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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University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
1997-06-01
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In May 1995, the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) conducted a study on behalf of the Florida Department of Education (DOE) that investigated the frequency and extent with which drivers in Florida were illegally passing stopped school buses during a typical school day. From this study, approximately 10,600 vehicles were recorded to be
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Western Cape (South Africa). Dept. of Transport and Public Works
1997-06-01
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The promulgation of this White Paper on transport policy in the Western Cape isintended to redress existing imbalances and to provide a new sense of directionand purpose.
The TRansportation ANalysis and SIMulation System (TRANSIMS) is one part the multi-track Travel Model Improvement Program under joint development by the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy. TRANSIMS is a set of integrated analytical and simulation models and supporting data bases. The TRAN
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The Advisory Circular (AC) provides information, clarification, and procedural guidance concerning the approval and installation of modified Technical Standard Order (TSO) seating systems in U.S. type certificated aircraft.
The Industry Partner Technologies was developed to provide participants with desriptions of each technology that is demonstrated in the DP 105 workshop, as well as sites where each of these technologies is deployed. The workshop is designed to provide par;Prepared in cooperation with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN. Sponsored by
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The Comprehensive Oil and Gas Information Source (COGIS) is a project recently developed by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce in an effort to provide more timely information to its customers. COGIS offers the latest oil and gas data published by the EIA. Selected data series from the Pe
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University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
1997-06-01
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The purpose of this evaluation is to investigate and define the specific TampaBay area conditions for fog and fog-related crashes that may exist and recommend an area-wide plan based on these findings to ensure that drivers react more consistently and safely during times of limited visibility.
This report examines whether transit accessibility to jobs from individual traffic analysis zones has an impact on employment of different racial/ethnic groups. Demonstrations of cross-town bus routes making suburban employment more accessible have been well-used by people traveling to suburban jobs, supporting the idea that transit accessibility m
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United States. General Accounting Office. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division
1997-06-01
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed and is operating, through the use of a contractor, a new apportionment model to estimate the expected distribution of federal-aid funds under various legislative proposals. Because of the importance of the accuracy and reliability of these estimates, the General Accounting Office (GAO) was ask
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This Plan Reading Course was developed by the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering of Iowa State University under contract with the Iowa Highway Research' Board, Project HR-324. It is intended to be an instructional tool for Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), county and municipal employees within the state of Iowa. Under this cont
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Telecommuting encompasses a variety of non-traditional work arrangements that move work to people, rather than people to work. Recent interest in telecommuting on the part of businesses, public agencies, employees, and policy makers has been generated by a desire to increase productivity, reduce costs, balance family and work responsibilities, and
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The SPS-3 and SPS-4 experiments were constructed in 1990 under the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) to evaluate the effectiveness of and to determine the optimum timing for applying preventive maintenance treatments for flexible and rigid pavements. Documentation of conclusions from recent field reviews to evaluate the performance of the m
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As part of the Dynamic Interaction Vehicle-INfrastructure Experiment (DIVINE) established in 1992, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration agreed to conduct pavement primary response testing to establish how a pavement, and particularly a flexible, asphaltic pavement responds to dynamic loading. The rational being tha
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Shared resource projects are public-private arrangements that involve sharing public property such as rights-of-way and private resources such as telecommunications capacity and expertise. Typically, private telecommunications providers are granted access to public property for their own telecommunications infrastructure in exchange for providing i
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The upgrading and widening of highways across the state, especially in urban areas, is causing the directly affected businesses and property owners to inquire about the possible negative economic impacts of such construction. This report documents the during- and after-construction effects of the widening of a 3.75-kilometer (2.33 mile) section of
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Base materials are normally selected to achieve maximum density, and to possess enough swiftness and strength to carry the traffic loads. The poor drainability of these materials has been of concern. This report describes the characterization of base materials being commonly used throughout the State of Texas. This includes the characterization of
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