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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We present a novel statistical inference framework for convex empirical risk minimization, using approximate stochastic Newton steps. The proposed algorithm is based on the notion of finite differences and allows the approximation of a Hessian-vector product from first-order information. In theory, our method efficiently computes the statistical er
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This project covers the development of Accessibility measures for the State of North Dakota at the county level and for the three North Dakota MPOs. It explains the procedures, constraints and considerations for the use of the model as an evaluation tool to measure the effectiveness off the transportation system to meet the needs of residents.
Smart City technological applications have been employed in several cities worldwide to help improve functionality of transportation infrastructure. The information collected through the distribution of sensors inform applications that optimize city life. The Steering Committee for this project, led by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), env
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The services provided by public transportation systems increase the mobility and accessibility options of a community. In addition, transit improvements are one of the transportation demand strategies for enhancing community livability, as they offer affordable transportation alternatives and help reduce traffic congestion. They can provide access
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This paper develops an analytic system to investigate the effects of AV availability on multiple dimensions of activity-travel behavior at once, based on a direct survey-based modeling approach. The model uses individual socio-demographics, built environment variables, as well as psycho-social variables (in the form of latent psychological construc
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Reservation-based traffic control is a revolutionary intersection management system which involves the communication of autonomous vehicles and an intersection to request space-time trajectories through the intersection. Although previous studies have found congestion and throughput benefits of reservation-based control that surpass signalized cont
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The main objective of this project is to develop an inundation detection and evaluation framework using images from traffic monitoring cameras and reliable flood monitoring under extreme precipitation conditions. This study presents a comparative assessment of image enhancement and segmentation techniques to automatically identify the flash floodin
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A severe weather index (SWI) was developed and tested using RWIS data from 2012 to 2020. The developed SWI model has an overall adjusted R2 = 0.67. The severity bounds are defined as low (0 to 1.2), moderate (1.2 to 8), and severe (greater than 8). The SWI model was tested quantitively and qualitatively using 2019-2020 winter weather data and input
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The objective of this study was to develop a correlation between lab tests performed using the CoreLok (Idaho -IT-144) method and results from the AASHTO T-84 procedure for fine aggregates in Idaho. These tests are used to determine critical aggregate parameters such as (a) absorption, (b) Gsa, (c) Gsb, and (d) GsbSSD. The AASHTO T-84 procedure tak
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The goal of this Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education (CAMMSE) project was to preliminarily model the microscopic and macroscopic effects of incorporating connected vehicle (CV) technologies into emergency evacuation during typical winter weather in the Pacific Northwest. To meet this goal, the following objectives will b
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Joint Task Force on Pavements – in cooperation with the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the Federal Highway Association (FHWA) – sponsored the development of an AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) pavement design procedure. NCHRP project 1-37A pr
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Flooding poses safety hazards to motorists, emergency and maintenance crews and may cause costly damage to transportation infrastructure and its operation. Flash flooding, in particular, causes the most flood-related deaths According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 2017 alone, flash flooding also caused $60.7 billion w
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This research evaluates opportunities for retrofitting residential streets with alternative designs with the overall goal of improving their function, reducing their negative impacts and reducing maintenance costs. This is accomplished through three main research tasks. First, the authors conduct a comprehensive review of the street design literatu
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Snowplow trucks operate in extreme conditions that take a toll on engines, wiring, controls, sensors, connectors, augers, conveyors, spinners and other parts exposed to extreme cold, wetness and corrosive materials. Consequently, winter road maintenance equipment may break down on the road. Road maintenance agencies have a range of protocols for de
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The overall goal of this project was to explore the use of continuous pedestrian traffic signal data from the Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) system to estimate pedestrian volumes at signalized intersections. Our objectives were to identify patterns of pedestrian activity at signalized intersections, develop methods to estimat
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The report covers the work performed under NDOT’s research contract #607-17-803, which involved the development of a quality of signal timing performance measure methodology for arterial operations. Evaluating the benefits of traffic signal re-timing is of an increasing interest to transportation policymakers, operators, and the public, as integrat
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For-hire vehicle trips in the five boroughs of New York City from 2014 to 2017 increased by 82 million annually (46%). This report uses factor analysis and cluster analysis to create a typology that is then used to quantify how usage patterns have evolved in different types of neighborhood. Having surged 40-fold, ridesourcing trips originating in t
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Pavement temperature has a significant effect on the deflection measured using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) or traffic speed deflectometer (TSD). Pavement temperature is used to adjust the backcalculated asphalt concrete moduli or deflection at a reference temperature. The current practice is to drill holes at the mid-depth of the top asp
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Flooding poses safety hazards to motorists, emergency and maintenance crews and may cause costly damage to transportation infrastructure and its operation. Flash flooding, in particular, causes the most flood-related deaths According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 2017 alone, flash flooding also caused $60.7 billion w
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Predicting pedestrian trajectories is of major importance for several applications including autonomous driving and surveillance systems. In autonomous driving, an accurate prediction of pedestrians trajectories enables the controller to plan ahead the motion of the vehicle in an adversarial environment. For example, it is a critical component for
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