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 occurrence of secondary crashes on highways has many adverse effects, such as traffic congestion, air pollution, and more crashes. Research suggests that secondary crashes account for about 20% of all crashes and 18% of all fatalities on US freeways (Owens et al., 2010). While improving incident management is one of the effective ways to reduce
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This report focuses on establishing methods to compare different curing methods and then determining how the timing of wet curing impacts the quality of the concrete in different evaporation environments. Chapter 2 uses electrical resistivity to non-destructively measure the moisture within concrete as it hydrates and correlates this to other measu
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This research focuses on the impact of greater rates of adoption of higher fuel-economy vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs) on anticipated motor fuel receipts from 2022 through 2050. We find that motor fuel consumption has increased in Georgia over the 2000–2019 period, but it has fallen on a per capita basis. Also, during this time, the trend in
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Prestress loss due to creep, shrinkage, and relaxation can cause serviceability issues, and in the case of structures post-tensioned with unbonded tendons, can reduce the flexural capacity. The accurate estimation of prestress losses is vital for making good decisions about the remaining life of a structure. The Varina-Enon Bridge is a post-tension
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This technical report provides an overview of motor vehicle crashes in 2020. There were 38,824 people killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways during 2020, a 6.8-percent increase from 36,355 fatalities in 2019, or 2,469 more people killed in traffic crashes in 2020. The estimated number of people injured on our roadways decreased in
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This project aims to provide recommendations on the methodology and design specifications for the travel demand model to be built for the Link21 program in the Northern California megaregion. The Link21 program is a major rail investment program that will considerably improve and upgrade the passenger rail services in the Northern California megare
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The research project to develop meaningful performance measures useful to those engaged in the Nevada vehicle size and weight enforcement program yielded a much better understanding of the relationships, obstacles, and opportunities for improvement in this vital program area. This report documents those findings. The most significant discovery was
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More than just scheduling terminal-to-terminal trips for trains, “Precision Scheduled Railroading” (PSR) creates entire point-to-point trip plans for individual railroad shipments. Since precision execution was first put into practice, the benefits to shipment arrival reliability and to freight railroads’ profitability have been demonstrated by its
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This project explores the ability to use vehicle-locating data to assess the state of the road network, including identifying road blockages along different segments of the transportation system. The project utilizes the mobile sources of Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) vehicles and their associated vehicle-tracking information to infer
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Recent research results from INDOT research project SPR-4221 indicate that the damage to prestressed concrete bridge girders from an intense hydrocarbon fire is limited to concrete material degradation up to a depth of 1 inch from the surface. Additionally, concrete cracking and spalling occur in the fire-damaged region, but the structural strength
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Standard portable nuclear moisture-density gauges are very accurate and easy to operate for determining density and moisture content of soils as well as other construction materials. Unfortunately, the size of the radioactive sources used in the standard nuclear gauges are such that they are regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and in Iow
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The overall objective of this project is to update the Inventory of historic bridges within CTDOT’s state-maintained roadway network. It will identify historic bridges within the network and categorize the historic significance of all the bridges as eligible or not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The Inventory Update will als
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Travel time unreliability on roadway networks and its mitigation continue to be increasingly strong focus areas for many transportation agencies. Although the transportation agencies and motorists are often interested in improving corridor and network travel time reliability, the predominant state-of-the-art methods available to practitioners focus
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Concrete bridge deck cast upon steel girders form a composite steel-concrete bridge. Volume changes in the concrete caused by shrinkage, temperature or other effects can alter the finished elevations of the bridge decks. Some of the state’s newly constructed bridges have experienced downward deflecting decks, causing uneven riding surfaces. It has
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, LA Metro has encouraged social distancing among passengers—especially at stations of high-demand routes—and has increased fixed-route transit (FRT) services. However, potential impacts of social distancing on the performance of FRT services remain mostly unknown. This research evaluates the accessibility of FRT buses w
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Jointless bridge designs have become increasingly popular due to their low construction and maintenance costs. But this design carries risks. Most notably, integral end bents can be displaced and undergo settlement due to soil movement in embankments and loads carried by the superstructure. In response, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) de
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The objective of this research is to assess the impact of temporarily shifting the workforce to telecommuting on: (1) workplace policy changes, employee support, and future telecommuting plans, (2) employees’ experience of telecommuting during COVID-19 and forecast of future telecommuting, and (3) differences among geographic areas, life circumstan
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In accordance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Public Law No. 115-435 (Evidence Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-19-23, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) is pleased to present DOT’s Learning Agenda, which lays out the Department’s plans for identifying
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) began to collect its Pavement Management System (LA-PMS)’s pavement condition data using a vendor’s 3D automatic system in 2017. For each 0.1-mile subsection on a flexible pavement, the vendor’s 3D automated cracking data reported in LA-PMS consists of various cracking amounts in ter
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The Literature Analysis to Determine Optimal Wildlife Crossing Structure Size Study (Study) emerged from Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT’s) desire to determine if there is a point of diminishing return of effectiveness based on target species success rates when it comes to sizing highway wildlife passages. This Study’s objectives are
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