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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Since the mid-1990s, the use of Speed Safety Cameras (SSCs), also referred to as Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE), as a speed reduction countermeasure has been growing across the US. Minnesota does not currently permit SSCs by law, but recent interest from community leaders has led to the reconsideration of the use of SSCs on Minnesota roadways. T
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This project involved the development of innovative sharing-economy strategies to address rural transit challenges in Greater Minnesota. Many transit services and transportation network companies (TNC’s) like Uber and Lyft do not provide services to commuters outside metro areas, forcing most residents in Greater Minnesota to own automobiles. Meanw
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When designing a bridge that spans over a navigable waterway, the risk associated with potential vessel collisions must be evaluated to ensure that the structure possesses sufficient impact resistance. Typically, the probability-based risk assessment procedure specified by AASHTO is employed for this purpose. The procedure requires collection of da
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The objective of this geophysical technical research was to aid the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Office of Environmental Services (OES) to provide a baseline understanding of geophysical techniques and their applications to various types of archaeological investigative situations, and to provide recommendations for the implementation
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) funded this project to assess the current state-of-the-practice of EPDs in pavement material manufacturing; to educate stakeholders regarding pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) and EPDs; and to help develop protocols CDOT and pavement material producers can use to integrate EPDs that are uniquely s
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary of Transportation
2023-02-01
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This report provided an update on the roadway safety problem, an overview of the Departmental actions underway to address the ongoing crisis on our roadways, a description of new priority actions that will build on the NRSS, and an explanation of how USDOT is working with stakeholders to further advance safety to save lives and prevent harm to all
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This report reviews available research literature and reports on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) mixtures to recognize best practices of using FRC overlay mixtures and identify products with the potential of being successfully utilized in Missouri. State DOT representatives were surveyed to consolidate the current state of practice as it relates to
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This research will evaluate the effectiveness of the Electrical Resistivity, Seismic Refraction, and Cross-hole Tomography geophysical methods in Louisiana soils and provide detailed descriptions of each method, including their applicability to geotechnical engineering, pros and cons, and cost of each method and required equipment. This research wi
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Minnesota statute provides for a wide range of school zone speed limits (SZSLs) from which local authorities may select. This Transportation Research Synthesis summarizes the current research regarding setting SZSLs, effective methods and procedures for setting school zone speed limits and known spillover or other unintended consequences for settin
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The understanding of freight movement is critical to economic development and competitiveness and to make decisions regarding the transportation system. Despite the increased interest in freight planning and modeling, freight data are limited in availability and granularity, and the existing sources are incomplete or outdated. This research analyze
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Department of transportation (DOT) maintenance supervisors utilize a variety of tools including maintenance decision support systems (MDSS) to gain a better understanding of current and future road surface conditions (RSC) during winter weather. MDSS automatically attempt to deduce current RSC based on road weather information system (RWIS) and oth
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This document is the final report for Phase I of a two-phase research project, “User-Centered Design for Railroad Automation (UCD-Rail),” to develop and demonstrate an improved interface between human operators and advanced automation in rail systems. Applying user-centered design methodology, Phase I offers a new rail systems user interface concep
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The research described herein investigated the behavior and capacity of girder-string-floorbeam bridges by: • Conducting a literature review of the current state-of-practice and emerging research regarding the capacity and behavior of girder-stringer-floorbeam bridges; • Experimentally measuring strain at various locations and identifying character
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The purpose of this project was to understand and analyze the nature of gaps in skills needed for job performance and the current status of knowledge management (KM) practices across WisDOT and offer recommendations on how best to address some of the gaps using insights derived from a review of best practices and analysis of survey data. The projec
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The objective of this research was to evaluate driver behavior, safety benefits, operational and environmental benefits of roundabouts in Michigan. To that end, a list of all 180 known roundabouts was compiled from various sources. For comparison purposes, a group of reference intersections was also compiled that had similar traffic volume, roadway
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Stormwater conveyance networks contribute to stream degradation and instability either through direct discharges of sediment or by eroding gullies downslope of pipe outlets. To limit erosion downslope of pipe outlets, current regulations require the 10-yr, 24-hr peak velocity discharged to a vegetated area to be less than the downslope soils’ permi
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Increasing the usage of sustainable travel modes requires changes in both environmental and psychological dimensions. A knowledge gap exists concerning the mechanism via which various factors interact to shape travel decision. Gaining such knowledge requires our ability to examine people’s behavioral adjustment in reaction to environmental and psyc
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The ODOT Office of Hydraulic Engineering initiated this research project to investigate the reasons for incomplete filling of the annulus voids and to develop a solution to address the problem.
Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) has been extensively studied for potential use as a recycled material in infrastructure construction. There is consensus that utilization of RAP provides environmental and economic benefits for most projects. However, impacts to engineering performance are less known, due to the highly variable nature of RAP sources
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We study how political preferences shaped California’s High-Speed Rail (CHSR), a large transportation project approved by referendum in 2008. Voters’ support responded significantly to the projected economic gains in their tract of residence, as measured by a quantitative model of high-speed rail matched to CHSR plans. Given this response, a reveal
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