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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This study identifies NAFTA-induced market opportunities for Louisiana’s maritime sector and to help define the strategies, maritime services, and port infrastructure requirements necessary to exploit these opportunities. Identification of current deficiencies affecting such opportunities also needed to be referenced. The handling of niche cargoes
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This thesis is an empirical analysis of trucking and truck size and weight (TS&W) regulations in the Mid-continent corridor. Based on this analysis, it compares and contrasts plausible near term TS&W policy options relating to this corridor. The approach of the research is to understand the corridors TS&W regulations, trucking activity, and commodi
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In 1983, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a nationwide program of consolidating air traffic control facilities to gain the benefits of automation and any attendant cost savings. As part of this program, FAA conducted several studies between 1992 and 1995 to determine the most cost-effective way to handle the radar-based air traffic c
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This report provides the results from a study to determine possible uses of fiber optical light guides for remote source lighting for the Texas Department of Transportation. Fiber light guides are currently used within the Department for changeable message signs and signal heads. The investigation primarily considered its use for street, tunnel, an
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The overall goal of this research study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using global positioning system (GPS) and geographic information system (GIS) technologies to measure travel time and speed data on urban highways.Compared to more traditional approaches for conducting travel time studies, which require a significant amount of manual fiel
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The Louisiana Transportation Research Center's (LTRC) Pavement Research Facility (PRF) is a permanent, outdoor, full-scale testing laboratory located on a six site in Port Allen, Louisiana. The purpose of this facility is to test and quantify full-scale pavement performance of various pavement types under accelerated loading. The loading device whi
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In 1993 and 1994, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated regulations that radically altered practices in the paint industry. Many of these measures apply to lead abatement, practices devised to eradicate lead-based paint hazards. These changes in legislation are designed to p
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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has been applying silane penetrating water sealers since the late 1970's to prevent the intrusion of chloride contaminated water in bridge decks. This contaminated moisture causes severe corrosion in reinforcing steel and costly damage to the bridge deck. To determine how silanes perform in the field, Resea
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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been using high density Portland cement (HDPC) overlays for more than twenty years to minimize spalls and delamination in concrete. Since HDPC overlays were introduced, additives were incorporated into these mixtures to increase concrete strength and durability as well as decrease the time needed
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United States. National Transportation Safety Board
1996-10-29
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This report explains the collision of a Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation commuter train with a Transportation Joint Agreement School District 47/155 school bus that was stopped at a railroad/highway grade crossing in Fox River Grove, Illinois on October 25, 1995. Seven school bus passengers were killed, and the bus driver a
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Inspector General
1996-10-28
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This is a review of whether the Department of Transportation (DOT) provides adequate comparative information to consumers on the safety record of airlines. This review was undertaken in light of recent concerns over airline safety and DOT's efforts to ensure aviation safety. While DOT issues a wide variety of data on aviation statistics, no reports
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This Safety Evaluation for Packaging (SEP) provides evaluations necessary to approve transfer of the 8,000 gallon Liquid Waste Tank Car (LWTC) from the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) to the 200 Areas. This SEP will demonstrate that the transfer df the LWTC will provide an equivalent degree of safety as would be provided by packages meeting U.S. Dep
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ADVANCE (Advanced Driver and Vehicle Advisory Navigation ConcEpt) was a public/private partnership developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University operating together under the auspices of the Illinois Universities Transportati
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The objective of this survey was to determine the effectiveness of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) procedures and controls over (i) training and designating pilot examiners, (ii) tracking pilot examiner performance, (iii) maintaining integrity of the pilot examiner's administration of pilot tests, and (iv) removal of unqualified pilot e
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Inspector General
1996-10-21
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Our objectives were to determine whether the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ensured states (i) conducted appropriate environmental studies during project planning and right-of-way acquisitions, (ii) considered contamination when appraising property, and (iii) identified responsible parties for environmental remediation.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has established procedures and oversight controls to assure that commuter and air taxi pilots, engaged in passenger-carrying operations, hold valid pilot certificates and have periodic training and proficiency tests.
Airline deregulation has led to lower airfares and better service for most airtravelers, due largely to increased competition spurred by the entry of newairlines into the industry and established airlines into new markets. However,some airports-particularly those serving small and medium-sized communities inthe East and upper Midwest-have not exper
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International air cargo services play a vital role in facilitating U.S. trade. As requested by Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO) studied U.S. air cargo airlines' reported problems in doing business abroad and examines the efforts of the departments of Transportation and State to address these airlines' interests and concerns in the inte
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The deregulation of the commercial airline industry in 1978 has stimulated the formation of a significant number of new airlines. For example, a total of 79 airlines with fewer than 5 years of operating experience provided scheduled service to the public from January 1990 through December 1994. This report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) add
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