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 curriculum, Emergency Medical Technician-Basic: National Standard Curriculum,is the cornerstone of EMS prehospital training. Presented here is theinstructor's guide. This new curriculum parallels the recommendations of theNational EMS Education and Practice Blueprint. The EMT-Basic curriculum is acore curriculum of minimum required information,
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An index to Office of Aviation Medicine Reports (1964-1993) and Civil Aeromedical Research Institute Reports is presented as a reference for those engaged in aviation medicine and related activities. It lists all FAA aviation medicine reports published from 1961 through 1993: chronologically (pp. 1-37), alphabetically by author (pp. 39-46) and alph
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Prepared ca. 1994. This publication is designed to provide: a brief history of the role of aviation in motivating young people to learn; - examples of aviation magnet activities, programs, projects and school curriculums; - documentation of the benefits of aviation education for students; - examples of what one person can do to facilitate aviation
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Driver drowsiness is a major, though elusive, cause of traffic crashes. As part of itsIVHS/human factors program, NHTSA is supporting research to develop in-vehicle systems .to continuously monitor driver alertness and performance. Scientific support for thefeasibility of this countermeasure concept is provided by research showing that: Drowsy driv
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A travel survey conducted in Spring 1994 in Vermont is included in this report. The actual survey and accompanying cover letter sent to random households is the focus of this report. General information, such as why households were selected, the importance of their participation, and their privacy, for example, are addressed. The sample travel diar
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This project evaluated the effectiveness of symbol traffic signs for young, middle-aged and elderly drivers. Daytime legibility distance and comprehension of 85 symbols in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) were measured. Legibility distance under night and night-with-glare conditions, glance legibility, reaction time and conspic
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This study was undertaken at the request of the Texas Department of Transportation in response to its obligations under Senate Bill 352, 72nd Texas State Legislature (Texas Revised Statutes, Article 6669C) to conduct a fact-finding study in support of a state-funds contracting and procurement program for businesses owned by minorities and women. Th
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The current passive signing system for railroad-highway grade crossings is used at both actively and passively controlled crossings. A sign system unique to passively controlled crossings which conveys to the driver his or her responsibility is needed. This research developed two experimental passive signing systems and tested driver comprehension,
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This report documents the results of field testing of seventeen types of retroreflective raised pavement markers (RRPMs) installed in August 1992 at four interstate locations around San Antonio, Texas. Reflectivity measurements were taken periodically at each site using a portable reflectometer. These data were supplemented with laboratory reflecti
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This is the fourth in a series of reports documenting a research program aimed at detailed investigation of a new type of bridge structure that has a moderately thick, post-tensioned, concrete slab resting directly on columns without bent caps. In this program, two scaled laboratory models, named Model One and Model Two, are tested in the laborator
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Economic growth along the Texas-Mexico border has prompted new concerns regarding the adequacy of that area's transportation infrastructure. In response, both the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA) are investigating ways in which the border infrastructure might be upgraded, either through new bridges a
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An in-depth investigation of the ridesharing programs in the Baltimore and suburban Washington, D.C. areas was needed in light of the apparent difficulty in increasing ridership on the existing ridesharing programs. Many of the studies done on ridesharing suggest that social, psychological and other personal factors may influence ridesharing as muc
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is currently undertaking its first statewide multimodal planning process since the adoption of two key pieces of federal legislation related to transportation, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). This process is called TRANSL
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The objective of this research was to identify and evaluate traffic control devices that would improve the safety of traffic operations in work zones on highways in South Dakota. A review of the literature and current practice was conducted to identify traffic control devices with the potential to reduce speeds and/or improve driver recognition and
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This standard establishes requirements necessary for ensuring the compliance of National Airspace Systems (NAS) open systems to Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) requirements specified in FAA-STD-039a (or latest revision). Open system interfaces employed within the NAS must be certified implementations of communication protocols that comply with t
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The purpose of this Transit Development Pan (TDP) is to indicate how transit could be implemented in the Yuma area, if and when, the local agencies decide to initiate public transit and utilize Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds. The Plan demonstrates six alternative transit systems. For each, the following characteristics are examined: 1)
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This advisory circular (AC) contains performance standards, specifications, andrecommendations for the design, construction, and testing of a family of small,dual agent aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles. The NationalFire Protection Association Standard for Aircraft Rescue And Fire FightingVehicles (NFPA 414-1990) forms the basis for
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The Quadrennial Needs Study was developed to assist in theidentification of highway needs and the distribution of road fundsin Iowa among the various highway entities. During the period 1978to 1990, the process has seen large shifts in needs and associatedfunding distribution in individual counties with no apparentreasons. This study investigated t
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