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 researchers completed twelve UAS data collection field tests, ten at TxDOT district project sites and two at development test sites, using SfM and LiDAR. Two grades of LiDAR scanners were evaluated based on their ranging capabilities and quality of their position and orientation systems. Data collections were conducted across all four seasons i
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The Western Transportation Institute (WTI) has been coordinating with Bike Walk Montana and the Montana Department of Commerce’s Main Street Program to help small towns with pop-up projects aimed at slowing traffic to create safer streets. The Department of Commerce suggested opportunities for pop-up traffic calming in Hamilton, Montana, where City
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The West Yellowstone Business Improvement Advisory Board (BIAB) reached out to the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) in fall 2023 to request help slowing traffic through W. Yellowstone, Montana, to create safer streets, especially for pedestrians. In October 2023, WTI met with Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) staff to discuss the pos
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This study leverages high-fidelity observational data to analyze driver behavior and vehicle dynamics within work zones (WZs) on Tennessee’s interstate highways, aiming to evaluate critical aspects of safety, mobility, and driver comfort. Data were collected over several months from GPS, IMU sensors, and video recordings on commercial vehicles trav
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Minnesota. Department of Transportation. Local Road Research Board
2024-10-01
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While seal coating has been widely used as a cost-effective strategy in asphalt pavement preservation by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and local agencies to extend the life of pavements, some cities and counties in Minnesota have reported their concerns about the premature stripping of street pavements that have been seal coate
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Max-pressure (MP) traffic signal control is a new and innovative control algorithm that uses upstream and downstream vehicle counts to determine signal timing that maximizes throughput. While this method has been extensively tested in simulation, it has not yet been tested on actual traffic signals in the US. To close this gap, this report presents
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Anti-graffiti coatings provide a shielding layer that facilitates the removal of graffiti by providing a water-and oil-resistant surface that precludes the penetration of paint through the substrate. The main objective of this research is to provide the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with recommendations on the re-evaluation of the ex
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This project's goal was to improve asset management through Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) practices. The research was intended to amplify the results of prior research that produced the Proposed Guidelines for Reliability-Based Inspection Practices. Under the new provisions of the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS), bridge owners that implem
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Unintentional lane departure is a significant safety risk. Currently, available commercial lane departure warning systems use vision-based or GPS technology with lane-level resolution. These techniques have their own performance limitations in poor weather conditions. We have previously developed a lane departure detection (LDD) algorithm using sta
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Many migratory amphibians make annual population-level migrations among breeding wetlands and over-wintering and/or summer foraging upland terrestrial habitats. To reduce the negative impacts from road mortality on these vulnerable populations, it has been standard practice to build safe crossings in the form of small passages connected by barrier
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Rainfall-induced landslides are a common occurrence along Alabama highways leading to significant damage to infrastructure and disruption to traffic. There are no current approaches in use to predict when these slides are likely to occur, which limits the ability of ALDOT personnel to respond or intervene. This study developed a monitoring and asse
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This research proposed a composite index framework using technical, socioeconomic, and environmental aspects to measure and monitor the robustness and rapidity of various aspects of a regional transportation infrastructure’s resilience to wind and water-related hazards.
Unintentional lane departure is a significant safety risk. Currently, available commercial lane departure warning systems use vision- based or GPS technology with lane-level resolution. These techniques have their own performance limitations in poor weather conditions. The authors have previously developed a lane departure detection (LDD) algorithm
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This report is the response to the North Dakota Legislature's request for a study of the transportation infrastructure needs of all counties, townships and tribes in the state. In 2019, the North Dakota Legislature advanced HB 1066 which had a provision for funding distributions to non-oil producing counties based on the most recent version of this
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The surface free energy of asphalt binders and aggregates is a critical material property related to the moisture sensitivity of asphalt mixtures. Surface free energies of these materials can be used to quantitatively determine the interfacial adhesive bond strength between two materials and the tendency of water to displace this bond based on fund
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The surface free energy of an asphalt binder and aggregate is essential for determining the moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures. This project proposed an efficient method to routinely measure the surface energies of asphalt binders and aggregates to help design asphalt mixtures that are increasingly resistant to moisture damage. Surface ene
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Minerals, forestry, agriculture, and industrial activities in Minnesota generate substantial by-products and waste. Strategies to reuse or recycle these can reduce landfill waste, enhance public health, conserve resources, and cut costs and emissions. Building on the frameworks by Johnson et al. (2017), Saftner et al. (2019), and Saftner et al. (20
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The objective of this research study is to synthesize existing research and review the state of the practice regarding the use of FYG for pedestrian and bicyclist signs. The research methodology includes a literature review, survey of departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and follow up interviews with a
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This study presents a method to estimate fare payment compliance within the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus system using only automatically collected data from the Automated Fare Collection and Automated Passenger Counting systems. Data from over 787,000 passenger boardings were used to identify patterns of fare system on-interaction
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