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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Studying accessibility, including the resilience of city transportation networks, is critical to understand how these networks influence individuals’ mobility and lives. This study developed an analytical research framework to examine the resilience of accessibility to emergency and lifesaving facilities under the threats of natural hazards such as
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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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In the United States vehicle weight limits are set by laws and regulations enacted at the state and federal levels. On interstates the maximum allowable gross vehicle weight is 80,000 lbs. States use different rules for permitting over-dimensional and overweight (OD/OW) vehicles, and most have carve outs that exempt specific commodities from standa
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Individuals who use wheelchairs or who have other mobility challenges often are unable to access modern mobility systems – including application-based ride hailing and on-demand microtransit. Even designing a system targeted at these users is challenging, given the limited prior analysis of their travel behavior and activity patterns. Simulation to
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The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has difficulty conveying to the public all of the user benefits that result from UDOT’s snowplow operations. This project is focused on communicating the importance to travelers of snowplow operations in terms of travel time saved and travel time improved vs. not plowing. This information will be added t
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This manual provides guidance on how to use the cone penetration test (CPT) for site investigation and foundation design. The manual has been organized into three volumes. Volume 1 covers the execution of CPT-based site investigations and presents a comprehensive literature review of CPT-based soil behavior type (SBT) charts and estimation of soil
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In the past, achieving high strength was considered by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the main design criteria for formulating high-performance concrete (HPC). TxDOT considers mix design options 1–5 in Item 421 as HPC, and these options were developed for alkali silica reaction (ASR) mitigation and not for other durability aspect
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Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) may be preferable to conventional cast-in-place (CIP) construction because it can significantly expedite project delivery. The design of precast member connections is critical as the connections must maintain structural integrity and provide for ductile behavior under strong earthquakes. Pocket/socket connectio
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Right-to-take challenges delay a condemnor’s project delivery schedule. Issuing efficient and effective responses to these challenges is critical for successful project completion. This report extrapolates information from Kentucky case law to assess trends in decisions and strategies for preventing and litigating these challenges. A condemnor’s ri
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) implements a number of different best management practices to meet pollutant load reductions associated with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program. Although commonly implemented best management practices include structural practices such as bioretention filters and extended deten
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Over the last thirty years, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has implemented biofilters along roadways as a stormwater control measure. The state and national regulations require that the biofilters must be able to infiltrate and treat the first inch of rainfall onsite. However, the performance of the biofilters after installation
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Plastic pollution has become one of the major concerns in the world. Plastic waste is not biodegradable, which makes it difficult to manage waste plastic pollution. Recycling and reusing waste plastic is an effective way to manage plastic pollution. Because of the huge quantity of waste plastic released into the world, industries requiring a large
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The Well Control Equipment Systems Safety – 2019 Annual Report, produced by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, summarizes well control equipment (WCE) failure events that occurred during well operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) during the calendar year. This report is based on information collected through Saf
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This research project establishes ways to serve the surveying–geomatics (S-G) education needs of place-bound students, such as Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) personnel and others. It addresses the need for personnel with a 21st century education (knowledge and skills) in surveying–geomatics. Many factors, including lack of traditional
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A highway construction cost index (HCCI) measures the price changes over time in the highway construction industry. It allows Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to monitor highway construction market conditions so that they can more accurately project long-term funding needs. Michigan has not yet established a methodology for HCCI calculation or
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A lane departure warning system (LDWS) has significant potential to reduce crashes on roads. Most existing commercial LDWSs use some kind of image processing techniques with or without Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and/or high-resolution digital maps to detect unintentional lane departures. However, the performance of such systems is c
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The research team developed a methodology and implementation tool for the evaluation of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects. The tool enables users to define packages of ITS improvements and provides a planning-level benefit/cost analysis output based on roadway data (such as delay and safety).
The goal of this study was to conduct a thorough literature review to determine the overall state-of-practice with regards to AASHTO Mechanistic Empirical Design Guide (MEPDG) implementation with focus on local verification and calibration. The literature review presented outlines the steps taken by other state agencies to perform local calibration
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The objective of this research was to develop a procedure for nondestructive assessment of pavement thickness using 3D ground penetrating radar (3D GPR). The software developed in this study can analyze the data sets collected with either 27- or 121- transmitting and receiving pair configurations. It uses two approaches to determine asphalt thickne
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This manual provides guidance on how to use the cone penetration test (CPT) for site investigation and foundation design. The manual has been organized into three volumes. Volume 1 covers the execution of CPT-based site investigations and presents a comprehensive literature review of CPT-based soil behavior type (SBT) charts and estimation of soil
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