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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Older adults are considered transportation disadvantaged throughout the country because disabilities and low income prevent many of them from using transportation that can be conveniently used by younger people. New Jersey’s older adult population increased substantially during the past several decades and is expected to increase similarly in the f
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Concrete bridge decks in South Dakota have reduced services lives due to shrinkage cracking. This study evaluated the effects of varying concrete mix design parameters on shrinkage performance. Tested mix design changes include aggregate type (limestone and quartzite) and gradations (ASTM C33, Tarantula Curve, and 0.45 Power Curve), supplementary c
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The construction and maintenance of park and ride lots represents a substantial public investment that if used judiciously can reduce congestion and emissions through the use of transit or the sharing of vehicle trips. With 297 lots scattered throughout Virginia, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) needs an approach for forecasting dem
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To address excessive soil loss from roadway and other construction sites, several erosion prevention and sediment control practices exist. However, there is still a need for systematic performance evaluation methods that provide sound efficiency values for the different practices under a range of conditions. There is also the need for a transparent
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This project aims to examine the feasibility of improving the current design practice of the approach slab foundation in Nebraska and the alternative of using geosynthetic reinforcement of soils to prevent the bump issues near the end of bridge approaches via an in-depth numerical simulation study. A large-scale pullout test is also conducted as co
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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge Systems (GRS-IBS) use closely spaced layers of geosynthetic reinforcement and compacted granular backfill to directly support a bridge deck and blend the abutment and roadway approach for a smooth transition. These systems are designed for areas where a single span is sufficient to bridge over a gap in
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Drones for bridge inspection research has been completed by MnDOT in multiple phases since 2015. As of summer, 2017, Phase III of this research began using the SenseFly Albris and the Flyability Elios, a collision-tolerant drone more suited to confined spaces such as box girders, culverts, or areas that are difficult to access. Due to the success o
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Many reinforced concrete inverted-T bridge caps (ITBCs) are skew when two roads are not aligned perpendicularly and exceed the angle of 45 degrees based on the construction requirements. The Texas ITBCs are designed using the traditional empirical procedures outlined in the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Bridge Design Manual (TxDOT BDM)
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This report documents the development of an electronic dataset describing field and laboratory performance of unbound bases from 106 road sections containing recycled materials in Minnesota. This dataset provides a compact view of backcalculated layer properties (from falling-weight deflection data) per road section. This view includes summary stat
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In this report, region-specific Retro-reflectivity Performance Curves are presented and discussed as a function of pavement marking materials, AADT, terrain, surface type, line color, line type, road bound direction, and road name. In addition, laboratory aging, and abrasion test results are presented and discussed. In addition to this written repo
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Every year MDOT invests millions of dollars into testing geomaterials, digitizing historic records and capturing inventory and condition data. Massive amounts of tabular data, documentation and imagery, which are relevant for planning and engineering purposes, continue to be accumulated. The engineering characteristics of pavement or other material
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This research project aimed to identify or develop a practical method for designing a well-performing hot mix asphalt (HMA) for use on low-volume local roads with severe cracking that can be produced in existing asphalt plants and can be placed using conventional paving equipment available in Ohio. This research project was conducted in two phases.
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The importance of proper bonding at the asphalt concrete (AC) layer interface cannot be overemphasized when discussing the performance of AC pavements. The primary objective of this research is to develop a set of test procedure and acceptance criterion that can be used in a tack coat quality control (QC) program to mitigate debonding in asphalt pa
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Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have received significant attention in recent years due to substantial advances in capabilities. The goal for this project has been to work with Drive Ohio and the Ohio UAS Center: (1) to identify those Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) core business functions which can be improved/enhanced by application of UAS
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Two Nebraska bridges with asphalt overlay were selected for nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT/NDE). Three NDT techniques were conducted on these two bridges, including Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Half-Cell Potential (HCP) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imaging. NDT data were collected during three construction stages of the bridges:
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This research was conducted with two broad objectives: (a) to identify the transportation mobility needs and barriers of older adults in New Jersey, and (b) to recommend innovative strategies to meet their transportation needs. To fulfill its objectives the research took resource to (a) literature review; (b) online research to review innovative mo
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This research project conducted laboratory testing on the design and impact of internal curing on concrete paving mixtures with supplementary cementitious materials and evaluated field test sections for the performance of crack properties and CRCP structure under environmental and FWD loading. Three experimental CRCP sections on Illinois Route 390
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Wrong-way driving (WWD) is an event where a vehicle enters a high-speed divided highway from an off-ramp in the direction opposing to the legal traffic flow. Although being less frequent than other crash type, WWD is significantly more fatal and in Tennessee, there are on average 20 WWD annually. Therefore, this report aims to first understand WWD
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The primary goal of this research was to develop a comprehensive approach to identify and mitigate secondary crashes on the Florida Turnpike System in real time. The specific research objectives were to: (1) identify secondary crashes; (2) identify significant factors contributing to the occurrence of secondary crashes; (3) develop an algorithm tha
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Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a non-destructive technique that has been used to inspect and assess concrete bridge deck deterioration. The objective of this project is to investigate the use of GPR in concrete bridge deck inspection and develop semi-automated tools to process GPR data for detecting, mapping, and visualizing potential deteriorat
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