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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The goal of this project was to understand pedestrian issues with roundabouts, identify strategies to enhance the pedestrian experience and develop guidance for local agencies creating new roundabouts and evaluating existing ones. Researchers reviewed past studies and strategies to control pedestrian crossings in roundabouts and the most cost-effec
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This study examines how commercial driveway access location and design interact with roadway and interchange characteristics to influence vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian safety. The final sample for analysis included: a) 192 roadway segments with 9,889 commercial driveways and 10,596 driveway-related crashes; and b) 69 interchanges with 832 comm
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Bridges deteriorate with time and use. To monitor deterioration of the bridges, several US Acts mandate the state and local governmental agencies (including cities, state transportation agencies, etc.) to perform regular bridge inspections. The aforementioned inspections across the nation, which have been conducted since 1970’s (including our regio
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Technology that connects human experience with artificial intelligence is increasingly reaching every sector of society – including Florida’s transportation network. To stay ahead of this curve, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) currently has 33 deployed projects that explore this interconnectivity through Connected Vehicle (CV) techn
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Summer road maintenance is a critical activity for highway maintenance agencies that involves a wide range of maintenance and construction vehicles that can be active at any given time, which makes vehicle and maintenance asset management challenges. Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies installed in win
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
2022-12-01
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This U.S. DOT Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan for FY2022 – 2026 establishes the Department’s leadership role in supporting, fostering, and safeguarding transportation innovation so that it meets our goals and reflects our values. The RD&T Strategic Plan describes the Department’s research priorities, objectives, and strategies
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Successful 4-year pavement management plans help provide the traveling public with a safe, comfortable, and reliable roadway network. Each maintenance section plays a role in executing an effective 4-year pavement management plan. To continue to improve the statewide system and get the most value out of fiscally constrained budgets, pavement manage
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The objectives of this research included: • Determine in-situ load-induced and temperature-related pavement responses, investigate pavement failure mechanism and structural performance, and quantify the equivalent axle load fatigue damages on RCC pavements under accelerated pavement testing; • Conduct laboratory beam fatigue tests using in-situ saw
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The Fargo-Moorhead (F-M) Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture Update was prepared under the F-M Metropolitan Council of Governments (Metro COG) leadership. The architecture was first developed in 2005, and since then, it has been updated three times in 2007, 2014, and 2022. The F-M regional architecture (RA) aims to guide
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The Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) was designed to help quantify the risk of adverse effects of runoff on receiving waters, the potential need for mitigation measures, and the potential effectiveness of such management measures for reducing these risks. SELDM is calibrated using representative hydrological and water-quality
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Previous studies were conducted at the Randolph Park and Ride regarding the implementation and performance of porous concrete (PC) in northern climates. The studies examined field surface infiltration capacity, the effects of plowing on surface infiltration capacity and the PC implementation. The study concluded that PC surface infiltration was ade
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Pavement stripping due to loss in adhesion/binding between asphalt binder and aggregate in presence of moisture is a common and challenging pavement distress in wet climates such as Vermont. Although Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) requires Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test (AASHTO T 324) during mix design approval, MRD-10 is required daily if
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This project consisted of an analysis of the relationship between pavement quality and winter maintenance cost, and calculation of selected winter maintenance performance measures for the last 11 winter seasons. The project included obtaining the necessary data, gathering it into a GIS, and analyzing the relationship between pavement quality and wi
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The objectives of this project were to correlate international roughness index (IRI) data (which are widely collected and directly related to bridge deck roughness) to impact factors and develop a process for determining the impact factor to use for all bridges in Iowa. To achieve the project objectives, a sample of 20 bridges was selected for brid
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Grade crossings pose one of the most significant safety challenges for railroads and transit agencies across the United States (U.S.) and encompass 34% of railroad incidents in the past ten years. The elimination of grade crossings to reduce risk can improve public safety, decrease financial burdens, and improve service to the public. To improve gr
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Motorcycle riders and passengers are much more likely to be killed or severely injured in a crash, and on average about 15 percent of all traffic fatalities include motorcyclists. The study uses 12 years of motorcycle crash data (2008-2019) from Wyoming on crash, vehicle and person levels, and applies multinomial logistic and Bayesian regression mo
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) created the Interstate 4 (I-4) Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME) project to address safety and mobility issues on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando. The I-4 FRAME project aims to deploy an advanced integrated corridor management system consisting of advanced next-generation technologie
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This report discusses the benefits of full-scale pavement testing and the use of Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) to collect pavement performance data under actual experimental conditions. The report highlights the development and operation of road test tracks, such as the Minnesota Road Research Project (MnROAD) and the National Center for Aspha
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This research studied thick-lift asphalt concrete construction using a tamper bar paver. Tamper bar pavers were deployed on three paving projects to place asphalt layers ranging from 6 to 10 inches thick. On each project, test sections were constructed in one and two lifts, evaluating different lift thicknesses, paver screed settings, and rolling p
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