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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The research objectives of this project were to update Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) 1999 Nebraska Accident Prediction Model for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (HRGCs) and to develop guidelines using Lancaster County Nebraska HRGCs for improving safety at urban gated HRGCs that are not designated quiet zones but are in the vicinity of
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Local, state, and federal governments are responsible for managing disaster response with the goal of increasing disaster resilience of a community. This includes continuing adequate service levels for critical infrastructure sectors, reducing response time and cost, and ensuring the ongoing safety of the community. Complex emergency management sys
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In 2017, the State of California adopted landmark legislation to increase the funds available for transportation in the state: Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Through a combination of higher gas and diesel motor fuel taxes, SB1 raises revenue for four critical transportation needs in the state: road maintenance
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About 17,500 crashes per year occur on the more than 32,800 lane-miles of undivided two-lane rural roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and crash numbers are increasing. Roadway departure (RD) crashes comprise about 58% of crashes on these roads. Since these crashes are widely distributed across the state, determini
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Non-traversable medians consistently yielded improved safety performance compared to other median types such as undivided, 4- feet flush medians, and two-way left-turn lane cross-sections. However, constructing non-traversable medians can be costly. The goal of this study is to 1) examine the safety performance of existing rural four-lane roadways
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), through the Louisiana Standard Specifications of Roads and Bridges, gives a thorough guideline to what is required for the implementation of pipes for culverts and storm drains. The design procedures, design criteria, and implementation process for plastic pipes has been widely inve
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Type K cement offers a lower slump than conventional concrete, even at a higher water-to-cement ratio. Therefore, a suitable chemical admixture should be added to the Type K concrete mix design at a feasible dosage to achieve and retain target slump. In this project, a compatibility study was performed for Type K concrete with commercially availabl
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Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-known predictor of crash risk, with lower income and minority populations being disproportionately likely to be injured or killed in a traffic crash. There has been little substantive examination of the specific nature of the crash risk experienced by lower income populations. This study examines the characteris
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The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) funded a three-phase research project focusing on rapid bridge deck joint repair. Phase I focused on the documentation of current means and methods of bridge expansion joint maintenance and replacement. Under Phase II, a workshop with Iowa DOT personnel, engineers, and researchers identified possible impr
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During pre-stress transfer, the bottom portion of steel-reinforced concrete girders is subjected to an important compression induced by the relaxation of tension in the bars, which opens longitudinal cracks along the horizontal axis. Reactions at the supports induce shear stress, which sometimes translates into additional diagonal cracks at the end
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Prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, Office Right of Way (ROW), this research found the current state of the practice in right of way acquisition among state DOTs to identify best practices with the greatest potential to improve ROW acquisition, including: (a) the organizational structures of the office of ROW, (b)
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To demonstrate the value of research and its implementation, the Governor’s Office requested an annual financial analysis of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Research Program to determine the return on the research investment (ROI). This report is for the 35 research projects that completed in FY 2019. The ROI analysis will suppleme
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This paper presents the results from laboratory experiments to determine the capabilities of a recently developed nondestructive testing (NDT) approach for detecting the flaws at the asphalt-membrane-concrete layers and rebar-concrete interfaces for asphalt-overlaid reinforced concrete bridge decks. The novel Ultrasonic Guided Wave Leakage (UGWL) m
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Wrong-way driving (WWD) has been identified as a critical traffic safety problem. Research efforts have been made to mitigate WWD issues in Alabama, including investigating factors contributing to WWD crashes, modeling WWD risks at interchange terminals, and developing training materials for WWD countermeasures. The Alabama Department of Transporta
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are widely considered to be the future of surface transportation in the United States, but little is understood about how people will interact with these vehicles, what they will use them for, and how they will impact our roads. However, farmers have been interacting with some degree of AV technology, primarily auto-guidan
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Big data analytics is being used to generate traffic data that may be used by an agency to supplement its routine data collection. StreetLight InSight ® and Streetlytics, produced by StreetLight Data and Bentley Systems respectively, are two such tools that promise to provide traffic volumes, including AADTs, for every roadway in the US. This study
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The negative impacts of an excessive amount of dust on concrete performance have been known and reported in different states. The extent and impact of dust on concrete performance, which depends not only on quantity but also on the nature of dust could be complicated. For example, clay coatings showed a more harmful impact on concrete performance c
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Traditional calcium-based stabilizers, such as lime, to stabilize sulfate-rich expansive soils, are lasting-challenges in geotechnical engineering. The biggest problem with using calcium-based stabilizers is that when calcium and water are exposed to sulfate-rich expansive soils, they form ettringite as an expansive mineral, which causes sulfate-in
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With the recent identification of the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone in addition to the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Indiana’s Department of Transportation (INDOT) has become concerned with ensuring the adequate seismic performance of their bridge network. While INDOT made an effort to reduce the seismic vulnerability of newly-constructed bridges, many les
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This study explored pedestrian safety treatments used at midblock locations to assist the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in developing guidelines to improve pedestrian safety. The specific objectives included (a) identifying arterial corridors that are prone to pedestrian crashes, (b) recommending pedestrian treatments to be installed
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