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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Satisfying the demand for goods requires the movement of commercial and private vehicles, which are responsible for multiple negative impacts including noise, emissions, and traffic congestion. While efficiency is crucial for sustainable and profitable freight transportation, operations are typically inefficient with respect to emissions and social
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Temporary rumble strips, including short-term temporary rumble strips and long-term temporary rumble strips, are used by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to help reduce vehicle speeds in work zones and to alert drivers they are approaching a work zone. The objective of this research study is to investigate the effectiveness of temp
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The energy absorption behavior of structural steels at a range of temperatures is important information to design, structural and materials engineers. Several historic examples of catastrophic failures which did not consider the energy absorption of steel at lower temperature are described. Impact toughness is related to fracture toughness, a quant
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Pavement drainage is a critical component in ensuring the good performance of the roadway. However, a lack of proper drainage design and inadequate materials frequently lead to insufficient pavement drainage ability. It is essential to establish reliable drainage design criteria for pavement structure and material choices. The objectives of this pr
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Environmental conditions is an important factor influencing asphalt pavement performance. The addition of modifiers, both to the asphalt binder and the asphalt mixture, has attracted considerable attention in potentially alleviating environmentally-induced pavement performance issues. Although many solutions have been developed, and some have been
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American Concrete Institute (ACI) Guide to Mass Concrete defines massive (mass) concrete as “any volume of concrete with dimensions large enough to require that measures be taken to cope with the generation of heat from hydration of the cement and attendant volume change to minimize cracking.” Specifically, in the case of drilled shafts, Georgia De
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This research project investigated the impacts of traffic signal progression strategy on the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists. The CUTR team used historical (crash, traffic, and roadway) data, cross-sectional study designs, and random parameter negative binomial models to estimate the effects of signal progression design on pedestrian and bicyc
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The shear stress limit in girder end regions as established in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications might be overly conservative for Texas standard prestressed beams. This report confirms that the shear stress limit of Texas standard pre
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This study has estimated and analyzed the travel-time reliability and traffic-flow performance trends of the freeway corridors in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota. First, TeTRES (Travel-Time Reliability Estimation System), developed in the previous study, was enhanced by adding the estimation module of the traffic-flow performance measures f
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The failure of culverts and drainage piping underneath roadways creates sinkholes that represent a safety hazard to the traveling public and result in costly repairs and traffic inconveniences. The ability to detect voids before pavement collapse occurs is crucial for maintenance and replacement purposes. Routine inspections of culverts are hard to
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This study reports on the recent past, present, and immediate future public transit finance in Southern California in light of the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, we draw on transit agency budgets, interviews, preliminary survey results, and other datasets and reports. Initially, the financial situation of transit operators in
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Winter maintenance poses great concerns both during and after the snow and ice season. During winter, snowplow drivers must use equipment (i.e., plow trucks), each valuing up to $200,000, sometimes in severe snowstorms and unfavorable traffic conditions. This poses great safety concerns to both the plow operators and the road users. The complexity
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The State of Missouri is a diverse state in terms of winter weather patterns, population distribution and traffic patterns. Winter weather ranges from severe ice storms to high accumulation snow events to typical events with mixed precipitation types and amounts with a wide range of impacts across the state. Missouri has areas ranging from sparsely
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State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) need road ice condition forecasts to enhance public safety and awareness. This research was divided into two areas, Task 1 Development of IcyRoad Model and Task 2 Validation of the Ice Formula. Task 1 - A statewide IcyRoad model has been developed, tested, and refined during winter 2020-2021 using Montana
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The goal of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of cable median barriers installed on Louisiana highways. This project will also estimate the benefit-cost ratio of cable median barriers.
The objective of this study is two-fold. The first objective is to measure the influence of aggregate gradation on concrete’s permeability. The second is to optimize concrete mixture designs that meet strength, permeability, and workability criteria for construction.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been collecting 3D digital data on their pavement network since 2014. This data contains a variety of information derived from 3d laser scans of the pavement. While ODOT has been using the data to meet federal HPMS reporting requirements of pavement condition, the agency wished to leverage this wealt
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This analysis examined passively collected probe-vehicle travel-time data and traditional traffic counts to identify relationships between travel-time reliability and volume-to-capacity (V/C) ratios. Travel time and traffic volume data came from Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) data portals, and roadway capacities came from the Wasatch Fron
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Transit ridership is a critical determinant for many transit applications such as operation optimizations and project prioritization under performance-based funding mechanisms. As a result, the quality of ridership data is of utmost importance to both transit administrative agencies and transit operators. Many transit operators in Virginia report t
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Although professional bus operators receive extensive safety training, even a safe operator can become distracted at times or can lose sight of a vulnerable road user in one of the vehicle’s blind spots. In 2017, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) initiated a demonstration project to plan, implement, and evaluate a tra
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