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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State departments of transportation, including the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) focus on eliminating fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways. To accomplish this, MDT employed several strategies including an emphasis on improving traffic safety culture. Traffic safety culture strategies, including public awareness campaigns and
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Several state departments of transportation have recognized the benefits of modified asphalt mixtures in resisting multiple modes of climate-and load-induced distresses in flexible pavements. Throughout the past 50 years, asphalt binders have been modified with various components such as styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymers, ground tire rubber,
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Roadside vegetation management can be a time-consuming and potentially dangerous task, particularly on steep embankments typical of unglaciated regions in Ohio. Furthermore, tree clearing is usually undertaken during difficult weather conditions (i.e., snowy, icy) as regulations for agencies that receive federal funding limit clearing to protect ha
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Lightweight Cellular Concrete (LCC) (also called foam or gas concrete) is a special construction material, which is typically composed of portland cement, water, and air voids created by a foaming agent. This material has been increasingly used as a backfill material for geotechnical applications. This report presents a series of laboratory tests c
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High precision road maps are a crucial component to facilitating autonomous driving techniques. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are experiencing exponential growth. According to the latest forecast from IHS Markit, over 33 million AVs will be on the road globally by 2040, posing a higher requirement to ensure AVs’ driving safety. Although current AVs rel
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The objective of this project was to compare the performance of SP-9.5/FC-9.5 to SP-12.5/FC-12.5 Superpave asphalt mixtures and then determine if SP-9.5/FC-12.5 mixtures were at least equivalent to SP-12.5/FC-12.5 mixtures in terms of cracking and rutting resistance, including durability, for use in heavy traffic volume conditions.
The goal of this project is to identify efficiencies across ODOT for the ESP. Future application needs and data automation processes must be defined based on current ODOT personnel activity workflows, repetitive tasks, and activities and integration of cross-process and internal organization collaboration. Use cases and statements of work (SOW) mus
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Building information modeling is a combination of technology and processes that has made significant changes to the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations industries. By enabling the visualization of project elements and their data in 3D, it allows for a reduction in unbudgeted changes, increased collaboration and efficiency, and n
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University of North Carolina (System). Institute for Transportation Research and Education
2023-08-01
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As urban populations continue to grow, traffic congestion has become an increasingly pressing issue for drivers, leading to a greater demand for advanced navigation aids and traffic management solutions. Real-time traffic information, advanced traffic signal control strategies, and the integration of various data sources can play a crucial role in
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This research was conducted to evaluate the performance of three commercially available BFRP rebar products, before and after exposure to nine different aggressive environments, to develop acceptance criteria specifically for basalt-based fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) reinforcing bars.
Traffic control devices are a primary means of communicating highway information to road users. The design, application, and maintenance of traffic control devices are under constant transformation as new technologies, methodologies, and policies are introduced. This project provides the Texas Department of Transportation with a mechanism to conduc
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The design, construction, and maintenance of off-system bridges vary across local governments (cities and counties), often resulting in inferior performance compared to bridges managed by state highway agencies. Limited knowledge of local government practices hinders understanding of the factors contributing to these deficiencies and poses challeng
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This project sought to identify factors that impact crashes involving vulnerable road users and evaluate countermeasures that are most effective at managing speed on multi-lane arterials.
Emerging autonomous aircraft require unique infrastructure to provide vital information to ensure they remain well-clear of other flying objects. While there are many systems designed to provide such functionality, termed detect and avoid (DAA), ground-based radars have emerged as one of the most promising technical solutions to this challenging pr
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A novel infrastructure design known as the J-turn intersection reduces the risk of serious and fatal crashes at thru-STOP intersections through decreasing points of conflict at an intersection by restricting crossing movements from the minor road. Despite their demonstrated safety efficacy, J-turns have not been met with uniformly positive support.
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
2023-08-01
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In 2021 there were 2,116 young drivers who died in traffic crashes, an 11-percent increase from 1,899 in 2020. The number of licensed young drivers increased by 1.3 percent from 2020 to 2021. In 2021 there were an estimated 203,256 young drivers injured in traffic crashes, an increase of 7 percent from 189,959 in 2020. Young drivers accounted for 8
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With mounting concerns over climate change and the environmental impact of fossil fuels, the United States has witnessed a growing interest in alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). In 2021, approximately 1.5 million battery EVs (BEVs), 0.8 million plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs), and 5.5 million hybrid EVs (HEVs) were registered in the United States. In the
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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
2023-08-01
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This report is prepared in response to a requirement in House Report 117-99 (p. 61) that accompanies the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), requesting information on what challenges States are facing with improving their traffic safety coordination. This report examines challenges States face improving traffic safety inform
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The first prestressed concrete bridge in the United States was built in the early 1950s. Since then, several typical sections have been developed for use in bridge construction including I-beams, deck slabs, box beams, double tees, and so forth. In bridges under aggressive environments, corrosion deterioration of prestressing strands and stirrups h
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The properties of geomaterials usually vary from one location to another within the same site, in both the vertical and horizontal directions. The variability of soil properties is a complex phenomenon that results from several sources of uncertainties, including inherited spatial variability, measurement error, statistical error, and model bias er
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