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 airway facilities (AF) maintenance community is concerned with identifying ways of reducing both the incidence of equipment failure and the amount of time required to restore equipment to operational status following a failure. It is vitally important to identify the many components of downtime and contributors to a particular outage (equipment
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Staw, Bell, and Clausen (1986) have suggested that employees "bring a positive or negative disposition to the work setting, process information about the job in a way that is consistent with that disposition, and then experience job satisfaction or dissatisfaction as a result." Although this is not a universally held viewpoint, given such endeavors
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Two formal validation studies of the Air Traffic Control Specialist Pre Training Screen (ATCS/PTS), a 5 day computer administered test battery, are described. The ATCS/PTS was designed to replace the 9 week US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Academy ATCS Nonradar Screen program that served as the second major test in the ATCS selection system
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Several investigators have expressed concern that the imminent automation of air traffic control may have negative consequences on cognitive functioning, and ultimately on performance. We investigated these possibilities empirically by comparing normal, conventional air traffic control with an experimental condition designed to resemble an extreme
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
1994-01-24
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With ageing road infrastructure and sustained traffic growth, the maintenance and rehabilitation of road and motorway networks require increased funding. Adequate allocation and distribution of available resources are therefore a key policy issue. The goals are to preserve the value of the road asset, provide improved service to road users and assu
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There shall be at the head of each Office an Inspector General who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration,
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1994-01-20
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While a heliport itself may be simple, the planning and organization required toproperly put one into place can be intimidating. To help make the process easier,the Federal Aviation Administration has published this Advisory Circular(AC) 150/5390-2A, Heliport Design. This Advisory Circular (AC) providesrecommendations and standards for heliport and
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The purpose of this document is to provide the technical requirements for operation, inspection and maintenance of a TRUPACT-II Shipping Package and directly related components. This document shall supply the minimum requirements as specified in the TRUPACT-II Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP) and Certificate of Compliance (C of C) 9218.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1994-01-03
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This order revises the procedures contained in Order 8130.21, Completion and Use of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Form 8130-3, Airworthiness Approval Tag (herein referred to as "the form") dated June 21, 1991. Specifically, this revision contains guidance concerning the use of revised FAA Form 8130-3 (11-93) for export approval, identificat
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1994-01-01
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In 1993, 2,444 motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes in the United States-2 percent more than the 2,395 motorcyclist fatalities reported in 1992.. Motorcycles make up 2 percent of all registered vehicles in the United States and account for only 0.4 percent of all vehicle miles traveled. Motorcyclists were involved in only 1 percent of all p
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1994-01-01
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In 1993, 5,638 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States. Figure 1 shows trends in pedestrian and total traffic fatalities, 1983-1993; and Figure 2, pedestrian fatalities by time of day and day of week, 1993. Of the tables, Table 1 shows pedestrian fatalities and injuries by age group, 1993; Table 2, nonoccupant traffic fatali
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
1994-01-01
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STANDARDS ARE OUTLINED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF MAIL BOXES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF SAFETY PRACTICABLE FOR THE MOTORING PUBLIC AND THE GREATEST POSSIBLE DEGREE OF PROTECTION TO MAIL CARRIERS AND MAIL BOX OWNERS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EACH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ADOPT CONTROL REGULATIONS FOR MAIL BOXES AND NEWSPAPER BOXES TO BE PLACED WITHIN
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1994-01-01
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There are almost 23 million people age 70 years and older in the United States. In 1993, this age group made up 8.8 percent of the total U.S. resident population, compared with 7.8 percent in 1983. From 1983 to 1993, this older segment of the population grew 2.5 times as fast as the total population. There were 15.6 million older licensed drivers i
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United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Flight Standards Service
1994-01-01
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The FAA has available hundreds of computer testing centers nationwide. These testing centers offer the full range of airman knowledge tests including military competence, instrument foreign pilot, and pilot examiner screening tests. Refer to appendix 1 in this guide for a list of computer testing designees. This knowledge test guide was developed t
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Information contained in this report represents traffic crash data and supporting informationfrom the Ohio Integrated Traffic Records System and various other state agency sources.Data presented herein represents the contents of those files on or about 7/1/94. Most of thedata files that are used to generate this report are subject to minor changes
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The main objective of the research is to provide a laboratory methodology for resilient modulus testing which can be implemented to design flexible pavements mechanistically in Louisiana. The results from laboratory methodologies will be used to validate the existing soil properties - Mr relationships used in Louisiana. The outcome of the research
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1994-01-01
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In 1994, 4,615 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in fatal traffic crashes in the United States. A total of 5,112 people died in those crashes-13 percent of the 40,676 traffic fatalities reported in 1994. One out of eight traffic fatalities in 1993 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. O
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
1994-01-01
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In 1993, 814 pedalcyclists were killed in traffic crashes. Pedalcyclist deaths accounted for 2 percent of all traffic fatalities during the year. Figure 1 shows trends in pedalcyclist and total traffic fatalities, 1983-1993. Of the tables, Table 1 shows nonoccupant traffic fatalities, 1983-1993; Table 2, pedalcyclist fatalities and injuries and fat
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