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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Many residents in large Californian metropolitan areas are heavily burdened by housing costs. Advocates, researchers, and elected officials in California are debating whether transit-oriented development (TOD) could be an effective tool to mitigate the housing affordability problem by increasing housing supply and reducing transportation costs in t
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The Fresno State Transportation Challenge uses an action civics approach to support K-12 students in developing transportation-related projects that have a positive impact on the community. In 2020 the goal was to expand, refine, and create structures to sustain the implementation of the Transportation Challenge across subsequent years. As a result
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Over half of Virginia’s extant bat species, including six imperiled bat species, have been documented as using bridges as day or night roosts. To prevent or minimize harm to these species, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) performs surveys to detect bat use in transportation structures when essential infrastructure maintenance must o
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This is a report of research and technology transfer activities carried out by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation through the Part B research portion of the State Planning and Research Program of the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. The report describes activities during Federal Fiscal Year 2022, covering O
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Whether you're a social media newbie or a communications professional, there are always new trends, technology, and platforms to learn, and it can be overwhelming. This guide will help the average local transportation practitioner cut through the noise and identify best practices to more effectively communicate with local residents on social media
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United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary of Transportation
2022-01-01
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The United States Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) outlines the Department’s comprehensive approach to significantly reducing serious injuries and deaths on our Nation’s highways, roads, and streets. This is the first step in working toward an ambitious long-term goal of reaching zero roadway fatalities. Safety i
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The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of varying number of design gyrations on the hot mix asphalt (HMA) performance in terms of rutting, low-temperature cracking, and fatigue cracking resistances. Project mix samples were constructed and tested based on Ndesign values of 75, 65, and 55 (or 50) gyrations. The sample matrix in
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This publication is a report of the transportation research, technology transfer, education, and training activities of the Louisiana Transportation Research Center for 2021-2022. The center is sponsored jointly by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and Louisiana State University.
Louisiana has approximately 200 miles of vintage 1960s concrete safety walk bridge rail systems currently in use on bridges throughout Louisiana. Many of these systems do not meet the current crash performance requirements of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware Second Edition (
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This user’s manual includes a step-by-step process for using a spreadsheet tool called CPTLiq to perform simplified calculations for performance-based probabilistic earthquake hazard analysis while using Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data from site CPT soundings of soils. The simplified models provide estimates of liquefaction triggering, lateral spr
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The purpose of this handbook is to help promote the understanding of the tools, best practices, and limitations for snow and ice control. The handbook will also help you understand when to use—and when not to use—these tools and practices. In addition, it encourages progressive changes in snow and ice control practices that will help you reduce sal
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With the release of its Climate Action Plan for Resilience in 2021, USDOT has started a systematic review of its policies governing the design, major renovations, as well as facility operation and maintenance to ensure climate-resilient investment. Specifically, USDOT updated processes to use a climate resilience assessment tool to assess operating
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Due primarily to the expense associated with constructing new park and ride facilities, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is interested in the concept of leasing underused parking from private lot owners to supplement construction of new or expansion of existing park and ride facilities. Limited guidance exists to address capacity-co
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Previous research projects funded by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and other agencies have revealed that many problems faced by bridges, such as expansion joints closing, are related to how the interfaces between a bridge and the adjacent roadway are designed, constructed, and maintained. Design, constru
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The objective of this forensic investigation was to determine possible causes of the early pavement deterioration at Ponderosa Drive in East Baton Rouge Parish. The study comprised of pavement and geotechnical evaluation to determine structural strength of the pavement and subsurface layers. Further, asphalt field cores were obtained for subsequent
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Efficient operations of intelligent transportation systems rely on high-quality traffic data. Infrastructure-based traffic sensors, though providing major data sources for ITS, are subject to data quality issues. Existing studies have attended to identifying malfunctioning sensors or recovering missing data. Nevertheless, critical gaps remain to be
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To mitigate the challenge posed by the scarcity of pavement-weather data in Alabama, an alternative option is to model pavement-weather conditions at fine spatio-temporal resolution. In the present study, it is done using an indirect ‘signature-based’ approach that involves using weather data from the North American Land Data Assimilation System (N
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The laboratory and controlled field study testing results allowed the researchers to recommend marking or marker treatments that will provide long-range warning of a flooded roadway condition at night while delivering adequate short-range visibility to help motorists traverse flooded areas during daylight and nighttime conditions. The following pro
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This project investigated the use of traffic cameras to count and classify vehicles. The intent is to provide an alternative approach to pneumatic tubes for collecting traffic data at high volume locations and to eliminate safety risks to SCDOT personnel and contractors. The objective is to develop algorithms to post-process the 48-hour videos to d
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