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. Federal Aviation Administration
1997-03-18
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This advisory circular (AC) states an acceptable means, but not the only means, for obtaining operational approval of the initial engagement or use of an Auto Flight Guidance System (AFGS) under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121, section 121.579(d); part 125, section 125.329(e); and part 135, section 135.93(e) for the ta
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This report presents graphs and data tables for 36 aviation system and environmental indicators that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has developed to give a broad view of the national aviation system operation and environment. The 24 system indicators include accident and incident rates, and measures of efficiency, compliance, and inspect
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Three enclosures provide guidelines for aircraft employment to operational commanders and planning staffs for derivation of the standards and definitions of the terms used, listings of standards as they are applied to each Air Station, and gives examples of how the standards are applied to various situations.
Amtrak?s financial condition is still very precarious and heavily dependent on federal operating and capital funds. We previously reported that Amtrak?s financial condition had deteriorated steadily since 1990 and that Amtrak was unlikely to overcome its financial problems without significant increases in passenger revenues and/or subsidies from fe
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Pursuant to a request from the Federal Transit Administrator (FTA), dated December 20, l996, a limited-scope audit of the city of Los Angeles' (city) Department of Airports (airports) revenue retention was completed. The objective was to determine if prohibited revenue diversions from airports to the city have occurred since enactment of the Depart
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This statement before Congress by Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office (GAO) assesses the recommendations contained in the recently released report of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. The statement focuses on the
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Reduction of air carrier flight delay in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) has been a major objective of the FAA for many years. Much of the current delay arises from weather induced delays at airports. When a plane is delayed on one of the day's flights, there can be a carryover delay that affects later flights by that aircraft. In this repo
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United States. Office of Air Traffic Systems Development
1997-03-01
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The Office of Air Traffic Systems Development (AUA) Program Master Plansummarizes the management, development approach, and status of products andservices provided by the AUA organization to fulfill its role in supportingNational Airspace System (NAS) sustainment and evolution. It serves as anoverview of the planning for these activities for all in
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A computer program that processes Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) and Automatic Vehicle Classifier (AVC) data into a format usable by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) was developed in this project. The program calculates average Equivalent Single Axle Load (ESAL) factors by vehicle configuration, average vehicle weights by configuration, and in
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This case study report is intended to provide metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), state departments of transportation and transit agencies with a greater understanding of the important role that financial information plays in the planning and programming process. The study purpose was to examine how MPOs and state DOTs responded to ISTEA's
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This testimony discusses key resource management issues and performance challenges facing the Department of Transportation in 1998 and beyond. 1. Increased safety and security concerns prompted by accidents and maintenance issues. 2. Important management challenges existing in several DOT subagencies. 3. Funding for Amtrak, the FAA, and Coast Guard
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This publication contains three papers on aggressive driving: "Aggressive Driving", by Louis Mizell; "Road Rage", by Matthew Joint; and "Driver Aggression", by Dominic Connell and Matthew Joint. The topics covered in the papers include: reasons violent traffic disputes occur; weapons used by aggressive drivers, the role of domestic violence; the ro
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Utilization of a mix design that will resist rutting and cracking is crucial to the life expectancy of a pavement. Drainage problems associated with these distresses contribute to safety problems and accelerated pavement deterioration. In an effort to combat rutting and cracking in Montana, a series of experimental test sections utilizing polymer m
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United States. Department of Energy. Office of Spent Fuel Management
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1997-03-01
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The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has been a center of nuclear technology in the United States for over half a century, supporting the national defense in the development of Naval nuclear submarine and surface vessel propulsion systems, as well as in civilian and military nuclear applications. INEEL is operated by
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This report provides a list of accomplishments from FY 1990 through FY 1996, summarizes the seven-year record of accomplishments and documents the department?s accountability for the commitments made in 1989. During the sevenyear period, $8.36 billion were programmed to improve 8,500 miles of highway and 3,600 bridges on the state and local highway
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The current American Association of State Highway Traffic Organizations (AASHTO) Guide Specification for Collision Design of Highway Bridges provides three statistical methods (methods I, II, and III) for determining the design vessel for impact analysis. These methods focus mainly on ship impact and not on barge impact design for bridges susceptib
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This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of Illinois' surface transportation needs and discusses the ability of current revenues to meet those needs. In addition to the summary table, a separate Appendix provides detailed lists of needs for highways, public transportation and rail transportation.
Four studies of pilot decision-making were conducted to formulate a general model of the expert pilot that might be applied to novice pilots in order to increase their decision-making skills and reduce their risk of accident involvement. This set of studies began with a series of unstructured interviews of pilots to identify and compile characteris
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A 3D Rankine panel method has been designed to calculate the steady and unsteady velocity potential around a twin hull vessel. Recently, model tests have been performed with a catamaran vessel in head waves. Results from these model experiments will be presented and compared with numerical results.
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