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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As operators are required to spend more time monitoring computer controlled devices in future systems, it is critical to define the task and situational factors (i.e., fatigue) that may impact vigilance and performance. Aspects of the gaze system can be monitored relatively unobtrusively, although we used conventional electro-oculographic technique
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This report describes an aircraft database which was developed to identify technology trends for several classes of tactical naval aircraft, including subsonic attack, supersonic fighter, and supersonic multi-mission aircraft classes. This study used an approach that was internally consistent among designs, whereas most comparative studies require
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United States. Department of Transportation. Grade Crossing Safety Task Force
1996-03-01
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This report explains how a lack of information and/or guidelines in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and inspection of grade crossings led the Task Force to identify five safety problem areas for detailed examination-interconnected Signals; Vehicle Storage Space; High-Profile Crossings; Light Rail Transit Crossings; and Special Veh
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To minimize the impacts of highway construction on road users, US highway agencies are increasingly using innovative contracting methods designed to reduce the time of highway construction. Three time-based methods - incentive/disincentive provisions for Contract time, A+B bidding, and lane rental - have been successfully implemented for selected p
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provided for the U.S.-Mexican border to be opened for increased commercial truck traffic within the respective border states-four in the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and six in Mexico. Before the treaty, the 11,000 trucks crossing daily from Mexico into the United States
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Congressional testimony by Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation and Telecommunications Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office, on the current extent of private sector participation at commercial airports in the United States and foreign countries, the incentives and impediments
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Each year, the South Dakota Department of Transportation builds a number of box culverts through its highway construction program. In the past, cast-in-place box culverts were used exclusively, but use of precast box culverts is becoming a viable option. With cast-in-place box culverts, beveled inlet edges and 30° flared wingwalls are used at the i
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Analyses of the benefits of safety belt and helmet use were undertaken for a Report that was sent to Congress February, 1996. NHTSA awarded grants to link crash and injury state data and perform the analyses upon which the report was based. The individual state estimates are reported in the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Technical Rep
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Congress asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to investigate the financial viability of the Denver International Airport (DIA); more specifically to (1) analyze the limited data available on actual results after DIA opened for operations and (2) identify the risks associated with assessing DIA's financial condition. Congress also asked the GAO
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The objective of this report is to combine, in one document, previously reported information on factors influencing fish passage through culverts, especially as it pertains to conditions indicative of Montana. First, the need for considering fish passage is discussed, followed by an investigation of biological, hydrologic and hydraulic criteria inf
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This paper was prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) for the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) under the task entitled "Migration StrateÂgies for DoD Transportation Systems." This paper responds to an objective of the task, to "pro vide necessary information to USTRANSCOM that is required to make a decision about the
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To document the psychophysiological effects of flying overnight cargo operations, 41 B-727 crew members (average age 38 yr) were monitored before, during, and after one of two typical 8-day trip patterns. During daytime layovers, the average sleep episode was 3 hr (41%) shorter than nighttime sleeps and was rated as lighter, less restorative, and p
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Safety of work zones is a major area of concern since it is not always possible to maintain a level of safety comparable to that of a normal highway not under construction. Proper traffic control is critical to the safety of work zones. However, traffic control devices themselves may pose a safety hazard when impacted by errant vehicles. Little is
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The Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory has performed a study for the Lightweight Materials Program within the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Transportation Materials to evaluate the suitability of wrought magnesium and its alloys to replace steel or aluminum for automotive structural and sheet applications. Veh
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This document reports on survey results of transportation management centers across the nation, where information about the roadway system is collected and transferred out using various dissemination strategies. Some travel information dissemination strategies include: variable message signs (VMS), highways advisory radio (HAR), radio broadcast, ca
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Data communications systems linking field equipment such as traffic sensors, changeable message signs and incident response vehicles with traffic operations centers are a fundamental requirement of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plans for deployment of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) traffic management and traveler information servic
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The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission (LACRPC), as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of the Lima Urbanized Area, in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), is responsible for coordinating transportation planning activities within Allen County. As the MPO, the LACRPC is involved in various long and shor
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There is a need to identify suitable longitudinal joint construction techniques for multilane hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavements, which can minimize or eliminate cracking at the joint and/or ravelling adjacent to the joint. It is believed that the longitudinal cracks primarily result from the density gradient which is usually encountered across the jo
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Table of contents: Introduction; General Overview of Tourism; Tourism and the Tourist Role; Travel Motivation and Tourist Preferences; Tourist Health; Social and Cultural Impacts of Tourism; Tourist Information Use and Preferences; and, Scenic Byways.
In 1993, Virginia began to formalize the relationships and organizational structure for its Safety Management System (SMS). Although the SMS is no longer a federal requirement, Virginia decided to continue its implementation. The Focal Point for the SMS is within the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The SMS Steering Committee in Virgin
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