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Phase 3 Slope Vulnerability Assessments is a continuation of Phases 1 and 2 previously conducted by WSB and MnDOT to determine the risk of slope failure along state highways. This phase includes 27 counties located in MnDOT districts 1, 2, 3, and 4. The three main components of the model are 1) identify past slope failures, 2) model the causative f
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Holmstadt, J., Bradley, N., & Rodgers, N. (2020). Phase 3 MnDOT Slope Vulnerability Assessments (Report No. MN 2020-21). Minnesota. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53950
Holmstadt, Jen, Nick Bradley, and Nick Rodgers. Phase 3 MnDOT Slope Vulnerability Assessments. Report no. MN 2020-21. Minnesota. Department of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53950.
Holmstadt, Jen, et al. Phase 3 MnDOT Slope Vulnerability Assessments. Minnesota. Department of Transportation, 2020, Report no. MN 2020-21, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53950.
Since 2010, the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) has hosted the biweekly CUTR Transportation Webcast Series and has completed a total of 178 webinars. The webinars were scheduled every other Thursday at 12pm (ET) to accommodate attendee participation from across the country and provide a standing appointment for when webinars occurre
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Lewis, S. (2020). CUTR Transportation Webcast Series (Report No. 79063-01). United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NCTR-RR-2020-07
Lewis, Stephanie. CUTR Transportation Webcast Series. Report no. 79063-01. United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NCTR-RR-2020-07.
Lewis, Stephanie CUTR Transportation Webcast Series. United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 2020, Report no. 79063-01, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NCTR-RR-2020-07.
Cold recycling technologies such as Full-Depth Reclamation (FDR) are sustainable and cost-effective techniques for pavement rehabilitation. Previous research has found current mechanistic-empirical (M-E) default values to be non-representative and overly conservative, leading to an underestimation of the true performance capabilities of FDR materia
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Torres-Machi, C., Beesam, V. V., & Galotti, V. (2020). Residual Strength of Full-Depth Reclamation (Report No. CDOT-2020-09). Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88630
Torres-Machi, Cristina, Vishwa Vignan Beesam, and Victor Galotti. Residual Strength of Full-Depth Reclamation. Report no. CDOT-2020-09. Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88630.
Torres-Machi, Cristina, et al. Residual Strength of Full-Depth Reclamation. Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch, 2020, Report no. CDOT-2020-09, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88630.
The 7th Edition Highway Design Manual (HDM) establishes uniform policies and procedures to carry out the state highway design functions of the California Department of Transportation. Refer to the "Foreword" section of the HDM for more information. When a chapter is updated, the date on the header of the updated pages is changed and a vertical line
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California. Department of Transportation (2020). California Department of Transportation (Caltrans): Highway Design Manual: U.S. Customary Units: Seventh Edition. California. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15907
California. Department of Transportation. California Department of Transportation (Caltrans): Highway Design Manual: U.S. Customary Units: Seventh Edition. California. Department of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15907.
California. Department of Transportation California Department of Transportation (Caltrans): Highway Design Manual: U.S. Customary Units: Seventh Edition. California. Department of Transportation, 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15907.
The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) retained Kittelson & Associates, Inc. to research national best practices related to project prioritization for Statewide Improvement Programs and apply them to the National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funded National Highway System (NHS) project prioritization process. The
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Kittelson & Associates (2020). Performance Based Planning Research – Final Summary Report (Report No. FHWA-AK-RD-4000(193)). Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Research and Technology Transfer. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/51769
Kittelson & Associates. Performance Based Planning Research – Final Summary Report. Report no. FHWA-AK-RD-4000(193). Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Research and Technology Transfer, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/51769.
Kittelson & Associates Performance Based Planning Research – Final Summary Report. Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Research and Technology Transfer, 2020, Report no. FHWA-AK-RD-4000(193), ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/51769.
The main goal of this research study was to develop correlations among R-value, resilient modulus, and soil’s basic properties for available AASHTO soil types in databases in Colorado. In this study, an extensive database of systematically conducted resilient modulus and R-value tests along with the basic soil properties for Colorado soils was esta
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Fragomeni, C., & Hedayat, A. (2020). Construction and Design Soil Property Correlation (Report No. CDOT-2020-10). Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88629
Fragomeni, Cara and Ahmadreza Hedayat. Construction and Design Soil Property Correlation. Report no. CDOT-2020-10. Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88629.
Fragomeni, Cara, and Ahmadreza Hedayat Construction and Design Soil Property Correlation. Colorado Department of Transportation. Applied Research & Innovations Branch, 2020, Report no. CDOT-2020-10, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88629.
First envisioned by entrepreneur Elon Musk as a high-speed alternative to other modes of transportation, the Hyperloop consists of large-scale vacuum tubes with magnetic-levitation tracks that can carry capsules with passengers and/or cargo at speeds of up to 760 mi/h.On February 26, 2018, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) and
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Slope failures are frequent in highway embankments on expansive Yazoo clay in Mississippi due to frequent seasonal rainfall events associated with temperature and humidity variation causing expensive maintenance problems for the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). This State Study 286 was conducted to understand the performance of high
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Khan, M. S., Amini, F., & Nobahar, M. (2020). Performance Evaluation of Highway Slopes on Yazoo Clay (Report No. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-286). Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56232
Khan, Mohammad Sadik, Farshad Amini, and Masoud Nobahar. Performance Evaluation of Highway Slopes on Yazoo Clay. Report no. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-286. Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56232.
Khan, Mohammad Sadik, et al. Performance Evaluation of Highway Slopes on Yazoo Clay. Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation, 2020, Report no. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-286, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56232.
The impacts on air pollution and health equity of Tampa Bay Next, an ongoing transportation planning program in the Tampa area, were investigated in this study. Part 1 of this report describes simulations performed using a high-resolution modeling system to estimate changes in pollutant emissions, concentrations, population exposures, and exposure
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Kocak, T., Menon, N., Gurram, S., Bertini, R. L., & Stuart, A. L. (2020). Air Pollution and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Tampa Bay Next Program From a Health in All Policies Perspective. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50896
Kocak, Talha, Nikhil Menon, Sashikanth Gurram, Robert L. Bertini, and Amy L. Stuart. Air Pollution and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Tampa Bay Next Program From a Health in All Policies Perspective. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH) (UTC), 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50896.
Kocak, Talha, et al. Air Pollution and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Tampa Bay Next Program From a Health in All Policies Perspective. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH) (UTC), 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50896.
In Florida, many types of structures are built on shallow foundations, which are usually concrete pads that provide footings for a structure and distribute a load over a wide area. For large structures, such as bridges, the footings are primarily designed to handle the vertical, or axial, load applied by the structure, with the usual assumption tha
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Wasman, S., McVay, M., & Crawford, S. (2020). Bearing Capacity Factors for Shallow Foundations Subjected to Combined Lateral and Axial Loading. Florida. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59858
Wasman, Scott, Michael McVay, and Stephen Crawford. Bearing Capacity Factors for Shallow Foundations Subjected to Combined Lateral and Axial Loading. Florida. Department of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59858.
Wasman, Scott, et al. Bearing Capacity Factors for Shallow Foundations Subjected to Combined Lateral and Axial Loading. Florida. Department of Transportation, 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59858.
This research project is intended to track disruptive technologies impacting transportation including automated and connected vehicles, big data analytics, shared vehicles, electric vehicles and novel modes of transportation. The researchers follow industry and technology trends, synthesize research results from the full range of Carnegie Mellon Un
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Caldwell, S., & Hendrickson, C. T. (2020). Synthesis of Research Results and Technology Trends to Inform Policies for Smart Mobility of People and Goods Phase 2. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56093
Caldwell, Stan and Chris T. Hendrickson. Synthesis of Research Results and Technology Trends to Inform Policies for Smart Mobility of People and Goods Phase 2. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56093.
Caldwell, Stan, and Chris T. Hendrickson Synthesis of Research Results and Technology Trends to Inform Policies for Smart Mobility of People and Goods Phase 2. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56093.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently requiring that permeability reducing admixtures be included in concrete mixtures used for bridge deck overlays through Special Provision No. 907-804-1 in an effort to improve the long-term performance of bridges. These admixtures are also included in section 713.02.4 of the 2017 editi
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Varner, R. L. (2020). Permeability Reduction of Restrained Concrete in a Chloride-Rich Environment – Phase I (Report No. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-281). Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56231
Varner, Robert L.. Permeability Reduction of Restrained Concrete in a Chloride-Rich Environment – Phase I. Report no. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-281. Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56231.
Varner, Robert L. Permeability Reduction of Restrained Concrete in a Chloride-Rich Environment – Phase I. Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation, 2020, Report no. FHWA/MDOT-RD-20-281, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56231.
To enhance safety, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is in the process of adopting the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) as a resource to facilitate decision making based on the safety performance of its roadways. The predictive models which are known as Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) are used to forecast the expected crash frequency
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Khattak, A., Ahmad, N., Mohammadnazar, A., Mahdinia, I., Wali, B., & Arvin, R. (2020). Highway Safety Manual Safety Performance Functions & Roadway Calibration Factors: Roadway Segments Phase 2, Part 1 (Report No. RES 2016-27). Tennessee. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55069
Khattak, Asad, Numan Ahmad, Amin Mohammadnazar, Iman Mahdinia, Behram Wali, and Ramin Arvin. Highway Safety Manual Safety Performance Functions & Roadway Calibration Factors: Roadway Segments Phase 2, Part 1. Report no. RES 2016-27. Tennessee. Department of Transportation, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55069.
Khattak, Asad, et al. Highway Safety Manual Safety Performance Functions & Roadway Calibration Factors: Roadway Segments Phase 2, Part 1. Tennessee. Department of Transportation, 2020, Report no. RES 2016-27, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55069.
This project is to develop an assistive technology for the people with vision disabilities of central field loss (CFL) and low contrast sensitivity (LCS). This technology includes a pair of super-reality (SR) glasses with enhanced image contrast, for example, highlighting objects, detect signs, and lanes. The authors call the technology “super-real
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Cai, Y. (2020). Improving Mobility of Low Vision People with Super-Reality Glasses. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56080
Cai, Yang. Improving Mobility of Low Vision People with Super-Reality Glasses. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56080.
Cai, Yang Improving Mobility of Low Vision People with Super-Reality Glasses. Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56080.
Navajo Technical University (NTU) in New Mexico, has made a partnership with the Tran-SET regional center at Louisiana State University, LSU. We have provided learning and training the Native American students in transportation-related Industries to some of STEM students at NTU through these partnerships opportunities. The program was designed and
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DatasetSupporting Files
Ehteshami, G. R. (2020). Educational and Workforce Development Through Creation of Programs in Transportation To Generate Future Careers for Our Students in Navajo Nation Region [supporting datasets] (Report No. 17TTNTU01). Transportation Consortium of South-Central States. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3911555
Ehteshami, Gholam R. Educational and Workforce Development Through Creation of Programs in Transportation To Generate Future Careers for Our Students in Navajo Nation Region [supporting datasets]. Report no. 17TTNTU01. Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, 2020. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3911555.
Ehteshami, Gholam R Educational and Workforce Development Through Creation of Programs in Transportation To Generate Future Careers for Our Students in Navajo Nation Region [supporting datasets]. Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, 2020, Report no. 17TTNTU01, ROSA P. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3911555.
This study evaluates the potential human health impacts from connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) scenarios in the San Francisco, Bay Area. The study concentrates on impacts derived from the effects of CAVs on travel demand, safety, and environmental emissions. The study combines an extensive literature review about the extent of such potential
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Jaller, M., Pourrahmani, E., Rodier, C., Maizlish, N., & Zhang, M. (2020). Active Transportation and Community Health Impacts of Automated Vehicle Scenarios: An Integration of the San Francisco Bay Area Activity Based Travel Demand Model and the Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (ITHIM). Cornell University. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56015
Jaller, Miguel, Elham Pourrahmani, Caroline Rodier, Neil Maizlish, and Michael Zhang. Active Transportation and Community Health Impacts of Automated Vehicle Scenarios: An Integration of the San Francisco Bay Area Activity Based Travel Demand Model and the Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (ITHIM). Cornell University. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH), 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56015.
Jaller, Miguel, et al. Active Transportation and Community Health Impacts of Automated Vehicle Scenarios: An Integration of the San Francisco Bay Area Activity Based Travel Demand Model and the Integrated Transport and Health Impacts Model (ITHIM). Cornell University. Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. (CTECH), 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56015.
The increasing number of senior drivers may introduce new road risks due to age-related declines in physical and cognitive abilities. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have been proposed as solutions to minimize age-related declines, thereby increasing both senior safety and mobility. This study examined factors that influence seniors’ atti
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Liang, D., Lau, N., Baker, S., & Antin, J. F. (2020). Examining Senior Drivers’ Attitudes Towards Advanced Driver Assistance Systems after Naturalistic Exposure (Report No. 04-103). Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56075
Liang, Dan, Nathan Lau, Stephanie Baker, and Jonathan F Antin. Examining Senior Drivers’ Attitudes Towards Advanced Driver Assistance Systems after Naturalistic Exposure. Report no. 04-103. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56075.
Liang, Dan, et al. Examining Senior Drivers’ Attitudes Towards Advanced Driver Assistance Systems after Naturalistic Exposure. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2020, Report no. 04-103, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56075.
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) at varying market penetration rates will change traffic flow and highway performance. At AV market penetration rates of between 0 percent and 100 percent, human-driven vehicles (HVs) will be interacting with AVs. However, little is known about how HVs interact with AVs. Using the Oregon State University Driving Simulator,
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Wang, H., Hurwitz, D., Chand, C., Jashami, H., & Koll, C. (2020). Integrating Driving Simulator Experiment Data With a Multi-Agent Connected Automated Vehicles Simulation (MA-CAVs) Platform to Quantify Improved Capacity (Report No. 2018-S-OSU-4). Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58625
Wang, Haizhong, David Hurwitz, Cadell Chand, Hisham Jashami, and Charles Koll. Integrating Driving Simulator Experiment Data With a Multi-Agent Connected Automated Vehicles Simulation (MA-CAVs) Platform to Quantify Improved Capacity. Report no. 2018-S-OSU-4. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58625.
Wang, Haizhong, et al. Integrating Driving Simulator Experiment Data With a Multi-Agent Connected Automated Vehicles Simulation (MA-CAVs) Platform to Quantify Improved Capacity. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2020, Report no. 2018-S-OSU-4, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58625.
Pavement markings are an important traffic control device, enhancing both the safety and efficiency of various modes of transportation by aiding vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians in effectively navigating the transportation network. In this Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) project, the authors developed a new framework to
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Jung, J., Olsen, M. J., Che, E., & Parrish, C. (2020). Efficient Extraction and Evaluation of Complex Pavement Markings from Mobile Laser Scan Data. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56491
Jung, Jaehoon, Michael J. Olsen, Erzhuo Che, and Christopher Parrish. Efficient Extraction and Evaluation of Complex Pavement Markings from Mobile Laser Scan Data. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2020. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56491.
Jung, Jaehoon, et al. Efficient Extraction and Evaluation of Complex Pavement Markings from Mobile Laser Scan Data. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2020, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56491.
These files belong to a research project on evaluating different bicycle and pedestrian crossing options at Continuous Flow Intersections (CFI). These are the simulation models for different CFI crossing alternatives for pedestrians and bicycles. Three parameters were varied to create the scenario: a) number of displaced left turn legs (4 vs. 2) b)
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DatasetSupporting Files
Rouphail, N. M., Cunningham, C. M., Warchol, S., & Ahmed, I. (2020). Integrated Implementation of Innovative Intersection Designs [supporting datasets]. Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE). http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3887540
Rouphail, Nagui M., Christopher M. Cunningham, Shannon Warchol, and Ishtiak Ahmed. Integrated Implementation of Innovative Intersection Designs [supporting datasets]. Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), 2020. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3887540.
Rouphail, Nagui M., et al. Integrated Implementation of Innovative Intersection Designs [supporting datasets]. Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), 2020, ROSA P. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3887540.
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