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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Developing a comprehensive subsurface profile can be difficult, especially in certain areas in Florida where sandy soils with varying amounts of fines, clay, muck/peat and vuggy limestone formations add to the uncertainty of the overall response that can be expected from drilled-in-place deep foundations. Measuring while drilling (MWD) was develope
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The objective of this research project is to improve pedestrian safety at signalized intersections by focusing on pedestrian signal violations: measuring behaviors, associating characteristics and locations, and identifying potential mitigation strategies. In this project, we recorded videos and collected and analyzed observational data on pedestri
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The adoption of dashboards and tools into Traffic Management Centers (TMC) has been growing with advancements in connected vehicle (CV) data. These tools are now being utilized—not only for analyzing work zones, severe crashes, winter operations, and traffic signals—but also to provide measures for characterizing overall system mobility, resiliency
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Researchers conducted eight large-scale laboratory tests to assess the combined impact of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlay mix and thickness on its performance to control reflective cracking. Bonding efficiency, flexibility, and stiffness of the HMA mix as well as overlay thickness significantly affect an overlay’s performance against reflective crack
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Reducing speeding and aggressive driving is one of seven critical emphasis areas identified in the Vermont Highway Safety Plan, which targets reductions in major crashes on Vermont highways. Vermont towns recognize the need to discourage speeding and implement countermeasures that will bring speeds down to posted speed limits, especially in transit
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MnDOT operates under an Equity Lens Framework, which, in addition to supporting the core agency values of accountability as well as diversity and inclusion, emphasizes underrepresented groups to achieve equitable outcomes. Measures and methods to evaluate transportation program equity impacts, however, have generally been lacking. To assess both sy
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High early-strength materials are widely used for rapid concrete patching projects to limit road closure time and traffic obstruction. This research investigated the field performance of multiple high early-strength materials used in maintenance projects across Nebraska. Data from high early-strength products included in the state’s approved produc
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of public transit and shared transportation services has plummeted, including in Greater Minnesota. Social distancing measures, general discomfort or safety concerns have resulted in a 40% reduction in trips throughout the state. Urban transit agencies have experienced a 55% reduction in revenue while smaller tr
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Animal-vehicle collisions (AVC) pose a serious and growing threat to motorists traveling on ADOT roads. Solutions exist to effectively mitigate AVC, such as wildlife crossing structures (overpasses and underpasses), however these solutions can be costly and untimely. Fence tags, a small reflective tag that is attached to the right-of-way fence and
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This project integrates risk-based asset management procedures from the FHWA, AASHTO and the TRB with decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) concepts to develop climate vulnerability assessment, and planning and project evaluation capabilities for resilience building in transportation. The research framework includes: (1) understanding the c
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Ergonomic injuries and solutions have been extensively studied in the construction industry; however, the prevalence of work-related injuries, risky activities, and effective solutions in the transportation industry are not understood. This study aims to explore the prevalence of work-related injuries, risky activities, and potentially ergonomic so
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The transport of hazardous and dangerous materials (HAZMAT) through safety-critical facilities poses significant risk to overall system reliability should those assets be incapacitated by the occurrence of a related incident. This problem is particularly acute for facilities in remote locations such as Virginia’s mountain tunnels on Interstate 77 (
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The strut-and-tie method (STM) is a reliable and widely used approach for designing reinforced concrete members, but there are still gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed to optimize its use in common design scenarios. Addressing these gaps would lead to more efficient and cost-effective design solutions. This requires additional experimental
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This study compares the level of public transportation services provided in North Dakota to those of the surrounding states of South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Greater Minnesota. Separate analyses are performed for rural and urban transit. Overall, North Dakota performs well by some measures and not as well by others, but the level of
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This report presents three major aspects that are related to the evaluation of timber bridges with and without repair: i) laboratory testing, ii) finite element modeling, and iii) load ratings. In addition, worked examples are provided to demonstrate the implementation of research findings. The first part of the report explores the effectiveness of
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This report presents the expansion of a previously introduced life-cycle cost calculation framework for concrete bridge decks in Illinois. In addition to the alternative reinforcement options examined in the Illinois Center for Transportation and Illinois Department of Transportation project R27-SP49, two additional reinforcing bar types—stainless
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Chapter 19 of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) provides safety performance functions (SPFs) for freeway ramps and crossroad terminals. The chapter includes 56 predictive models for ramp terminals characterized by terminal type, intersection control, crash severity, area type, and number of crossroad lanes. These SPFs were developed with data from ot
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Due to the success of the MoDOT 2017-2021 Intelligent Compaction and Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiling (IC-PMTP) projects that demonstrate the paving quality improvements on numerous field projects, MoDOT has established a plan that includes additional IC-PMTP projects in 2022 and 2023. To ensure the continued success of the MoDOT IC-PMTP projects in
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In June 2021, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT), in partnership with Con Edison, launched the city’s first curbside electric vehicle (EV) charging pilot program. The pilot includes 100 on-street Level 2 chargers distributed across 35 locations in the five boroughs. Up to 20 additional chargers have been or are in the process
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The overall goal of this study is to investigate the anticipated performance of steel sheet-pile bridge abutments to encourage its wider application to not only new construction but also repair and replacement of existing water-crossing bridges in Nebraska. For this purpose, this study first reviewed several bridge cases with axially loaded sheet p
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