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 authors of the report have concluded that gasoline buses will provide an economical and generally advantageous substitute for street cars to care for the mass transportation requirements of the Pittsburgh district for the following reasons: (1) Street car service has become essentially un-suited to the transportation needs of the territory, and
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Bauer, J., & Shaw, A. E. (1936). Comments on A Report To the Council of the City of Pittsburgh on the Conditions and Requirements of Modern Mass Transportation in the Pittsburgh District Dated December 5, 1935. Pittsburgh Railways Company. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14984
Bauer, John and Alfred E. Shaw. Comments on A Report To the Council of the City of Pittsburgh on the Conditions and Requirements of Modern Mass Transportation in the Pittsburgh District Dated December 5, 1935. Pittsburgh Railways Company, 1936. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14984.
Bauer, John, and Alfred E. Shaw Comments on A Report To the Council of the City of Pittsburgh on the Conditions and Requirements of Modern Mass Transportation in the Pittsburgh District Dated December 5, 1935. Pittsburgh Railways Company, 1936, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14984.
The research study described in the following pages was undertaken to determine the actual speed of vehicles on Connecticut Highways. It was made in connection with a general survey of highway traffic in the State, carried on jointly by the United States Bureau of Public Roads and the Connecticut State Highway Department. The prime object of this j
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Tilden, C. J. 1. (1936). Motor Vehicle Speeds on Connecticut Highways. Yale University. Committee on Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5576
Tilden, Charles Joseph, 1873-. Motor Vehicle Speeds on Connecticut Highways. Yale University. Committee on Transportation, 1936. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5576.
Tilden, Charles Joseph, 1873- Motor Vehicle Speeds on Connecticut Highways. Yale University. Committee on Transportation, 1936, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5576.
1935-11-01
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Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce Report of the Secretary of Commerce covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935.
United States. Department of Commerce (1935). Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1935. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77219
United States. Department of Commerce. Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1935. United States. Government Printing Office, 1935. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77219.
United States. Department of Commerce Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1935. United States. Government Printing Office, 1935, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77219.
Since 1930, the Bureau of Public Roads has beenconducting at the Arlington Experiment Farm, Va.,an extensive investigation with the general objectiveof developing information that will be of assistance inbetter understanding the structural action of concretepavement slabs.
Teller, L., & Sutherland, E. C. (1935). The structural design of concrete pavements. United States. Bureau of Public Roads. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25580
Teller, L.W. and Earl C. Sutherland. The structural design of concrete pavements. United States. Bureau of Public Roads, 1935. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25580.
Teller, L.W., and Earl C. Sutherland The structural design of concrete pavements. United States. Bureau of Public Roads, 1935, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25580.
Agreement between the "STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT" of the State of Delaware and "THE TOWN OF MILTON" ...
[An ordinance granting a permit, license or franchise to the "STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT" of the "STATE OF DELAWARE" to construct and perpetually maintain a certain modern, improved highway in the "TOWN OF MILTON". (1935). Delaware Center for Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17440
[An ordinance granting a permit, license or franchise to the "STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT" of the "STATE OF DELAWARE" to construct and perpetually maintain a certain modern, improved highway in the "TOWN OF MILTON". Delaware Center for Transportation, 1935. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17440.
[An ordinance granting a permit, license or franchise to the "STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT" of the "STATE OF DELAWARE" to construct and perpetually maintain a certain modern, improved highway in the "TOWN OF MILTON". Delaware Center for Transportation, 1935, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17440.
For a number of years there has been administrative need for a connected system of roads in Sequoia National Forest along the ridge which separates Kern River and San Joaquin Valley water-sheds. Some development roads, or rather truck trails, have already been constructed and others are authorized or proposed. In advance of further construction the
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Alderton, H., & Erhart, E. (1935). Route study of the proposed Western Divide highway between Greenhorn Summit and South Boundary of Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest, and proposed extension to Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park Kern and Tulare counties, California. United States. Bureau of Public Roads. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26785
Alderton, H.A. and E.E. Erhart. Route study of the proposed Western Divide highway between Greenhorn Summit and South Boundary of Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest, and proposed extension to Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park Kern and Tulare counties, California. United States. Bureau of Public Roads, 1935. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26785.
Alderton, H.A., and E.E. Erhart Route study of the proposed Western Divide highway between Greenhorn Summit and South Boundary of Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest, and proposed extension to Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park Kern and Tulare counties, California. United States. Bureau of Public Roads, 1935, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26785.
Railway Automatic Block Signals must be spaced to provide adequate braking distances for any trains, whether freight or high-speed passenger, that may be operated on a rail line. This article furnishes representative braking curves for tonnage freight trains at various speeds up to 50-mph, and for passenger trains at 65 mph, both as a function of t
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1934-11-15
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Twenty second Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce, covering the financial year ended June 30, 1934.
United States. Department of Commerce (1934). Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1934. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76953
United States. Department of Commerce. Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1934. United States. Government Printing Office, 1934. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76953.
United States. Department of Commerce Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce 1934. United States. Government Printing Office, 1934, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76953.
1933-12-01
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Seventeenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1932.
United States Shipping Board (1933). Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1933. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76949
United States Shipping Board. Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1933. United States. Government Printing Office, 1933. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76949.
United States Shipping Board Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1933. United States. Government Printing Office, 1933, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76949.
1932-12-01
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Sixteenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1932.
United States Shipping Board (1932). Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1932. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76948
United States Shipping Board. Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1932. United States. Government Printing Office, 1932. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76948.
United States Shipping Board Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1932. United States. Government Printing Office, 1932, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76948.
1931-11-01
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Fifteenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1931.
United States Shipping Board (1931). Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1931. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76947
United States Shipping Board. Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1931. United States. Government Printing Office, 1931. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76947.
United States Shipping Board Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1931. United States. Government Printing Office, 1931, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76947.
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1930). Interstate Commerce Commission, Report of the Accident Investigation Occurring on the PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY, ANN PERE, MI. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. https://doi.org/10.21949/1507816
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission, Report of the Accident Investigation Occurring on the PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY, ANN PERE, MI. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1930. https://doi.org/10.21949/1507816.
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Commission, Report of the Accident Investigation Occurring on the PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY, ANN PERE, MI. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1930, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1507816.
1930-12-01
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Fourteenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930.
United States Shipping Board (1930). Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1930. United States Shipping Board. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76946
United States Shipping Board. Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1930. United States Shipping Board, 1930. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76946.
United States Shipping Board Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1930. United States Shipping Board, 1930, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76946.
1929-11-30
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Thirteenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1929.
United States Shipping Board (1929). Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1929. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76945
United States Shipping Board. Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1929. United States. Government Printing Office, 1929. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76945.
United States Shipping Board Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1929. United States. Government Printing Office, 1929, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76945.
The present book "Simplification of Highway Traffic" is more or less a revision and rearrangement of selected matter contained in the other four books with some articles, papers and drawings which have not appeared before. It also gives reasons why it is desirable to avoid certain things, the most important being a detailed traffic ordinance which
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Eno, William Phelps, b. 1858 Simplification of Highway Traffic. Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, 1929, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16294.
1928-06-30
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Twelfth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928.
United States Shipping Board (1928). Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1928. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76944
United States Shipping Board. Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1928. United States. Government Printing Office, 1928. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76944.
United States Shipping Board Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1928. United States. Government Printing Office, 1928, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76944.
Eleventh annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927.
United States. Government Printing Office (1927). Eleventh Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1927. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76722
United States. Government Printing Office. Eleventh Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1927. United States. Government Printing Office, 1927. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76722.
United States. Government Printing Office Eleventh Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1927. United States. Government Printing Office, 1927, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76722.
Davis’ well-known equations for the running resistance of locomotives and cars were first published in this 1926 article. The equations were developed on the basis of extensive experimental tests that had been conducted by leading railway companies over the previous twenty-five years. The study categorizes train resistance into three main types:1.
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Tenth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1926.
United States Shipping Board (1926). Tenth Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1926. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76721
United States Shipping Board. Tenth Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1926. United States. Government Printing Office, 1926. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76721.
United States Shipping Board Tenth Annual Report of the U.S. Shipping Board June 30, 1926. United States. Government Printing Office, 1926, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76721.
This paper presents the results of 3,301 experiments on the flow of water through short conduits such as pipe and box culverts and sluiceways under levees. The experiments were conducted by the Bureau of Public Roads, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, at the University hydraulic laboratory.
Yarnell, D. L., Nagler, F. A., & Woodward, S. M. (1926). The Flow of Water through Culverts (Report No. Bulletin 1). University of Iowa. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25515
Yarnell, David L., Floyd A. Nagler, and Sherman M. Woodward. The Flow of Water through Culverts. Report no. Bulletin 1. University of Iowa, 1926. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25515.
Yarnell, David L., et al. The Flow of Water through Culverts. University of Iowa, 1926, Report no. Bulletin 1, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25515.
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