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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is interested in finding a more efficient and accurate restriping system than the current system in use in order to save costs and/or accomplish the same work using fewer field personnel. Therefore, this report details the potential financial advantages for KDOT to deploy an automated pavement restripi
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United States. Department of Transportation. Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence
2024-09-01
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Our first AI Assurance (AIA) whitepaper, An Overview of AI Assurance for Transportation, was published in April 2024. One of the identified key areas for AIA research is AI risk assessment and mitigation, which has not been explored sufficiently in the past. To promote and accelerate research efforts to address AI risks, this whitepaper—as the seco
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Transportation system construction activities can cause increased suspended and redeposited solids in adjacent water systems, which may adversely impact freshwater mussels. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the impacts of suspended solids on juvenile mussels including to establish the impact thresholds, to assess the effects of sediment
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By closing gaps in transit systems or by complementing transportation services, first-last mile transportation services are integral in enabling access to employment opportunities as well as other key destinations. This research study examined first-last mile service programs across the United States and assessed existing conditions in Missouri to
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This project was to 1) evaluate the impacts of suspended solids on juvenile mussels, 2) assess the effects of sediment deposition on adult and subadult mussels, 3) develop a particle tracking model, and 4) evaluate the existing and potential mitigation approaches for mussel protection. The comprehensive research included a literature review, a Depa
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This report discusses first-last mile transportation with a focus on access to employment. The Project Team examined first-last mile transportation services in other states in a variety of contexts, as well as the existing transportation landscape in Missouri.
The Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture was developed under the leadership of the Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Metropolitan Planning Organization (GF-EGF MPO). This architecture has been updated three times since its original development—in 2008, 2014, and 2019. The goal of the GF-EGF regional
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Current quality control and quality assurance practices for asphalt pavements rely heavily on density (%Gmm) measurements, which are directly linked to pay adjustments. However, these practices can inadvertently encourage over-compaction, leading to issues such as aggregate segregation, crushing, and reduced pavement quality, especially under poor
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This report summarizes the research conducted using Measurement While Drilling (MWD) technology that was recently implemented as part of routine geotechnical investigations conducted by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT). MWD is a system that consists of several sensors directly mounted or connected to a drill rig to monitor all
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This research assesses the design and track operation of a track crawler robot (TCR) for practical and easy inspection of stationary railcars’ undercarriages in an effort to detect any pending failures or assess any security risk of out-of-sight objects. The TCR includes a drive system consisting of two AC motors that operate a track (like tank tra
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This study investigated the utilization of eggshell powder (ESP) as a bio-based cementitious material for soil stabilization in Iowa, a state recognized as the leading egg producer in the United States. The prominence of egg production in Iowa results in substantial eggshell waste, a byproduct that, despite its high calcium carbonate content, remai
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This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Iowa eggshell waste in improving the engineering properties of Iowa geo-materials and to establish recommendations for the use of Iowa eggshell powder (ESP).
It is a common practice among state agencies to manually inspect road segments and decide maintenance requirements based on the pavement condition index (PCI). However, standalone PCI only evaluates the pavement surface condition. When coupled with the variability in human perception of pavement distress, this limits the accuracy of current pavemen
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The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) adopted the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for user-defined plowing segments in the winter of 2008–2009. Since then, many new data sources, including connected vehicle data, enhanced weather data, and fleet telematics have been integrated into INDOT winter operations activities. The objec
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Urban Rail Transit (URT) systems play a critical role in modern cities but consume significant amounts of energy. Understanding and predicting energy consumption patterns in these systems is vital for sustainable urban planning, especially during disruptive events. This study presents a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) recurrent neural network, the mo
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The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) adopted the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for user-defined plowing segments in the winter of 2008–2009. Since then, many new data sources, including connected vehicle data, enhanced weather data, and fleet telematics have been integrated into INDOT winter operations activities. The objec
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Traffic signal phase-change intervals are intended to provide a safe transition between two conflicting signal phases or a right-of-way transition between conflicting road-user movements. As a result, signal phase change (includes yellow change interval, red-clearance interval, and pedestrian intervals) has significant safety and operations implica
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The primary objectives of this research are to synthesize the state-of-the-practice of existing national, state, and local agencies regulations and legislations related to AVs/CAVs, to identify infrastructure, traffic management policy, roadway design and standardization needs in order to facilitate deployment of autonomous driving, to investigate
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This study investigated the impact of roadside features on road departure (RD) crashes and provided recommendations for safety improvements on Utah’s highways. The research utilized a computer vision model originally developed in the UDOT project, Automated Safety Assessment of Rural Roadways Using Computer Vision (Mashhadi et al., 2023), which was
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This study investigates the impact of wolf reintroduction on wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) along a segment of US-191 bordering Yellowstone National Park. Wolves were reintroduced in 1995–1996, and subsequent wolf pack establishment may have influenced the behavior and population dynamics of prey species, potentially altering WVC patterns. Usin
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