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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Fiber optic sensor technology offers the possibility of implementing "nervous systems" for infrastructure elements that allow high performance, cost effective health and damage assessment systems to be achieved. This is possible, largely due to synergistic developments in the fiber optic telecommunication and optoelectronics fields, where industrie
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Human factors is the study of the human as a central part of any system. Human factors identifies the capabilities and limitations of humans and, then, adapts the human or the system components accordingly. Operational attention to human factors can raise efficiency, effectiveness, and safety in aviation environments. That translates to cost contro
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The objective of this research project was to estimate the capital and operating costs associated with providing general public transportation and paratransit services in Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, and Manhattan Kansas over the next ten years ( 1997 - 2006). This report presents the results of the transit needs assessment for Topeka and the paratra
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In fiscal year 1998, the federal government will distribute nearly $26 billion to states and localities for the construction and repair of the nation's surface transportation systems. To meet the nations' transportation needs, states and localities are planning or building several large-dollar projects to replace aging infrastructure or build new c
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This report describes efforts towards developing an intelligent transportation systems (ITS) deployment plan for the Austin metropolitan area in Texas. ITS issues, strategies, and technologies are discussed. The focus of the study is to support the future operational tests and implementation of ITS user services by different agencies. The three pri
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This report presented the input received by the U.S. Department of Transportation at four regional meetings addressing the question of how the growth in worldwide containerized trade and the expected growth in volumes of freight handled by major container ports will place additional demands on the U.S. transportation system. The meetings paid parti
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Construction of retaining walls utilizing full height panels introduces a degree of indeterminacy to the structure. The ability to effectively analyze the internal behavior of such systems, and limited field performance, qualifies them as appropriate to the experimental category. Arizona recently utilized this technique for building three permanent
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The Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN) was formed in 1993 to provide forums for debate over needs for future aviation noise research and to encourage new development efforts in this area. All federal agencies concerned with aviation noise are represented on the Committee, including the U.S. Army, the U. S. Air Force, the U.S. N
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A new general aviation training program entitled, “Personal Minimums for Aviator Risk Management in Pre-Take-off Decisions” was field tested in five diverse geographic locations around the USA (Columbus, OH; Long Beach, CA; Anchorage, AL; Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC; and Chicago, IL) to determine its acceptability to pilot audiences and to obtain
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Results of an experimental investigation on the properties of a snowfree installation for a bridge deckare reported. The New Jersey Department of Transportation has contracted the Superior GraphiteCompany to provide a heated pavement system for a small bridge on Route 130 in South NewJersey. The system uses synthetic graphite to make the asphalt co
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) occasionally includes an incentive/ disincentive for early completion (I/D) in its construction contracts. This report presents the results of a project to identify procedures that would (1) enhance the effectiveness and enforceability of the I/D provision and (2) reduce the staff time and effort nec
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This study evaluated the effects of temperature on the strength and permeability of concretes containing pozzolans (fly ash and silica fume) and slag. Two test programs were conducted. In the first, one control and five experimental mixtures containing silica fume, fly ash, or slag were evaluated. In the second, one control and three experimental m
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1998-02-01
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The National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-59) was signed into law on November 28, 1995. The NHS Act, among other things, established the National Highway System and eliminated the Federal mandate for the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL). In so doing, the NHS Act ended a period of more than 20 years of Federal invo
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Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is a technique used to measure indirectly the in situ volumetric moisture content of soil. Current research provides a variety of prediction equations that estimate the volumetric moisture content using the dielectric constant calculated from the apparent length obtained from the TDR reader. However, very limited res
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A general methodology is developed for estimating the change in the number of injuries and fatalities expected as a result of a change in vehicle crashworthiness design. It is assumed that crash tests have provided information on dummy response measurements, such as the maximum chest acceleration in a crash, and that based on these test results a c
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The study reported here was conducted to assess how well some of the existing asphalt pavement mechanistic-empirical distress prediction model performed when used in conjunction with the data being collected as part of the national Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program. As part of the study, appropriate data were obtained from the National
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Collisions with roadside objects account for almost one-third of the traffic fatalities in the United States, and a large amount of serious injury and accident costs. A measure of the average severity of these impacts, the Severity Index (SI), is used by highway safety engineers in determining where best to spend roadside improvement funds. Since a
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The report contains a research plan to assist in the implementation of high performance concrete in the Charenton Canal Bridge in Louisiana. The research involves a literature review, plan review, development of a quality control program for the concrete, development of an instrumentation plan, and development of a plan to determine concrete proper
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Fiber optic sensor technology offers the possibility of implementing "nervous systems" for infrastructure elements that allow high performance, cost effective health and damage assessment systems to be achieved. This is possible, largely due to synergistic developments in the fiber optic telecommunication and optoelectronics fields, where industrie
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Testimony before House of Representatives on FAA's reliance on information processing, where the agency stood remained at risk, and recommendations needed to increase the likelihood that FAA systems would be Year 2000 compliant by January.
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