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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Access management is a form of traffic engineering utilized by transportation agencies to improve the safety and efficiency of traffic flow on, off, and between roadways. Access management applies a variety of construction interventions that manipulate how vehicles enter and exit roadways and access the driveways or parking lots of homes and busine
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This Phase II project aimed to accumulate more field test data to improve the standards for the implementation of the Zorn lightweight deflectometer (LWD) for the acceptance of unbound materials layers. Five more different soils, including New Florence CL (lean clay), Holts Summit GM (silty gravel), Sikeston SM (silty sand), Rolla CL (lean clay), a
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This study aimed to forecast the time to failure of aging, deteriorating clay embankments supporting transportation infrastructure. This study utilized the user-defined subroutines that were developed and implemented by Morsy et al. to allow transient calculations of coupled hydromechanical behavior.
Currently, most state highway agencies (SHAs), including Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), require specific aggregates for Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) and high-level Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) mixtures. Meanwhile, to reduce the cost and maintain mixtures’ durability, SHAs have been trying to identify locally available, cost-effective, and du
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This report thoroughly investigates and analyzes the diverse factors influencing incident occurrence in work zone environments, aiming to identify areas where proactive planning can enhance incident mitigation. Drawing from an extensive review of existing literature on work zone safety, 37 factors affecting both public and occupational safety were
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This report thoroughly investigates and analyzes the diverse factors influencing incident occurrence in work zone environments, aiming to identify areas where proactive planning can enhance incident mitigation. Drawing from an extensive review of existing literature on work zone safety, 37 factors affecting both public and occupational safety were
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The reliability of a microsimulation model such as VISSIM depends on proper calibration and validation to accurately represent real-world traffic conditions. However, the VISSIM default values do not apply to local traffic conditions and need to be calibrated for local traffic conditions considering the higher number of car-following parameters. He
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Crashes related to barrier end treatments and impact attenuators generally have higher severity levels than those colliding with barrier faces. To select the most effective end treatments, the in-service safety evaluation of such end treatments under various operational conditions was needed. This study linked 7 years of crash records with the corr
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Crashes related to barrier end treatments and impact attenuators generally have higher severity levels than those colliding with barrier faces. To select the most effective end treatments, the in-service safety evaluation of such end treatments under various operational conditions was needed. This study linked 7 years of crash records with the corr
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This project explores the development and optimization of predictive models for the resilient modulus (MR) of subgrade soil using advanced machine learning techniques. Comprehensive data from INDOT spanning several years was analyzed to enhance the accuracy of MR predictions. The study not only refined the modeling approach through statistical meth
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Privately owned and shared autonomous vehicles (AVs and SAVs) and automated trucks (ATrucks) are coming to the US and Texas. This project updated TxDOT’s Statewide Analysis Model (SAM) to integrate AVs, SAVs, and ATrucks as added transportation modes. For passenger trips over 50 miles (one way), the nested logit model was modified to include househ
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The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) manages over 2,000 traffic signals in the State. It is unfeasible to identify systemwide improvement opportunities by evaluating the performance of thousands of traffic signals on monitoring dashboards. This report describes how a scalable technique based on connected vehicle (CV) trajectory data sys
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The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) manages over 2,000 traffic signals in the State. It is unfeasible to identify systemwide improvement opportunities by evaluating the performance of thousands of traffic signals on monitoring dashboards. This report describes how a scalable technique based on connected vehicle (CV) trajectory data sys
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This report investigates the creation and assessment of a decision-making tool developed to aid the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) in determining the suitability of the Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) method for bridge replacement projects. The tool utilizes the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to integrate different criteria, i
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The primary objective of this project was to understand Indiana resident’s perspectives on electric vehicles (EVs), including adoption incentives and barriers, awareness of adoption incentives, charging preferences, and general travel patterns. A secondary objective was to establish a framework for identifying EV users, detailing their trips, and g
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The primary objective of this project was to understand Indiana resident’s perspectives on electric vehicles (EVs), including adoption incentives and barriers, awareness of adoption incentives, charging preferences, and general travel patterns. A secondary objective was to establish a framework for identifying EV users, detailing their trips, and g
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This report summarizes the impact on corridor-level energy use and emissions associated with the 2018 opening of the I-75 Northwest Corridor (NWC) and I-85 Express Lanes in Atlanta, GA. The research team tracked changes in vehicle throughput on the managed lane corridors (extracted from GDOT’s Georgia NaviGAtor machine vision system after comprehen
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Clearly visible lane markings are important for all road users, particularly autonomous vehicles. In general, nighttime retroreflectivity is one of the most challenging marking visibility characteristics for agencies to monitor and maintain, particularly in cold weather climates when agency snowplows remove retroreflective material during winter op
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Floating bus stops are used to facilitate transit operations and enhance accessibility by allowing in-lane stops. A bike channel separates the platform from the sidewalk, preventing conflicts between buses and bicycles but potentially causing conflicts between bicyclists and bus riders. The objectives of this research are to: 1) investigate bus rid
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