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 report focuses on how cities can use climate action plans (CAPs) to ensure that on-demand mobility and autonomous vehicles (AVs) help reduce, rather than increase, green-house gas (GHG) emissions and inequitable impacts from the transportation system. The authors employed a three-pronged research strategy involving: (1) an analysis of the curr
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Alexander, S., Agrawal, A. W., & Clark, B. Y. (2021). Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility (Report No. 20-41, CA-MTI-1818). Mineta Transportation Institute. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1818
Alexander, Serena, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y Clark. Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility. Report no. 20-41, CA-MTI-1818. Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1818.
Alexander, Serena, et al. Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility. Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021, Report no. 20-41, CA-MTI-1818, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1818.
This paper details a Transportation Pooled Fund Study, TPF-5(307), that included Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon (lead state), Washington, and the Federal Highway Administration. The research goal was to update guidelines as a foundation for review by the respective AASHTO sub-committee(s). This report focused on bridges for the Western United S
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Lynett, P., Thio, H. K., Scott, M., Murphy, T., Shantz, T., & Shen, J. D. (2021). Validation of Tsunami Design Guidelines for Coastal Bridges (Report No. FHWA-OR-RD-21-09). Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58429
Lynett, Patrick, Hong Kie Thio, Michael Scott, Tom Murphy, Tom Shantz, and Jian-Dzwan Shen. Validation of Tsunami Design Guidelines for Coastal Bridges. Report no. FHWA-OR-RD-21-09. Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58429.
Lynett, Patrick, et al. Validation of Tsunami Design Guidelines for Coastal Bridges. Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section, 2021, Report no. FHWA-OR-RD-21-09, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58429.
This project focuses on modeling access to food locations by identifying the most critical roadway links in a transportation network. This project extends the Critical Closeness Accessibility (CCA) measure developed by Novak and Sullivan (2014) to identify the roadway infrastructure components that are most critical with respect to food accessibili
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Novak, D. C., Sullivan, J. L., & Niles, M. T. (2021). Targeted Investment for Food Access (Report No. NCST-UVM-RR-21-01). National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC). https://doi.org/10.7922/G2FT8JBR
Novak, David C., James L. Sullivan, and Meredith T Niles. Targeted Investment for Food Access. Report no. NCST-UVM-RR-21-01. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2021. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2FT8JBR.
Novak, David C., et al. Targeted Investment for Food Access. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2021, Report no. NCST-UVM-RR-21-01, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2FT8JBR.
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the mechanical performance and long-term durability of concrete containing alternative supplementary cementitious materials (ASCM) available in the state of Florida that were identified in a previous research project (FDOT BDV-31-977-06) as warranting further investigation. The ASCM chosen were two types
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Ferraro, C. C., Paris, J. M., Riding, K. A., Townsend, T. G., & Bueno, E. T. (2021). Evaluation of Silica-Based Materials for Use in Portland Cement Concrete. Florida Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63166
Ferraro, Christopher C., Jerry M. Paris, Kyle A Riding, Timothy G. Townsend, and Eduard Tora Bueno. Evaluation of Silica-Based Materials for Use in Portland Cement Concrete. Florida Department of Transportation, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63166.
Ferraro, Christopher C., et al. Evaluation of Silica-Based Materials for Use in Portland Cement Concrete. Florida Department of Transportation, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63166.
The use and application of salt, sand and related mixtures and derivatives have proved to be highly effective for removing or controlling the development of ice on the roadway surface. Although ample research has indicated the way in which application method, application rate, and efficacy of mix contents can vary depending on temperature and surfa
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Belz, N., & Fulton, G. (2021). Measuring Dispersal and Tracking of Anti-Icing and Deicing Chemicals by Using In-Situ Spectral Data – Phase II (Report No. 2018-S-UAF-2). Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60061
Belz, Nathan and Gabriel Fulton. Measuring Dispersal and Tracking of Anti-Icing and Deicing Chemicals by Using In-Situ Spectral Data – Phase II. Report no. 2018-S-UAF-2. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60061.
Belz, Nathan, and Gabriel Fulton Measuring Dispersal and Tracking of Anti-Icing and Deicing Chemicals by Using In-Situ Spectral Data – Phase II. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2021, Report no. 2018-S-UAF-2, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60061.
Asthma is one of the leading chronic airway diseases among children in the United States and across the world. Emerging evidence indicates that traffic-related air pollution leads to the onset of childhood asthma. In this work, the researchers estimated the number of incident asthma cases among children attributable to three common traffic-related
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Khreis, H., & Alotaibi, R. (2021). Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma in the United States: A Burden of Disease Assessment. Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health. Texas A&M Transportation Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59169
Khreis, Haneen and Raed Alotaibi. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma in the United States: A Burden of Disease Assessment. Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59169.
Khreis, Haneen, and Raed Alotaibi Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma in the United States: A Burden of Disease Assessment. Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59169.
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Program has compiled a set of resources to answer your questions about nonmotorized counting, from site selection and counter setup to quality control and data uses.
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (2021). Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Resources. Texas A&M Transportation Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60141
Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Resources. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60141.
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Resources. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60141.
Rail Passengers assesses that restoring the North Coast Hiawatha as a daily Amtrak service would generate $271 million each year in economic benefits to the seven states served while costing Amtrak roughly $68 million per year to operate – a cost offset 66% by collection of $41 million each year in fares and other customer revenue. As many as 426,0
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Mathews, J., Aiello, J., Jeans-Gail, S., Hirschfeld, J., & Cohen, S. A. (2021). North Coast Hiawatha Restoration: A Solid Return for Taxpayers and Business. Rail Passengers Association. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78277
Mathews, Jim, Joseph Aiello, Sean Jeans-Gail, Joshua Hirschfeld, and Sophia A Cohen. North Coast Hiawatha Restoration: A Solid Return for Taxpayers and Business. Rail Passengers Association, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78277.
Mathews, Jim, et al. North Coast Hiawatha Restoration: A Solid Return for Taxpayers and Business. Rail Passengers Association, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78277.
UDOT is developing a dashboard that can display information for winter storm events. This project is focused on creating a one-stop shop for decision-making tools and will serve to inform operations managers, who will be making decisions based on feedback from the dashboards. The recommendations this report makes will help the Maintenance Operation
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Moser, A., Wells, K., & Perry, L. (2021). ESRI Insights Phase II: The War Room (Report No. UT-21.02). Utah. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58761
Moser, Andrea, Kevin Wells, and Lyndi Perry. ESRI Insights Phase II: The War Room. Report no. UT-21.02. Utah. Department of Transportation, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58761.
Moser, Andrea, et al. ESRI Insights Phase II: The War Room. Utah. Department of Transportation, 2021, Report no. UT-21.02, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58761.
This project focused on evaluating the effects of fire-induced damage on concrete bridge elements, including prestressed concrete bridge girders. A series of controlled heating experiments, pool fire tests, material tests, and structural loading tests were conducted. Experimental results indicate that the portion of concrete subjected to temperatur
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Varma, A. H., Olek, J., Williams, C. S., & Tseng, T. C. (2021). Post-Fire Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Bridges in Indiana (Report No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2021/05). Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317290
Varma, Amit H., Jan Olek, Christopher S. Williams, and Tzu-Chun Tseng. Post-Fire Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Bridges in Indiana. Report no. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2021/05. Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317290.
Varma, Amit H., et al. Post-Fire Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Bridges in Indiana. Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program, 2021, Report no. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2021/05, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317290.
This report summarizes the details of experimental work and finite element modeling conducted to evaluate: 1) the remaining axial capacity of H-piles having different corrosion severity and extension levels, and 2) the performance of repaired corroded H-piles. Seventeen full-scale H-piles were investigated under concentric and eccentric loads. The
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Abdulazeez, M. M., Ramadan, A., Shrestha, B., Gomaa, E., Mahmood, T., Gheni, A., & ElGawady, M. A. (2021). Behavior and Repair of Corroded Steel H-Piles (Report No. cmr 21-002). Missouri. Department of Transportation. Construction and Materials Division. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56945
Abdulazeez, Mohanad M, Amro Ramadan, Binod Shrestha, Eslam Gomaa, Tousif Mahmood, Ahmed Gheni, and Mohamed A. ElGawady. Behavior and Repair of Corroded Steel H-Piles. Report no. cmr 21-002. Missouri. Department of Transportation. Construction and Materials Division, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56945.
Abdulazeez, Mohanad M, et al. Behavior and Repair of Corroded Steel H-Piles. Missouri. Department of Transportation. Construction and Materials Division, 2021, Report no. cmr 21-002, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56945.
The characteristics of base and subbase layers play a very important role in pavement performance under the complex conditions of traffic loading and environment. Unreasonable and inaccurate base design parameters can result in poor pavement performance as well as higher construction and maintenance costs. This study was conducted to develop materi
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Amirkhanian, S. N., & Corley, M. (2021). Characterization of Bases and Subbases for AASHTO ME Pavement Design (Report No. FHWA-SC-21-01). South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials and Research. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56481
Amirkhanian, Serji N. and Mary Corley. Characterization of Bases and Subbases for AASHTO ME Pavement Design. Report no. FHWA-SC-21-01. South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials and Research, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56481.
Amirkhanian, Serji N., and Mary Corley Characterization of Bases and Subbases for AASHTO ME Pavement Design. South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials and Research, 2021, Report no. FHWA-SC-21-01, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56481.
Recent advances in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technologies have tremendous potential of improving the reliability and efficiency of inspections of transportation infrastructures, such as bridges, highways, railroads, construction projects, high mast light poles, etc. Two major challenges in the adoption of UAS operations for NJDOT transportati
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Agrawal, A. K. (2021). NJDOT UAS/Drone Procedures Manual and Best Practices for Use in New Jersey [Technical Brief] (Report No. NJ-2021-001). New Jersey. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61809
Agrawal, Anil K.. NJDOT UAS/Drone Procedures Manual and Best Practices for Use in New Jersey [Technical Brief]. Report no. NJ-2021-001. New Jersey. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61809.
Agrawal, Anil K. NJDOT UAS/Drone Procedures Manual and Best Practices for Use in New Jersey [Technical Brief]. New Jersey. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research, 2021, Report no. NJ-2021-001, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61809.
In many cities and towns throughout the United States, citizens with lower levels of education and skill confront challenges when seeking employment. The jobs best suited for their skills may be located in a different part of the metro area from their homes, and the existing public transportation system may not provide them with a practical way of
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Branstetter, L., Li, B., & Taylor, L. (2021). Driving Low-Income Mothers to Greater Success: The Impact of Ridehailing on Income and Employment. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59174
Branstetter, Lee, Beibei Li, and Lowell Taylor. Driving Low-Income Mothers to Greater Success: The Impact of Ridehailing on Income and Employment. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59174.
Branstetter, Lee, et al. Driving Low-Income Mothers to Greater Success: The Impact of Ridehailing on Income and Employment. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59174.
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and operational impacts of an innovative infrastructure solution for safe and efficient integration of Automated Vehicle (AV) as an emerging technology into an existing transportation system. Filling the gap in the limited research on the effect of AV technology on infrastructure standards,
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Machiani, S. G., Ahmadi, A., Musial, W. B., Katthe, A., Melendez, B., & Jahangiri, A. (2021). Implications of a Narrow Automated Vehicle-Exclusive Lane on Interstate 15 Express Lanes. Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Center (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60215
Machiani, Sahar Ghanipoor, Alidad Ahmadi, Walter B Musial, Anagha Katthe, Benjamin Melendez, and Arash Jahangiri. Implications of a Narrow Automated Vehicle-Exclusive Lane on Interstate 15 Express Lanes. Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Center (UTC), 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60215.
Machiani, Sahar Ghanipoor, et al. Implications of a Narrow Automated Vehicle-Exclusive Lane on Interstate 15 Express Lanes. Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Center (UTC), 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60215.
Critical shear stress is the stress exerted by flowing water that initiates soil erosion. It is a required parameter for estimating scour around structures. The current state of practice for estimating critical shear stress in cohesive soils is to assume a minimum value based on experiments with cohesionless, coarse-grained soils. The most accurate
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Kulesza, S., & Karim, M. Z. (2021). Predicting Critical Shear Stress of Fine-Grained Soils in Kansas (Report No. KS-21-01). Kansas Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58691
Kulesza, Stacey and Md Zahidul Karim. Predicting Critical Shear Stress of Fine-Grained Soils in Kansas. Report no. KS-21-01. Kansas Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58691.
Kulesza, Stacey, and Md Zahidul Karim Predicting Critical Shear Stress of Fine-Grained Soils in Kansas. Kansas Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research, 2021, Report no. KS-21-01, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58691.
The main objectives in phase IV of the project were to (1) continue to enhance the visualization and reporting features of the Transit Network Analysis (TNA) software tool, and (2) to ensure that the TNA software tool can be used, modified, and developed by others. To fulfill these objectives, several tasks aimed at incorporating new visualization
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Porter, J. D., Kim, D. S., Mohseni, A., Barahimi, P., Prabandh, S., & Prasad, V. (2021). Phase IV: Development of Transit Network Tools, Standards, and Processes (Report No. FHWA-OR-STIC-21-11). Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55975
Porter, J. David, David S. Kim, Alireza Mohseni, Pouya Barahimi, Srinivas Prabandh, and Venkatesa Prasad. Phase IV: Development of Transit Network Tools, Standards, and Processes. Report no. FHWA-OR-STIC-21-11. Oregon. Dept. of Transportation, 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55975.
Porter, J. David, et al. Phase IV: Development of Transit Network Tools, Standards, and Processes. Oregon. Dept. of Transportation, 2021, Report no. FHWA-OR-STIC-21-11, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55975.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has experienced roadway worms, or blistering of flexible pavements, for several decades. A literature review indicated that the distress (also referred to as ripples and distortions) generally occurs due to moisture or other gas-forming substances trapped in between two layers of asphalt concrete (AC)
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Pullen, Aaron B, and Hyung S Lee Evaluation of Roadway Worms/Distortions. Florida Department of Transportation, 2021, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60792.
To cross uncontrolled roadways, where no traffic-halting signal devices are present, pedestrians with visual impairments must rely on their other senses to detect oncoming vehicles and estimate the correct crossing interval in order to avoid potentially fatal collisions. To overcome the limitations of human auditory performance, which can be partic
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Li, M. (2021). Assisting Vision-Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Streets: An Innovative Acoustic Ranging Approach (Report No. CTEDD 019-24). Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56371
Li, Ming. Assisting Vision-Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Streets: An Innovative Acoustic Ranging Approach. Report no. CTEDD 019-24. Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) (UTC), 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56371.
Li, Ming Assisting Vision-Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Streets: An Innovative Acoustic Ranging Approach. Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) (UTC), 2021, Report no. CTEDD 019-24, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56371.
Despite growing interest in low-speed automated shuttles, pilot deployments have only just begun in a few places in the U.S., and there is a lack of studies that estimate the impacts of a widespread deployment of automated shuttles designed to supplement existing transit networks. This project estimated the potential impacts of automated shuttles b
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Hsueh, G., Czerwinski, D., Poliziani, C., Becker, T., Hughes, A., Chen, P., & Benn, M. (2021). Using Beam Software To Simulate the Introduction of On-Demand, Automated, and Electric Shuttles for Last Mile Connectivity in Santa Clara County (Report No. 20-47). Mineta Transportation Institute. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1822
Hsueh, Gary, David Czerwinski, Cristian Poliziani, Terris Becker, Alexandre Hughes, Peter Chen, and Melissa Benn. Using Beam Software To Simulate the Introduction of On-Demand, Automated, and Electric Shuttles for Last Mile Connectivity in Santa Clara County. Report no. 20-47. Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1822.
Hsueh, Gary, et al. Using Beam Software To Simulate the Introduction of On-Demand, Automated, and Electric Shuttles for Last Mile Connectivity in Santa Clara County. Mineta Transportation Institute, 2021, Report no. 20-47, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1822.
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