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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In this project, we first develop a strong theoretical model accompanied by data collection to test some of its aspects for behavioral change research. Data collection shifted from the originally planned public transportation intervention to the examination of COVID-19 impacts on the life of Los Angeles Metropolitan area residents. In terms of subs
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The goal of this proposal is to make the GetGoing system which enables seniors to get transportation information over the phone, to also serve individuals with impairments who need more information about how to get to a desired destination such as condition of sidewalks and where the relevant entrance of a building is located. The team will work wi
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Post-wildfire erosion and the slope instability issues associated with it are a global problem that can negatively affect transportation corridors, the environment, and human life. Currently, mulch treatments are commonly used means of stabilizing wildfire-burnt hillslopes; however, mulch, especially agricultural straw mulch, can pose environmental
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Accurate forecasting of public transportation metrics is critical towards the high reliability and efficiency of the public transportation system. However, deploying a forecasting system to serve city-level public transportation with long-term forecasting is challenging. In this project, we develop the capability for processing the entire Los Angel
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Erosion at road drainage outfalls and culvert outlets contributes to water quality impairment by discharging stormwater, sediment, sediment-bound nutrients, and other water quality contaminants to receiving waters. In Vermont, past work has quantified the importance of road surface and roadside (i.e. ditch) erosion to water quality impairment and p
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This proposal aims to continue the work toward a prototype of the smart glasses with the digital bioptic lens. In Phase Two, the project will implement the digital bioptic lens on augmented reality glasses. Bioptic glasses is a telescope on glasses. It helps people with poor vision see details in the central retina area where it has degenerated by
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Older adults (>65 years) account for almost 20% of the population in the United States and prefer driving as their primary mode of transportation but are at greater risk for crash-related injuries and death, compared to younger drivers. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) may hold health and safety benefits for older drivers, if this segment of the populatio
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This document describes the Performance Measurement and Evaluation Support Plan for the New York City Department of Transportation New York City (NYC) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment (CVPD) Project. The report documents the performance metrics that will be used to assess the success of the NYC CVPD project, the targets for improvement in those p
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This project partially sponsored the organization of the 2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling (ISTDM 2021), which aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, coope
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Vehicle collisions with wildlife are a national problem that affects motorists in every U.S. state, and challenges state DOTs seeking to minimize these crashes. New data shows U.S. drivers on average have a 1 in 116 chance of a collision with an animal. The company estimates there were over 1.9 million animal collision insurance claims in the U.S.
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In this study, researchers analyzed whether it was feasible for Cornell vehicles to use the Vector System (VS) by Optimus Technologies, a system that modifies diesel engine vehicles to run on biodiesel in addition to diesel in cold weather conditions. Biodiesel solidifies at a higher temperature than diesel, so to use biodiesel in the winter, the V
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Safety, mobility, accessibility challenges, and dependence on personal vehicles have long plagued rural transportation systems. Benefits in these areas are widely touted by autonomous vehicle (AV) advocates. Seven mechanisms for AV-induced increases in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) are reviewed here, and five of these mechanisms are expected to have
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This project creates a toolkit that run in ArcGIS and allows users to project where electric vehicle (EV) owners will live, work, and charge. There are three distinct modules: market analysis, workplace charging, and home charging presented in block group level. The tool can be updated by the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) users to reflec
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Extensive investigation on rapid repair materials for concrete bridge decks is of utmost importance to limit the impact on traveling vehicles as well as selecting suitable materials with acceptable mechanical properties and durability requirements. The objective of this research project is to evaluate eight commercial cementitious rapid repair mate
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The California State Rail Plan (CSRP) is among the best rail plan documents published by any jurisdiction in the United States to date. As such, the CSRP is used in this paper as the basis of comparison to other state rail service plans. These plans will have been submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on record as of June 2020—as r
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This technical memorandum includes a literature review about the factors that may lead to early-age and premature cracking of jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCPs). The review shows that many factors are involved and that many different circumstances can result in these types of cracking. In most of the cases reported in the literature, the earl
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Metropolitan planning organizations are responsible for overseeing urban planning in every major urban region in the country. In recent years the importance of building engagement with constituents to create more equitable and inclusive urban planning models has become a heightened priority. This white paper explored the benefits and best practices
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Catastrophic wildfires over the past five years (2015-2020) have caused damage to the Caltrans road network in 81 separate wildfire events, leading to expenditures of over $590,000,000 to repair highway assets. To reduce the risk of further wildfire damage and to improve public safety, particularly for disadvantaged communities, Caltrans has engage
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Today’s interconnected world, linked by transportation networks, plays a major role in the spread of a pandemic such as COVID-19. The virus originated in a single community, but due to the global nature of transportation, it spread to other parts of the world, impacting local communities and repeating this cycle many times over. In the context of d
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This study aimed to evaluate whether an aggregate’s clay content plays an overarching role in ACR expansion and deterioration within the limestone sources that have been approved for use in portland cement concrete in Louisiana. A total of 29 aggregate sources from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) approved materials
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