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
1996-05-24
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This advisory circular (AC) provides information and guidance for use in determining the quality, eligibility and traceability of aeronautical parts and materials intended for installation on U.S. type-certificated products and to enable compliance with the applicable regulations.
The purpose of this report is to present the findings of the System Integration Test Team which relates to the compliance with the C-TIC Release 1.0 requirements. This report summarizes the tests performed, the procedures and any comments related to the outcome of testing. Testing was performed Monday through Friday during regular working hours, or
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1996-05-20
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This advisory circular (AC) contains guidance and information on procedures for exporting aeronautical products and related special requirements submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by other governments.
Manual was developed to provide guidance on "designation of source", and the corresponding investigative requirements under the statute. It is intended as internal guidance only, and is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by law.
The objective of this program, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is to provide an unbiased and comprehensive comparison of transit buses operating on alternative fuels and diesel fuel. The information for this comparison was collected from eight transit bus sites. The
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1996-05-06
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This listing contains equipment and manufacturers certified or deleted since publication of advisory circular 150/5345-53A, Airport lighting equipment certification program, on 5-15-95. The equipment and manufacturers will be added to or deleted from Appendix 3 and Appendix 4 of the Advisory Circular when it is next revised.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-05-01
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Passive alcohol sensors were tested in three states to determine their effectiveness in enforcing zero tolerance or low BAC laws for under 21 age drivers. The passive alcohol sensor was designed to sample the air immediately around the suspect for signs of exhaled alcohol. A sensor typically indicated the presence of alcohol, but not the amount. NH
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-05-01
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This Traffic Tech describes the recently updated "Emergency Medical Dispatch: National Standard Curriculum," which was developed in 1972. Emergency service providers use these uniform standards to develop or select an emergency medical dispatch program that includes proper training of emergency medical dispatchers along with medically approved prot
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This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project designed and tested a new feature of in-vehicle visual warning signals. Signals using this feature are termed "Motion Enhanced Warning Signals" (MEWS). They are necessitated by the accelerated sensory demands upon the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) driver due to the technologi
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-05-01
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In 1986, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) developed the first edition of the "Emergency Medical Services Instructor Training Program" to teach instructor skills to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) experts. In 1990, NHTSA revised the EMT-Basic Course from a diagnosis based curriculum to an assessment based curriculum. To ke
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-05-01
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSAs) Office of Program Development and Evaluation (OPDE) conducts research projects that investigate human attitudes, behaviors, and failures as they relate to motor vehicle crashes. OPDE focuses on drivers, passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists, and their roles in traffic sa
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Acoustic emission monitoring has been used to provide additional confirmation that ultrasonic indications in a forged trunnion shaft are active fatigue cracks. An advanced all digital AE monitoring system developed by Vallen Systeme GmbH of Icking Germany was applied in a setup that used linear location and guard channels. A unique signal processin
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The objective of this handbook is to identify and describe the processes and programs involved in transportation funding. It seeks to provide an elementary understanding of the eligibility, application, and programming requirements of the multitude of funding programs available for local projects. Such an understanding will make local agencies more
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The 1995 traffic fatality count was 1,537, up 8.3 percent from the 1994 figure of 1,419.Compared with 1994, injuries were up 2.9 percent and total crashes were up 5.8 percent. These figures translated into a death rate of 1.8 per 100 million miles of travel, up 5.9 percent from the death rate of 1.7 reported in 1994. Nationally, fatalities were up
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Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
1996-05-01
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This document is a new edition of the STIP or Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The STIP is a plan for allocating funding for surface transportation - highways, transit, trails and ferries - for a three year period. This new STIP covers the time period from October 1995 through September 1998. An additional three year period (1999 - 200
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This report presents the results from the 1994 Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey. This annual sample survey represents all employer firms with one or more establishments that are primarily engaged in providing commercial motor freight transportation or public warehousing services. This includes firms furnishing local or long-dista
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-05-01
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sponsored six studies to better understand how and why crashes occur on the Capital Beltway. This Traffic Tech describes one of these studies. Preusser Research Group, Inc., of Trumbull, Connecticut examined the patterns of crashes during a two-year period - 1993 and 1994. They looked beyond the ph
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Oregon State University. Transportation Research Institute
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1996-05-01
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The topic of left-turn bays (left-turn lanes) involves the following three issues: 1.) Warrants; 2.) Bay Length and 3.) Design Details. This discussion paper deals with warrants and bay length -- including queue storage at signalized and unsignalized left-turns.
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