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 purpose of surveying residents near an existing urban freeway was to obtain their experiences and opinions concerning its location and design and its effect upon people living nearby. The Katy Freeway in Houston was selected as the study area for the following reasons: (1) it had three major designs - below grade (depressed), on grade, and abov
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The procedures used by three Houston radio stations in broadcasting freeway traffic information and the nature of the traffic information broadcasted were evaluated to obtain a better understanding of the application of commercial radio to freeway communications. The results of the study strongly suggest that commercial radio using current practice
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Tests were made on concrete specimens that had been coated with four different waterproofing materials to determine how far the coatings penetrated into the concrete. Also, coated surfaces and overlaid specimens were ponded over with 5% salt water and tap water to determine the effectiveness of each to prevent the migration of moisture into the con
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A review of the state of knowledge was conducted for the purpose of evaluating the problem of wrong way driving on freeways and expressways. The extent and causes of wrong way driving as well as preventive. measures that are used or could be used have been reviewed. This is to provide additional insight in the development of a detection and communi
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The problem of providing a practical method for evaluating highway noise using inexpensive equipment and technical personnel already available to a Highway Department has been examined. A periodic sampling procedure has been developed using a hand-held sound level meter set on the "A" weighted network. Recordings of traffic noise were taken at seve
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This report summarizes the effects of controlled access highways on selected farm and ranch operators in three types of agricultural areas in Texas. The first area selected for study is located along Interstate 45 in Madison County and represents an area of small ranches. Results of the study were published in Research Reports 58-4 and 58-4(8). The
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This report contains a series of tables which depict the flow of commodities between North Dakota and Minnesota for the year 1969. The data represent commodities which originated in each state and the first market destination was in one of the states (the product, in fact, may have been transshipped after being handled in some way in North Dakota o
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Forty instrument rated commercial and ATR pilots with 250 to 12,271 flight hours each flew ten simulated ILS approaches in a single engine, general aviation aircraft. Divided into five groups, each group used a different glide slope cue display in combination with a modified 'T' instrument panel configuration. Two types of aural glide slope cue dis
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The primary purpose of this report is to illustrate the distribution methods and patterns of barley and oats. Basic data regarding this activity for rye and flax are also reported.
This report is the result of a research program in which various types of submerged drainage structures were evaluated in an effort to determine the life expectancy of such a structure. California-s method of predicting the behavior pattern of submerged metal pipe, California No. 643-B, was found to be applicable to Louisiana Soils, and a good corr
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Soil-cement base course materials design in Louisiana is based upon durability and compressive strength criteria, with the compressive strength requirements being the controlling factor in 95 percent of the designs. The findings to data have provided reasonable verification that the previous design strength of 300 psi was being achieved in the fiel
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Reported herein are the results of a study concerned with determining the amount of water which can be expected to exist on various pavement types under normal ranges of pavement cross slopes, rainfall intensities, pavement textures, and drainage lengths. Equations are developed which relate these variables and their relative effects to water depth
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A questionnaire survey was conducted of state and local highway engineers and law enforcement personnel in an attempt to qualitatively determine the nature of wrong-way driving in Texas. In general, these officials considered the greatest problem with respect to wrong-way driving to be that of the drinking, drunk, or drugged driver. They also sugge
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This, the final report on the study, represents the recommended synthetic coarse aggregate classification system and performance standards for presently envisioned uses within the highway system. The classification system divides the material into two classes-bloated and non-bloated-and each class into several groups of descending physical requirem
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A method of fundamental evaluation of asphalt cement structural performance was examined by measurement of the mechanical behavior (load response and failure) of candidate asphaltic concrete mixtures by application of direct uniaxial tension and compression, splitting tension, triaxial tension, and double lap shear test procedures. The mixtures wer
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Current design practice for horizontal curves assumes that vehicles follow the path of the highway curve with geometric exactness. To examine the adequacy of this assumption, photographic field studies were conducted of vehicle maneuvers on highway curves. Results of the field studies indicate that most vehicle paths, regardless of speed, exceed th
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The objective of the study were:1) To evaluate present methods and develop new methods for establishing a permanent vegetative cover.2) To develop erosion control practices for existing highway drains and ditches.3) To develop highway bank stabilization methods that do not require top soil from adjacent agricultural lands.
Nine well-trained subjects were tested on a complex performance device designed to assess functions of relevance to aircrew activities. The tests, which involved tracking, monitoring, and mental arithmetic, were performed during exposure to altitude (14,000 feet) and heat (60 C.) both singly and in combination.Several physiological measures were ta
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An automated fluorometric trihydroxyindole procedure is described for the measurement of norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) in blood plasma or urine. The method employs conventional techniques for isolation of the catecholamines by alumina column chromatography. Column eluates are analyzed in an AutoAnalyzer system incorporating two fluoromete
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The advantages of aircraft in providing military medical evacuation are well documented. Training and experience have resulted in a reliable and safe military medical evacuation system. Many studies have been done or are in process which pertain to civil emergency helicopter evacuation. Fixed-wing secondary ambulance service is growing at a rapid r
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