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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The 1996 Pennsylvania Crash Facts and Statistics booklet is a report published by the Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Permission is given to freely copy and distribute this booklet and the information within it. This publication is a statistical review of reportable motor vehicle traffic
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The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has developed a test method todetermine the asphalt content of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures by ignition. Inthe ignition method, a HMA sample is subjected to 5380C (lOOO0F) in a furnace toignite and burn the asphalt cement from the aggregate. The difference in weightof the sample before and after i
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996-01-01
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Underage drinking is a community problem that demands a solution. When most of us think of the word “enable,” we relate it to an individual “enabling” another to engage in harmful or potentially destructive behavior. Communities enable as well when they tolerate underage drinking, despite the fact that it is against the law. Individuals and organiz
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Indiana. Governor's Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving
1996-01-01
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According to Indiana State Police Crash Reports, 221,465 traffic crashes were reported in Indiana during 1996 (Table 1). Of these, 870 were fatal crashes in which 982 people died. There were an additional 52,058 personal injury crashes and a total of 77,339 people injured.Compared to 1995, the number of fatal crashes increased 1.3 percent from 859
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1996-01-01
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In 1995, 2,221 motorcyclists were killed and an additional 55,000 were injured in traffic crashes in the United States-4 percent less than the 2,320 motorcyclist fatalities and 3 percent less than the 56,000 motorcyclist injuries reported in 1994. Per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists are about 16 times as likely as passenger car occupants to di
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Waterborne Commerce of the United States, WCUS, Part 3 is one of a series of publications which provides statistics on the foreign and domestic waterborne commerce moved on the United States waters. WCUS, Parts 1-4 present detailed data on the movements of vessels and commodities at the ports and harbors and on the waterways and canals of the Unite
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Llewellyn N. Edwards spent most of his life studying and designing bridges. In 1952, his wife posthumously published a manuscript which had been his life's work: a catalogue ofhis knowledge, understanding, and experience in the art ofbridge building. In that book, Edwards wrote that "the engineer historian gathers a meed ofsatisfaction and pleasure
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Since the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) in 1978, the need for professionally--trained air carrier pilots in the United States has expanded substantially. Postsecondary academic institutions have replaced the military as a major source of cockpit staff. The purpose of this study was to determine the number of University Aviation Asso
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1996-01-01
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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds (based on 1992 figures, which are the latest mortality data currently available from the National Center for Health Statistics). In 1995, a total of 6,220 persons 15 to 20 years old were killed in traffic crashes, of which 3,351 were drivers. An additional 361,000 15- to 20
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This paper will first describe the CyberTran system, and then describe the systems analysis process relative to capital costs that led to the particular vehicle size and system configuration. Following this will be a discussion on the particular aspects of this "small vehicle" system that should make it more appealing to the traveling public than c
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The civilian aviation industry is increasingly being required to comply with the myriad environmental laws currently in force. To gain a better understanding of the types of environmental issues that are being dealt with in the industry, a survey of consulting firms specializing in environmental work at airports was undertaken. The consulting firms
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One of the major impacts of deregulation is the creation of major airport hubs. Deregulation helped to create an environment where major airlines benefit by using the hub system. The purpose of this paper is to examine possible differences between hub and non-hub airports. The authors gathered both primary and secondary data on the 100 busiest U.S.
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1996-01-01
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This overview fact sheet contains statistics on motor vehicle fatalities based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS is a census of fatal crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (although Puerto Rico is not included in U.S. totals). Crash and injury statistics are based on data from the Gen
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Waterborne Cmmerce of the United States, WCUS, Part 5 is one of a series of publications which provides statistics on the foreign and domestic waterborne commerce moved on the United States waters. WCUS, Part 5 provides a condensation of this detailed information thereby providing the decision makers a broad perspective of comerce served by the U.S
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Washington (State). Department of Transportation
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1996-01-01
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The Motor Vehicle Laws of the state of Washington require that standard Traffic Accident Report forms be submitted by the operator of any vehicle in an accident resulting in injury or death to any person, or damage to the property of any person to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars or more. The accident information in this report is extract
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This document reports on the research performed by the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center during 1996. Areas covered include advance materials research, crashworthiness, propulsion systems and fuels, aging aircraft, and catasrophic failure prevention.
National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1996-01-01
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In 1995, 5,585 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States. Figure 1 shows trends in pedestrian and total traffic fatalities, 1985-1995; and Figure 2, pedestrian fatalities by time of day and day of week, 1995. Of the tables, Table 1 shows pedestrian fatalities and injuries by age group, 1995; Table 2, nonoccupant traffic fatali
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The issues surrounding the use of ambient vibration modes for the location of structural damage via dynamicallymeasured flexibility are examined. Several methods for obtaining the required mass-normalizeddynamic mode shapes from ambient modal data are implemented and compared. The methods are applied todata from a series of ambient modal tests on a
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