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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This document provides guidelines and procedures for the retiming of diamond interchanges, including procedures for data collection, and the types and amount of data to be collected; the analytical procedures and software packages that are available for signal retiming projects; and examples of step-by-step applications for each type of signal timi
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The statewide practice of urban travel forecasting in Texas is described. An overview of methods practiced and theoretical basis for travel modeling is presented in brief format. Each of the four steps used in the Texas Package travel modeling process is described TRIPCAL5, the Texas Package trip generation method, is summarized. Trip distribution
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This report summarizes the results of the survey of the North Central Expressway automobile and transit panelists conducted in May 1992. The results of the survey indicate that travel conditions in the corridor have not deteriorated significantly since the start of Expressway construction south of 1-635. Details regarding the survey analysis and re
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This report documents the study findings on truck traffic generated from the maquila industries along the Texas/Mexico border. The report also explains the benefits of the maquilas, to both the United States and Mexico. The transportation needs of Texas are defined, promoting the vital economic health of the Texas-Mexico border region.
The consideration of user responses is important in planning reconstruction activities and in developing control strategies. Extensive surveys of actual commuter behavior in the North Central Expressway corridor in Dallas, Texas, were conducted to characterize the day-to-day dynamics of commuter decisions and to calibrate the user decision models i
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This report summarizes over four years of research on heat-straightening repairs and provides a prototype engineering guide for the application of heat-straightening to bridge structures. It is based on the research results detailed in a companion report entitled, "Development of Engineering Design Procedures for Heat-Straightening Repair of Damage
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This report documents the second deployment of the Data Link Test and Analysis System (DATAS) as a Traffic Alert and Collision System (TCAS) monitor. The purpose was to identify aircraft which were reporting Illegal Mode Select (Mode S) ID's. The project was conducted by the Research Directorate for Aviation Technology, Airborne Collision Avoidance
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This draft manual describes an unsurfaced road maintenance management system for use on military installations. This system is available in either a manual or computerized mode (Micro PAVER). The maintenance standards prescribed should protect Government property with an economical and effective expenditure of maintenance funds commensurate with th
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Hunter-Zaworski, Katharine M., Zaworski, Joseph R., and Clarke, Garrett
1992-12-01
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The Independent Locking Securement System Project (ILS System Project) is a successful attempt to respond to the transportation community's need for a "universal" securement/restraint system that will accommodate most wheeled mobility aids, including three-wheeled scooters, in common use on public transportation systems. The research project was de
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Volume IV presents an overview of the mobile source category as a whole and identifies specific methods that can be used to identify and inventory sources, estimate emissions, and establish and maintain a useful, current mobile source emissions inventory.
Fifteen representative steel bridges throughout the State of Illinois were instrumented with foil strain gages to determine their frequencies of loading and the magnitudes of stresses induced by traffic over a 3 to 8-hour period, depending on traffic volume. Reinforced prestressed or post-tensioned concrete bridges were not included in this study.
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The corrosion of reinforcing steel within concrete has always been a problem in construction of bridge decks. With low slump concrete and epoxy rebar, progress has been made in controlling the corrosion. There is concern, however, that the chloride also attacks the substructures, specifically the pier columns. They are subject to chloride attack by
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Oregon. Department of Transportation. Materials and Research Section
1992-12-01
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Last year, the City of Portland decided to place geotextile fabrics under asphalt concrete overlays for pavement reinforcement and crack retardation. The City expected the following benefits from using the fabrics: retardation of reflective cracks, reduction of water infiltration into underlying cracks, retardation of vegetation growth in cracks, i
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The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the feasibility of using high-strength concrete in the design and construction of highway bridge structures. A literature search was conducted; a survey of five regional fabrication plants was performed; mix designs studied in the laboratory and in the field; and three series of tests consisting o
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this report concerns the attachment of strain gages to polymer soil reinforcement grids (geogrids) for high elongation measurements, i.e. 5% and higher. Existing methods of attaching strain gages to geogrids are not suited for measurement of these high strains. Therefore, a research study was initiated to develop practical and repeatable procedures
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The development of voids under approach slabs to bridges can lead to distress of the approach system resulting in decreased life expectancy, increased maintenance costs for repair and stabilization, and rider discomfort due to "bumps" resulting from grade differences in the approach system. The mechanisms involved in the development of the void gen
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This study is a follow up study and was initiated prior to actual construction so that the construction period could be monitored and the economic impacts of the before and after construction periods could be estimated. The following impacts were studied: (1) impact on abutting businesses and properties, (2) impact on reduction of available parking
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The most important findings are: the expenditure of almost $81 million on construction over the next three years will results in some 900 new construction jobs available in 1993. Around 2100 additional jobs in service and support industries will be required to support this additional growth in the economy of the Commonwealth. Construction will requ
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This study addressed the problem of bridge ends on primary roads that are near intersecting roads. At these sites, standard guardrail treatments for the bridge end cannot be used because of insufficient run-out length and, therefore, alternate treatments are needed. The study approach consisted of (a) a survey of typical sites to identify the natur
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The primary objective of this research study was to develop a rational procedure for the Texas Department of Transportation to determine the time required to complete a construction contract for different types of highway construction projects. The final product of this research project is the TxDOT Contract Time Determination System (CTDS). The sy
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