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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Prior research involved the production and laboratory testing of sugar cane fiber geotextiles for soil erosion control. Comparative preliminary studies were conducted on test slopes to determine slope stability, in horticulture plots to determine grass propagation characteristics, and in the laboratory to characterize physical properties. Based upo
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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 railtransportation.
The role of management in establishing a safe work environment remains a topic that receives less attention in the literature than it deserves. Many authors have focused on safety programs and associated indications of program effects.
This is our Management Advisory Memorandum on the National AirspaceSystem (NAS) Infrastructure Management System (NIMS) prototypeproject in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Our review wasinitiated in response to a hotline complaint alleging that an FAA official hadan unethical relationship with the contractor developing the NIMSprototype.
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This manual is a practical guide to help airline instructors effectivelyfacilitate debriefings of Line Oriented Simulations (LOS). It is based on arecently completed study of Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT) debriefings atseveral U.S. airlines. As a companion piece to the published report of thatstudy (LOFT Debriefings: An Analysis of Instructo
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Grain hauling railroads began offering shipping alternatives in the late 1980s that have made transportation decisions more strategic. Shippers now confront alternatives ranging from nearby and unguaranteed ordering to various durations of forward and guaranteed shipment. A dynamic stochastic simulation model was developed to analyze grain shipping
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This advisory circular (AC) describes conditions under which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may impose a temporary flight restriction (TFR). This AC explalins which FAA elements have been authorized, by the Administrator, to issue TFR's and lists the agencies/offices from which the FAA will accept requests to establish TFR's. Examples of
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The Force Projection component of our Post-Cold War National Military Strategy relies significantly upon increased airlift and sealift assets. The US Air Force C-17 Globemaster is an important enabling airlift resource now in mid-procurement. Despite its capabilities, now being demonstrated across the globe, this major system almost didn't come int
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1997-02-18
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This advisory circular (AC) sets forth an acceptable means of compliance with the provisions of Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) dealing with the damage-tolerance and fatigue evaluation requirements of transport category aircraft structure. It also provides rational guidelines for the evaluation of scatter factors for the determina
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This Management Advisory Memorandum is in response to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) request to audit costs claimed for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority) related to Contract No. DTFA05-91-L-61886 (Service Agreement). In October 1994, the FAA and the Port Authority entered into the S
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United States. National Transportation Safety Board
1997-02-11
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Adopted Feb. 11, 1997. Notation 6804. This report explains the wheels-up landing of Continental Airlines flight 1943, N10556, a Douglas DC-9 at Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas. The safety issues discussed in the report include checklist design, flightcrew training, adherence to standard operating procedures, adequacy of Federal Avi
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In December 1996, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reported to Congress on the status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) and on a proposal by a coalition of the nation's largest airlines to replace the tax on domestic airline tickets, which has been the Trust Fund's primary source of revenue, with fees on domestic operations. This
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On December 31, 1996, the government's authority to collect the taxes that finance the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, which has historically provided about three-quarters of Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) funding, lapsed. In December 1996, the General Accounting Office reported to Congress on the status of the Trust Fund and on a proposa
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This report presents the results from the 1995 Motor Freight Transportation andWarehousing Survey. This annual sample survey represents all employer firmswith one or more establishments that are primarily engaged in providingcommercial motor freight transportation or public warehousing services. Thisincludes firms furnishing local or long-distance
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United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
1997-02-01
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In an advisory guidance document published on June 14, 1996, RSPA addressed a number of topics related to the safe transportation of hazardous materials. This action was taken to remind persons involved in the transportation of hazardous materials of their responsibilities to ensure that hazardous materials are properly identified, packaged, author
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This report is a summary, recommendations and compendium of papers presented at the Activity-Based Travel Forecasting Conference in June 1996. The purpose of the conference was to promote use of activity-based approaches for travel forecasting, identify a;Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Technology Sharing Program. and Dep
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This report documents a field study of Data Link Flight Information Services(FIS) designed for use by general aviation (GA) pilots. The Data Link FISpackage that was evaluated in this study included the Traffic InformationService (TIS), Text Weather Service (TWS), and Graphical Weather Service (GWS).TIS is intended to assist the pilot in the task o
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center isin the unique position of having the facilities designed to test Mode S radarsand transponders. A vendor supplied an early production model of a Mode Stransponder for testing. Laboratory and flight tests were conducted during thesummer of 1996 at the Technical Center. Th
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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-11. The transportation phase wi
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The objective of this project is to examine accident data at signalized intersections for accident patterns and trends that are susceptible to correction in Montana. The Scope of Work consisted of conducting a literature review, assimilating accident trend statistics, establishing variables of influence and determining significant causal patterns.
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