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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Hurricane Andrew, which struck South Dade County, Florida on the morning of 24 August 1992, was the "worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States..." The capabilities of the local and state governments to respond to the disaster were quickly overwhelmed and federal assistance was requested. Due to the scope of the disaster massive Departmen
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The purpose of this Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Deployment Study is to identify where and how ITS technologies can be applied to improve the safety, efficiency and capacity of the Cleveland regional transportation network. The generally accepted concept of ITS primarily considers the hardware and software that is used to manage traffic
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United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration
1996-04-01
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The first article in this report deals with the rising theft and in-transit hijacking of entire containers and trailers in port cities and adjacent areas in the United States. Cargo thefts are occurring most frequently in Florida, California, New York, and New Jersey with annual nationwide losses exceeding $10 billion. The second article deals with
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The Coast Guard is considering constructing new or improved vessel traffic service (VTS) systems in as many as 17 ports. The proposed expansion, called VTS 2000, will cost an estimated $260 million to $310 million in federal funds to build and about $42 million in federal funds to operate each year if installed at all 17 locations. At present, the
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The state's Growth Management Act provides new tools for local governments to plan for growth and the transportation facilities to support that growth. The Clean Air Act mandates transportation efforts to ensure healthy air. The federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) changes the way transportation decisions are made, givin
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This report presents the results of research on the institutional and non-technical issues related to shared resource projects. Shared resource projects are a particular form of public-private partnering that may help public agencies underwrite their telecommunications infrastructure for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The partnership inv
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The advent of fiber-optic communications technology coupled with continued rapid growth in demand for communications capacity have led private communications companies to seek to build new, and extend existing, fiber-optics networks. There is increased incentive and opportunity for sharing the public resource of highway right-of-way in exchange for
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This report evaluates the full costs of transportation alternatives on the Houston-Harte Corridor in San Angelo, Texas. The alternatives examined include those considered by the San Angelo District of the Texas Department of Transportation, which are: (1) the continuation of the existing frontage lanes-only configuration and (2J the construction of
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This study aimed at developing a specification to ensure that cutting edges meet the required durability and a test procedure to evaluate the cutting edges. A thorough review was carried out of all relevant SDDOT specifications for cutting edges and available literature pertaining to material test methods which might be used to measure cutting edge
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Over the past few years, there have been many studies concerning the effects of weaving on freeway operations; however, there have been few attempts to study the effects of weaving at "non-freeway" sites, such as freeway frontage roads. As part of a larger study that is developing a level of service evaluation procedure for freeway frontage roads,
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Phase I is complete for the development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics with automatic grid generation and adaptation for the Euler analysis of flow over complex geometries. SPLITFLOW, an unstructured Cartesian grid code developed at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, has been modified for a distributed memory/massively parallel computer
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Flight simulation has historically been an expensive proposition, particularly if out-the-window views were desired. Advances in computer technology have allowed a modular, off-the-shelf flight simulation (based on 80486 processors or Pentiums) to be assembled that has been adapted, with minimal modification, for conducting general aviation researc
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Since 1988, newly type-certificated aircraft are required to comply with stringent crashworthiness requirements. Central to these more stringent requirements is a dynamic test that assesses the potential for injury for someone exposed to similar conditions. In this report, the techniques and reference values used for measuring the impact protection
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The Federal Air Surgeon requested continued investigation of visual disorders and vision corrective devices as to their relevance to the medical certification of airmen and controllers. The en route Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) works with a unique radar console unit when controlling aircraft.To better understand the visual requirements of
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The technical fairness of the written air traffic control specialist (ATCS) aptitude test battery was investigated within the framework of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (29 CFR 1607). First, the adverse impact of using a composite score on the test battery was evaluated on an archival sample of 170,578 job applicants. Mean
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The FAA Toxicology and Accident Research Laboratory reports the presence of any drug detected at therapeutic or subtherapeutic levels and the medical condition for which the drug may have been used. Specimens from the pilot of a fatal aviation accident in 1992 were suspected of containing fluoxetine and clonazepam. Initial screening tests using flu
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1996-04-01
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This study concentrates on new entry by airlines with low cost operating strategies. Low cost strategies have been the most successful in competing with network carriers whose very size confers certain competitive advantages. The purposes of this study are to report in detail on the very rapid growth and competitive successes of low cost carriers,
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) contracted with conversion companies in six states to convert approximately 900 light-duty Federal fleet vehicles to operate on compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Aftermarket conversions can play an important role in the transition to the more widespread use of alternative
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Under the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) Franklin, Delaware and Licking Counties were designated a marginal nonattainment area for ozone. This designation was based on 1988 air quality data which violated the NAAQS for ozone. Since 1988 year the nonattainment area has had no violations of the standards. However, the area must comply with the nonat
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