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 project developed several models to obtain accurate estimates of annual average daily traffic (AADT) at non-coverage locations. The developed models include kriging, regression and point-based. The standard kriging approach is modified in this project to use a default value when its predicted value is over a user-specified threshold (referred
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This project expanded on the technology readiness of three non-destructive tools for potentially enhancing quality inspection, asset management, or forensic investigations in flexible pavements. These tools included mechanics-based models for base course, compaction monitoring system (CMS) for asphalt mixture process control, and ground penetrating
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Maintenance Division uses different materials to reduce the negative impact of snow and ice on the friction performance of state travelways. These materials include abrasives (sand or cinders), rock salt (sodium chloride), and other chemical deicers that emerged in recent years. The use of chemicals
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A 2019 Department of Homeland Security report assessing the regional resiliency of Western Washington state to a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake predicted widespread and high levels of bridge damage. Because of this report, the state’s emergency response and recovery plan is heavily reliant on air transportation modes to provide resources to th
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Connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies provide solutions to the existing problems of the transportation systems. As widely known, CAVs can communicate with each other so that they can have coordinated accelerating or decelerating movements. In this manner, CAVs only need a smaller headway which will lead to a higher roadway capacity. F
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The overall objective of this project is to document highway runoff and constituent concentrations discharged from common highway-drainage conveyance structures in Connecticut from nine highway sites during two sequential two-year periods in order to fulfill Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT’s) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
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Reclaimed stabilized base (RSB) is a common technique utilized to rehabilitate roadways. RSB involves reclaiming the base material and adding a stabilizing agent to increase the strength and durability of the base/subbase structure. This technique involves pulverizing some of the existing pavement along with a portion of the underlying base materia
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Traditional methods for communicating the presence of maintenance activities and work zones have been done with a variety of fixed signs. The increase of in-vehicle connectivity on roads—either directly integrated into the vehicle or via an application running on a mobile phone–provides an opportunity for additional communication to motorists about
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The objective of this research is to estimate and compare the highway infrastructure cost responsibility and revenue contribution of highway users in North Carolina. The study adopted the FHWA 13 vehicle classification system and analyzed data on highway infrastructure expenditures and federal and state revenue for the years 2014-2017. The results
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The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the potential for deleterious Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR) in the state of Montana. In connection with this goal, (1) a literature review was conducted to summarize the ASR practices used by various state departments of transportation, as well as several federal agencies, (2) potential cases
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Construction work zones are inevitable parts of daily operations at roadway systems. They have a significant impact on traffic conditions and the mobility of roadway systems. The traffic impacts of work zones could significantly vary due to several interacting factors such as work zone factors (work zone location and layout, length of the closure,
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The purpose of the test reported herein was to assess the performance of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) T80SS barrier with soundwall according to the safety-performance evaluation guidelines included in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). The cr
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) engaged Cambridge Systematics (CS) to assist with the development of an action plan that will be used to transform and modernize their Research Library.
Streambank erosion can damage bridges, hydraulic structures, and private property. In-stream structures may be installed to control river migration and limit bank erosion during large precipitation events. Historically, the structures most widely used by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation include Kellner jetties, rip rap, pile diversions, an
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The inductive loop detectors (ILDs) have been used for many decades to monitor traffic on highways. They have proven to be highly reliable in collecting traffic volumes, traffic speeds, vehicle classes, and a slew of other important traffic variables. Traffic monitoring stations that utilize ILDs are generally installed at highway locations far awa
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Highway Division amended and reissued its Cost Recovery Procedure in 2017. Overall, the procedure has been successful; however, there is still room for improvement, including earlier participation of design consultants in addressing conflicts and discrepancies that result in construction chan
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The purpose of this research project is to: Evaluate an ultra-rapid assessment for screening aggregates to determine their reactivity when subject to alkali-silica reaction (ASR). The most reliable test method takes a full year and two years when considering mitigation using supplementary cementitious materials such as fly ash. This rapid screening
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This study aims to provide evaluation policies for the bearing capacity assessment of plate girders with corroded ends. The developed methodology was organized in three phases that each employed real corrosion data. First, inspection reports of bridges with corrosion-induced damage were processed to quantify the shape and bounds of the most common
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