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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United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration
1998-05-01
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Annual Reports of the Maritime Administration
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The annual report of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the fiscal year (FY) which ended on September 30, 1997, is submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 208 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended.
QUEWZ-98 is a microcomputer analysis tool for planning and scheduling use in freeway work zone lane closures. It analyzes traffic conditions on a freeway segment with and without a lane closure in place and provides estimates of the additional road user costs and of the queuing resulting from a work zone lane closure. The road user costs calculated
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This document reports on a cooperative agreement between NHTSA and UMTRI entitled Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) Field Operational Test (FOT). The main goal of the work is to characterize safety and comfort issues that are fundamental to human interactions with an automatic, but driver-supervised, headway-keeping system. Volumes I and II of this
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The principal objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance indicators in use at DOTD, to determine if any of these indicators appeared to be deficient, and, if so, to specify those deficiencies identified, to specify a uniform procedure for the development of future performance indicators, and to use this procedure to develop indicator
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In 1994, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received requests to install an airport surveillance radar at the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. In response to the requests, FAA assessed the benefits and costs of installing a surveillance radar at the airport. Initially, in 1994, on the basis of a benefit-cost study, the airp
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This report consists of an analysis of simulated terminal radar approach control (TRACON) air traffic control communications. Twenty-four full performance level air traffic controllers (FPLATC) from 2 TRACON facilities participated in the simulation study. Each controller worked 2 light- and 2 heavy-traffic density scenarios for feeder and final se
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A global damage detection algorithm for bridge-like Structures is proposed. This method provides the capability of determining the reduction in both stiffness and damping parameters of the structural elements. It is assumed the mass of the structural elements is not affected by the damages. The proposed method uses the state-space representation of
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State transportation agencies commonly use consultant firms for some of their highway and bridge design. For example, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (hereafter referred to as the "Department" or "LaDOTD") currently uses both consultants and in-house staff in designing state transportation facilities. However, the relativ
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
1998-05-01
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In the past months, many years of research and data collection have begun paying off in a rich series of analytical studies paving the way for a strong, rigorous and quantitative explanation of transportation's role in the economy and the power of transportation investment in advancing national competitiveness and productivity. This document identi
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United States. National Transportation Safety Board
1998-05-01
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Personal watercraft (PWC) are a type of recreational boat that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Manufacturers estimate that about 200,000 PWC are sold each year and that more than 1 million are in current operation. Although the overall number of recreational boating fatalities has been declining in recent years, the number of perso
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This report describes the objectives, methods, and findings associated with Task A: Perform Literature Review. The purpose of Task A is to conduct a review of relevant symbols and research, including the use of symbols by manufacturers and after-market vendors for existing and planned in-vehicle systems. The methodology employed to complete Task A
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Given the paramount importance of computer security of Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, Congress asked the General Accounting Office to determine (1) whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is effectively managing physical security at ATC facilities and systems security for its current operational systems, (2) whether FAA is effectively
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The objective of the research was to evaluate the performance indicators currently in use at DOTD and determine if any deficiencies exist with those that are sent forward as a part of the executive budget. A further objective was to examine the procedures used to determine performance indicators in the department and to specify a uniform procedure
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As a key element of its overall program for modernizing the National AirspaceSystem, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning a transition fromground- to satellite-based navigation by using satellite signals generated bythe Department of Defense's (DOD) Global Positioning System (GPS). However, GPSby itself does not satisfy all civil a
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United States. General Accounting Office. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division
1998-04-30
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has undertaken an ambitious and costly program to modernize its air traffic control system. Under this program, FAA is acquiring new surveillance, data-processing, navigation, and communications equipment in addition to new facilities and support equipment. Totaling 126 active projects, the modernization ef
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The report characterizes two ongoing efforts in the Department involving our analysis of opportunities to collocate field offices on an intermodal basis, and FHWA's examination of its regional office structure. Although many aspects of our efforts are accurately portrayed in the draft, we have several significant issues for consideration in prepari
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The disposition of the large back-log of plutonium residues at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats) will require interim storage and subsequent shipment to a waste repository. Current plans call for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and the transportation to WIPP in the TRUPACT-ll. The transportation phase wi
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This working paper discusses the issues involved in changing the current draft NTCIP standard from an X.25-based protocol stack to an Internet-based protocol stack. It contains a methodology which could be used to change NTCIP's base protocols. This paper also includes background information on the current NTCIP draft standard and the Internet netw
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Congressional testimony by John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, TransportationIssues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GeneralAccounting Office (GAO), on competition in the domestic airline industry.In October 1996, the GAO reported that certain industry practices, such asrestrictive gate-leasing arrangements, impeded entry, par
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1998-04-23
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Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS)
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This paper addresses three related subject areas. The first is the total volume of personal motor vehicle travel, its recent growth, and the sources of its growth. The second subject concerns vehicle ownership, specifically, the number, types, and age distribution of motor vehicles available to households. The third subject is household vehicle uti
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