based on principles of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) developed at UTSA for TxDOT. The system can be used to monitor surface deformations on bridges to accuracies on the order of 1/1,000th in. Project objectives included training DOT on using the system durin
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The overall goal of this research is to assess the economic impact of access management techniques on businesses in the corridor where such projects have been implemented in Louisiana. A secondary goal is to assess the perception of businesses near completed projects. Specifically, the objectives are to (1) identify current state of knowledge about
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The Ohio Department of Transportation is interested in evaluating and assessing options related to the current detention basin design to collect information from peer DOTs on design standards associated with detention basin details that include basin designs, outlet structures, low-flow channels, and emergency spillway. Based on AASHTO DOT response
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Management of speeds is a significant component of any strategy to reduce work zone crashes. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of speed management countermeasures, such as speed display trailer, speed display trailer with red and blue lights, work vehicle with red and blue lights, and active and passive law enforcement
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With the advent of modern sensing technology, mapping products have begun to achieve an unprecedented precision of measurement. Considering their diverse use cases, several factors play a role in what would make the resulting measurements accurate. For light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and photogrammetry-based mapping solutions that implement veh
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