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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This research investigates non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques for the quality assurance of portland cement concrete pavements and structures. Responses were collected from a survey distributed amongst AASHTO Committee of Materials and Pavements (CoMP) members regarding their use of NDT technologies. Relevant literature was reviewed to determi
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Forty-three households in the Sacramento region representing diverse demographics, modal preferences, mobility barriers, and weekly vehicle miles traveled (VMT) were provided personal chauffeurs for one or two weeks to simulate travel behavior with a personally-owned, fully autonomous vehicle (AV). During the chauffeur week(s), the total number of
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This guidebook is designed to enable practitioners at all levels of government to select the most cost-effective pedestrian-safety treatments for a wide variety of Texas contexts and reverse the rise in pedestrian deaths on Texas roadways. It provides a framework for prioritizing problematic intersections and corridors, analyzing the impact of rele
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The Civil Infrastructure Vision (CIV) system is an integrated software/hardware system is based on principles of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) developed at UTSA for TxDOT. The system can be used to monitor surface deformations on bridges to accuracies on the order of 1/1,000th in. Project objectives included training DOT on using the system durin
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The overall goal of this research is to assess the economic impact of access management techniques on businesses in the corridor where such projects have been implemented in Louisiana. A secondary goal is to assess the perception of businesses near completed projects. Specifically, the objectives are to (1) identify current state of knowledge about
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The Ohio Department of Transportation is interested in evaluating and assessing options related to the current detention basin design to collect information from peer DOTs on design standards associated with detention basin details that include basin designs, outlet structures, low-flow channels, and emergency spillway. Based on AASHTO DOT response
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Management of speeds is a significant component of any strategy to reduce work zone crashes. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of speed management countermeasures, such as speed display trailer, speed display trailer with red and blue lights, work vehicle with red and blue lights, and active and passive law enforcement
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With the advent of modern sensing technology, mapping products have begun to achieve an unprecedented precision of measurement. Considering their diverse use cases, several factors play a role in what would make the resulting measurements accurate. For light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and photogrammetry-based mapping solutions that implement veh
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This project will use a combination of laboratory experimentation and road demonstrations to better understand the reduction of LiDAR signal and object detection capability under adverse weather conditions found in Minnesota. It will also lead to concepts to improve LiDAR systems to adapt to such conditions through better signal processing image re
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The indirect tensile cracking test (IDT-CT) is performed in accordance with ASTM D8225-19. This test method does not currently contain precision estimates and associated statements. This creates potential issues when test results are different among individual laboratories conducting testing on the same asphalt mixture. In 2020, Phase I of an IDT-C
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Roadsides contain promising habitat for insect pollinators, yet roadside restorations can be expensive and are rarely evaluated for effectiveness. Where do we establish pollinator-friendly revegetation to maximize benefits? How effective are current revegetation practices at providing habitat for pollinators? We address these questions with two stu
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Optimal rumble strips/stripes are critical to ensure traffic safety and simultaneously avoid disturbance to the surrounding environment. In this project, we have utilized a commercial Finite Element modeling tool to calculate the amount of noise in the tires while rolling over the rumble strips. The sound level is determined within the tire cavity.
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Develop and ultra-accelerated test method to evaluate ASR potential in concrete. An autoclave method was used to evaluate suitability for aggregates to be used in concrete. This process shortens the test duration from one-year down to one week.
Three slab-span bridges crossing Shingle Creek in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, have poor American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) load rating factors for certain truck configurations. Characterization of load distribution is useful for determining the load rating of bridges, but results in the literature have shown
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There are a limited number of available permanent WIM stations on the Texas highway network. As such, it is not feasible to generate accurate load spectra data required for pavement design, maintenance, and rehabilitations on every highway project. The net result is unoptimized designs or poor performing pavement structures with increased maintenan
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The goal of this study was to investigate how prevalent the problem is in Maryland, to assess the performance of UTBWC surfaces, and whether any issue is dependent on specific weather and/or winter treatment maintenance.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2022-08-01
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The percentage of passenger vehicle drivers talking on handheld phones decreased from 2.6 percent in 2020 to 2.5 percent in 2021 (Figure 1 and Table 1). The percentage of drivers speaking with visible headsets while driving remained unchanged from the previous year’s level of 0.4 percent (Figure 1 and Table 2). Drivers’ visible manipulation of hand
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We provide a final summary report of the project executed during last 2.5-year period (January 2020 - June 2022). The project tasks are summarized in the following scope of work (SOW): • Task #1: Project Management and Administration • Task #2: Hardware Development (Seismic Data Acquisition System) & Testing • Task #3: Software Development & Testin
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Maintaining the functionality of the transportation infrastructure depends on the successful management of aging bridge assets. Departments of Transportation rely on the load rating process to evaluate the sufficiency of the bridge structures in their state, and post load restrictions if the capacity of a bridge does not meet the maximum load effec
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Ground tire rubber (GTR) from scrap tires is used in asphalt mixtures (rubber modified asphalt [RMA]) for improving the performance of pavements. There are different ways to add GTR in asphalt mixtures, but the two primary methods are referred to as the “wet” and “dry” processes. The dry process incorporates GTR directly into the asphalt mixture du
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