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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Experimental research on issues related to emergency evacuation of a passenger aircraft cabin have tended to use existing aircraft cabins. While a great deal of useful information has been collected, these facilities have limited capabilities to be configured to investigate new or unusual cabin arrangements. A concept design for a flexible cabin si
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This manual is the reference text used for the FHWA Demonstration Project No. 82 on Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls and Reinforced Soil Slopes and reflects current practice for the design, construction and monitoring of these structures. This manual was prepared to enable the engineer to identify and evaluate potential applications of MSEW and
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This handbook looks at the transportation portion of the export process, that is, how to physically move agricultural products overseas with a focus on shipping high-value or value-added agricultural products, and provides a compilation of best industry practices, and its recommendations have been shown to be effective under normal conditions. (Lim
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
1997-08-01
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Railroads must file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Safety. Bulletin 165 is a summary of accident/incident data reported by 704 railroads for calendar year 1996. There are three basic categories of reportable events: train accident; highway-rail accidents; and, any other event that result
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The research presented here develops a joint model of work mode choice, number of evening commute stops, and number of post-home arrival stops. This model provides an improved basis to evaluate the effect of alternative transportation control measures. The model also contributes toward the modeling of an individual's entire daily activity travel pa
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Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM) is operated in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) mission to provide weapon component technology and hardware for national security needs, and to conduct fundamental research and development (R&D) to advance technology in energy research, computer science, waste management, electronics, m
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Five continuous-flight-auger piles were installed in a stiff clay soil following standard practice. Four of these piles were later subjected to lateral load tests to large displacements. The length and diameter of the test piles were varied to investigate;See also PB95-183471. Sponsored by Texas Dept. of Transportation, Austin. Office of Research a
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This study, part of a larger national effort to research thin bonded overlays for bridge decks, investigated the relative performance and costs of various technologies used for thin overlays on concrete bridge decks. This element of the program considered four different overlay treatments applied to a total of 13 bridges along Interstate 90 in sout
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The use of automated enforcement systems offers the potential to decrease the number of red light violations and improve the safety of intersections. Included in this report are an evaluation of the operating conditions where automated enforcement was effective, a study of the legal, legislative, and social issues needed to implement a program, a r
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This document reports on the results of the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS). The RTECS is a national sample survey that has been conducted every 3 years since 1985. For the 1994 survey, more than 3,000 households that own or use some 6,000 vehicles provided information to describe vehicle stock, vehicle-miles trave
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United States. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1997-08-01
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 160.8 (1982-84=100). For the 12-month period ended in August, the CPI-U increased 2.2 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.2 percent in August, prior to seasonal
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The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) provides funds for states to conduct various safety activities including roadside inspections of commercial vehicles and compliance reviews of motor carriers. In addition, the Secretary of Transportation has been directed by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 to a
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United States. Dept. of Energy. Commercialization Ventures Program
1997-08-01
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a proposal from the State of Colorado, Office of Energy Conservation for funding the construction of the Ponnequin Wind Project in Weld County, Colorado by Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo). PSCo along with its contractors and business partners would jointly develop the Ponnequin Wind Proje
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This report is the second of three volumes of the report prepared by the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Transportation Research to document the research project to evaluate the remaining life of the primary runway and adjacent taxiway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Volume I, Executive Summary, is a stand alone document to de
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This report is the first of three volumes prepared by the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Transportation Research to document the evaluation of the remaining life of the primary runway and adjacent taxiway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Volume I. Executive Summary, is a stand alone document to describe the testing developed a
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This report is the third of three volumes of the report prepared by The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Transportation Research to document the research project to evaluate the remaining life of the primary runway and adjacent taxiway at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Volume I, Executive Summary is a stand alone document to desc
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In response to an increasing number of inquires about domestic airline prices, the Department of Transportation decided to release a quarterly fare report. This is the second report and is based on data for the fourth quarter of 1996. For each market, Table 1 lists the number of one way passenger trips per day, the nonstop distance, the average mar
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For highway maintenance and planning purposes, each road segment is characterized by its traffic flow [such as the annual average daily traffic (AADT) and the AADT for each vehicle class], by the weight distribution of vehicles that travel on its roads [such as the annual average daily equivalent single axle loadings (ESAL) and the annual average d
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The U.S. Coast Guard must routinely interact with other (Federal) government agencies (OGA), State and Local agencies, and various public safety organizations in the performance of its missions. In most areas of the country this was primarily local police and rescue forces, but agencies such as Customs, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Border P
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