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This study involved a census of 4,491 general aviation accident-involved airmen records for the year 1974 to obtain relevant occupation, age, exposure, and other epidemiologic profile information of a descriptive nature. Population comparison data for occupation, age, and exposure were obtained from a sample of 9,414 currently certified airmen medi
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Booze, C. F. (1977). An epidemiologic investigation of occupation, age, and exposure in general aviation accidents (Report No. FAA-AM-77-10). Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21103
Booze, Charles F.. An epidemiologic investigation of occupation, age, and exposure in general aviation accidents. Report no. FAA-AM-77-10. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21103.
Booze, Charles F. An epidemiologic investigation of occupation, age, and exposure in general aviation accidents. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977, Report no. FAA-AM-77-10, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21103.
The use of sulfur as a means of upgrading poorly graded mineral aggregates for use in asphaltic concrete mixes has been under study by Shell Canada under the trade name of Thermopave for approximately fifteen years. Laboratory work has been extensive and numerous field trials have been completed in Canada. The Texas Transportation Institute under t
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Izatt, J. O., Gallaway, B. M., & Saylak, D. (1977). Sand-Asphalt-Sulfur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas (Report No. DHT-FC-IP-1-9-76-5191). Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84568
Izatt, John O., B. M. Gallaway, and D. Saylak. Sand-Asphalt-Sulfur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas. Report no. DHT-FC-IP-1-9-76-5191. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84568.
Izatt, John O., et al. Sand-Asphalt-Sulfur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977, Report no. DHT-FC-IP-1-9-76-5191, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84568.
This report represents a continuation of analyses concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grain from North Dakota. This series began with the analysis of 1956-57 data and was published in Agricultural Economics Report 14, Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Subsequent years' data were analyzed in Agr
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Cosgriff, J. G. (1977). North Dakota Grain Transportation Statistics 1975–76 (Report No. UGPTI Publication No. 30). Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60472
Cosgriff, John G. North Dakota Grain Transportation Statistics 1975–76. Report no. UGPTI Publication No. 30. Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60472.
Cosgriff, John G North Dakota Grain Transportation Statistics 1975–76. Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, 1977, Report no. UGPTI Publication No. 30, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60472.
Reported here is the Test and Evaluation Plan of a study to investigate the effectiveness of four techniques for reducing wheel/ rail noise in rail rapid transit systems (resilient wheels, damped wheels, wheel truing, and rail grinding) by implementing a testing program on the SEPTA Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia. Presented are the methods a
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Saurenman, H. J., & Holowaty, M. C. (1977). In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise: Test and Evaluation Plan (Report No. DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-17;UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-10). United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1527596
Saurenman, Hugh J. and Michael C. Holowaty. In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise: Test and Evaluation Plan. Report no. DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-17;UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-10. United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1977. https://doi.org/10.21949/1527596.
Saurenman, Hugh J., and Michael C. Holowaty In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise: Test and Evaluation Plan. United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1977, Report no. DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-17;UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-10, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1527596.
Annual report of the Maritime Administration covering fiscal year 1976 and the transition quarter. The report describes in detail the Agency's efforts to promote and maintain a strong American merchant marine.
United States. Maritime Administration (1977). The Annual Report of the Maritime Administration for Fiscal Year 1976 and the Transition Quarter Ending September 30, 1976 [MARAD 1976]. United States. Department of Commerce. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77514
United States. Maritime Administration. The Annual Report of the Maritime Administration for Fiscal Year 1976 and the Transition Quarter Ending September 30, 1976 [MARAD 1976]. United States. Department of Commerce, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77514.
United States. Maritime Administration The Annual Report of the Maritime Administration for Fiscal Year 1976 and the Transition Quarter Ending September 30, 1976 [MARAD 1976]. United States. Department of Commerce, 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77514.
This report describes the background and conceptual design of incorporating into the current 40 foot bus a level change device to board wheelchair persons. In addition, it also covers seating, wheelchair positioning and securing the wheelchair once on board.
AM General Corporation (1977). A Study of Wheelchair Access to the Current Transit Bus Design. United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92044
AM General Corporation. A Study of Wheelchair Access to the Current Transit Bus Design. United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92044.
AM General Corporation A Study of Wheelchair Access to the Current Transit Bus Design. United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92044.
Comprises pages 1-212 of a transcript of the public hearing on Transbus, held March 15, 1977, in Washington, D. C., Mortimer L. Downey III, Deputy Undersecretary, U. S. Dept. of Transportation, presiding. The objective of the hearings is to receive input from the transit community and the bus manufacturing community on the development of "Transbus"
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United States. Department of Transportation (1977). Public hearing on Transbus : stenographic transcript of hearings in the matter of public hearing on Transbus. National Tribal Environmental Council (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15022
United States. Department of Transportation. Public hearing on Transbus : stenographic transcript of hearings in the matter of public hearing on Transbus. National Tribal Environmental Council (U.S.), 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15022.
United States. Department of Transportation Public hearing on Transbus : stenographic transcript of hearings in the matter of public hearing on Transbus. National Tribal Environmental Council (U.S.), 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15022.
Louisiana's Office of Highways reacts to a major problem when it attempts to shape and control drainage patterns along its right-of-ways. The Office's design engineers meet this challenge through proper section design and appropriate application of drainage structures.Perhaps the most common structure that these design engineers use is the drainage
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Kinchen, R. W., Temple, W. H., & Lacinak, H. W. (1977). Evaluation of drainage pipe by field experimentation and supplemental laboratory experimentation : interim report No. 1 (Report No. Research Report No. 101). Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development. Office of Highways. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21983
Kinchen, Richard W., William H. Temple, and Henry W. Lacinak. Evaluation of drainage pipe by field experimentation and supplemental laboratory experimentation : interim report No. 1. Report no. Research Report No. 101. Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development. Office of Highways, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21983.
Kinchen, Richard W., et al. Evaluation of drainage pipe by field experimentation and supplemental laboratory experimentation : interim report No. 1. Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development. Office of Highways, 1977, Report no. Research Report No. 101, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21983.
This report presents a preliminary evaluation of park-and-ride facilities. A literature review was conducted and, from this, characteristics of park-and-ride service in the United States were documented. Also, each Texas city providing park-and-ride service was surveyed, and the existing or projected park-and-ride operations in five Texas cities ar
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Urbanik II, T., & Holder, R. W. (1977). Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for Priority Use of Urban Freeways in Texas (Report No. TTI-2-10-74-205-1). Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85322
Urbanik II, Thomas and Ronald W. Holder. Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for Priority Use of Urban Freeways in Texas. Report no. TTI-2-10-74-205-1. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85322.
Urbanik II, Thomas, and Ronald W. Holder Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for Priority Use of Urban Freeways in Texas. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977, Report no. TTI-2-10-74-205-1, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85322.
When dogs are shipped by air transport, they can encounter environmental temperatures as high as 130.0 F during the summer months. Heat- induced hyperthermia can be a major problem in dogs.To assess some aspects of the heat stress problem, 20 dogs were exposed to an ambient temperature of 130.0 F for 30 minutes--10 dogs at 15% relative humidity and
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Hanneman, G., Higgins, E., Price, G., Funkhouser, G., Grape, P., & Snyder, L. (1977). A study of effects of hyperthermia on large, short-haired male dogs : a simulated air transport environmental stress (Report No. FAA-AM-77-8). Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21101
Hanneman, G.D., E.A. Higgins, G.T. Price, G.E. Funkhouser, P.M. Grape, and L. Snyder. A study of effects of hyperthermia on large, short-haired male dogs : a simulated air transport environmental stress. Report no. FAA-AM-77-8. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21101.
Hanneman, G.D., et al. A study of effects of hyperthermia on large, short-haired male dogs : a simulated air transport environmental stress. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977, Report no. FAA-AM-77-8, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21101.
Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
1977-03-01
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In this report the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) compares the relative performance of sand-asphalt-sulfur pavements and a deep asphalt concrete pavement. Elastic and fatigue properties of the sand-asphalt-sulfur pavement materials were studied in considerable detail over a period of years. The material moduli and fatigue properties were used
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Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University (1977). Sand-Asphalt-Sulphur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas: A Handout. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86370
Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. Sand-Asphalt-Sulphur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas: A Handout. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86370.
Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University Sand-Asphalt-Sulphur Pavement Experimental Project, Highway U.S. 77, Kenedy County, Texas: A Handout. Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University, 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86370.
Visual acuity was determined at the intermediate range for older individuals with various combinations of ocular refractive error (nine subcategories) and accommodative power (three subcategories). Subjects (N=249) read numerals ranging in size to measure visual acuity from 20/80 to 20/15 at 51, 76, and 102 cm (20, 30, and 40 in) with 50 fL luminan
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Welsh, K. W., Rasmussen, P. G., & Vaughan, J. A. (1977). Intermediate visual acuity of presbyopic individuals with and without distance and bifocal lens corrections (Report No. FAA-AM-77-7). Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21100
Welsh, Kenneth W., Paul G. Rasmussen, and John A. Vaughan. Intermediate visual acuity of presbyopic individuals with and without distance and bifocal lens corrections. Report no. FAA-AM-77-7. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21100.
Welsh, Kenneth W., et al. Intermediate visual acuity of presbyopic individuals with and without distance and bifocal lens corrections. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977, Report no. FAA-AM-77-7, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21100.
Data obtained from sleep logs maintained for a period of 5 weeks by 185 air traffic controllers indicate that on a weekly basis there is no significant difference in the amount of sleep obtained by controllers working the 2-2-1 rotation pattern and that obtained by those on the 5-day rotation pattern. Controllers working the 2-2-1 rotation pattern
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Saldivar, J., Hoffman, S., & Melton, C. (1977). Sleep in air traffic controllers (Report No. FAA-AM-77-5). Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21097
Saldivar, J.T., S.M. Hoffman, and C.E. Melton. Sleep in air traffic controllers. Report no. FAA-AM-77-5. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21097.
Saldivar, J.T., et al. Sleep in air traffic controllers. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977, Report no. FAA-AM-77-5, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21097.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1977-02-01
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The Handbook has been divided into three sections. The first and largest section covers basic topics pertinent to both management and evaluation. This section is organized chronologically, so that the information the reader will need to know first is presented first. The earlier chapters introduce NHTSA and its activities, describe the demonstratio
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (1977). Management and Evaluation Handbook for Demonstration Projects in Traffic Safety, 1976 (Report No. DOT HS-802-196). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92552
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Management and Evaluation Handbook for Demonstration Projects in Traffic Safety, 1976. Report no. DOT HS-802-196. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92552.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Management and Evaluation Handbook for Demonstration Projects in Traffic Safety, 1976. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1977, Report no. DOT HS-802-196, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92552.
A primary objective and underlying theme of this proposal is to focus the attention of the Federal Government and the Congress more sharply on spending decisions of an interstate nature that affect the development of the national transportation system and at the same time provide greater flexibility to State and local governments in using limited F
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Coleman, W. T. J., & Barnum, J. W. (1977). Reorganization of the Department of Transportation and Its Programs. United States. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92639
Coleman, William T., Jr. and John W. Barnum. Reorganization of the Department of Transportation and Its Programs. United States. Department of Transportation, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92639.
Coleman, William T., Jr., and John W. Barnum Reorganization of the Department of Transportation and Its Programs. United States. Department of Transportation, 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92639.
A projection of the form and direction that the U.S. transportation system will take over the next 25 years has been made as a foundation for the development of a national transportation policy, but the report is not itself written as a plan of action. Detailed are the choices faced by Americans in dealing with their dominant taxpayer-financed high
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United States. Department of Transportation (1977). National Transportation: Trends and Choices (To the Year 2000): Part D. United States. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55245
United States. Department of Transportation. National Transportation: Trends and Choices (To the Year 2000): Part D. United States. Department of Transportation, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55245.
United States. Department of Transportation National Transportation: Trends and Choices (To the Year 2000): Part D. United States. Department of Transportation, 1977, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55245.
In an effort to further the cause of increased safety for those who ride in commercial aircraft, this paper presents a detailed description of the genesis of a small-scale, laboratory test system that utilizes small animals to evaluate the relative toxic hazard of combustion products generated by the thermal decomposition of nonmetallic materials.
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Crane, C. R., Sanders, D. C., Endecott, B. R., Abbott, J. K., & Smith, P. W. (1977). Inhalation Toxicology: I. Design of a Small-Animal Test System; [and, Inhalation Toxicology:] II. Determination of the Relative Toxic Hazards of 75 Aircraft Cabin Materials (Report No. FAA-AM-77-9). Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21102
Crane, Charles R., Donald C. Sanders, Boyd R. Endecott, John K. Abbott, and Paul W. Smith. Inhalation Toxicology: I. Design of a Small-Animal Test System; [and, Inhalation Toxicology:] II. Determination of the Relative Toxic Hazards of 75 Aircraft Cabin Materials. Report no. FAA-AM-77-9. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21102.
Crane, Charles R., et al. Inhalation Toxicology: I. Design of a Small-Animal Test System; [and, Inhalation Toxicology:] II. Determination of the Relative Toxic Hazards of 75 Aircraft Cabin Materials. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, 1977, Report no. FAA-AM-77-9, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21102.
Over a four-year period beginning in 1970, wrong-way incidents and accidents on Virginia's interstate highways were reduced by 50% and those on non-interstate 4-lane divided highways by 70%. However, since 1975 an upward trend has been observed on interstate roads while the downward trend has continued on non-interstate roads. The report discusses
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Vaswani, N. K. (1977). Further reduction in incidences of wrong-way driving (Report No. VHTRC 77-R45). Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20081
Vaswani, Nari K. Further reduction in incidences of wrong-way driving. Report no. VHTRC 77-R45. Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), 1977. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20081.
Vaswani, Nari K Further reduction in incidences of wrong-way driving. Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), 1977, Report no. VHTRC 77-R45, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20081.
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