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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Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) does not have evidence how the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) test results correlate to other test methods (say, R-value) for Colorado’s pavement subgrade. Even, the correlation between single-mass, and dual-mass DCP (which are two ways of conducting DCP test) is still unknown. Pavement Mechanistic-Empi
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Because most automated vehicles (AVs) are programmed to follow a set path and maintain a lateral position in the center of the lane, over time significant pavement rutting will occur. This study directly measured AV lateral wandering patterns. It was found that the wandering patterns of both AVs and human-driven vehicles could be modeled with a nor
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The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act" established the Advanced Transportation Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program to make competitive grants for the deployment of advanced transportation technologies. The legislation also mandates reporting requirements for the grantees, including data on the benef
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Over the last decade, the popularity of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) as a mode of travel has been increasing at a steady pace, even in medium size cities. However, the determinants that influence transportation users to adopt TNCs as a preferred mode choice are still not well understood, nor are the impacts of such preferences on their t
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Recently, hurricanes have caused major concern for transportation agencies and policymakers attempting to find better evacuation strategies. This was especially evident after Hurricane Irma, which forced about 6.5 million Floridians to evacuate the state. This mass evacuation caused a significant amount of delays on state highways due to heavy cong
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A Decisions support systems (DSS) is considered an important component of ICM. A DSS provides the necessary support for real-time operations as well as planning for operations of the transportation systems. Previous national ICM efforts have utilized offline and online decision support modules based on data from multiple sources and modeling tools.
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Volume I of this two-volume report summarizes a research project designed to assist MassDOT in thedevelopment of a pilot program for applying unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology to addresssurface transportation needs in the Commonwealth. In order to provide MassDOT with a comprehensiveunderstanding of the advantages, challenges, and other aspec
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) employed Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) technology to reduce construction impacts and delays when replacing the State Route 299 bridge at I-24 in Dade County, Georgia, over a single weekend in May 2017. Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) were used for the bridge replacement. A few mont
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This project explores how connected vehicle technology can be used to reduce the impacts of air pollutant emissions from freight vehicles. Specifically, the objective of this project is to develop new vehicle routing algorithms for determining travel routes for heavy-duty diesel trucks that would reduce the exposure of local residents to air pollut
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UDOT has purchased a contract from HERE for providing travel-time information for Utah highways. HERE travel-time estimates are primarily derived from GPS data obtained from in-vehicle navigation devices. In this research, UDOT is interested in learning how the travel-time estimates from HERE compare to another source of travel-time data, obtained
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The Nelsonville bypass, completed in 2013, runs through the largest remaining tract of continuous forest in Ohio, including wetlands and amphibian migration routes. Such habitat fragmentation affects wildlife populations by increasing mortality and reducing connectivity. Thus, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) installed wildlife mitigati
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This project explored the use of UAS as a traffic data collection tool as compared to traditional speed data collection instruments on roadways through a field study. Previous literature found that UAS are being utilized for survey work and are new devices used in the field of traffic data collection. Using the data collected in the field and a lit
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In recent years, newly constructed curbs on New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) single-span roadway bridges have suffered from early-age cracking. This study focuses on the survey and analysis of data collected at several bridges in an effort to find ways to reduce cracking in bridge curbs. Seventeen existing bridges that had been pl
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Volume 2: Application of the National Register of Historic Places Criteria for Evaluation (Evaluation Criteria) of the Historic Survey of Roads in Idaho’s State Highway System is the second component in the Idaho Transportation Department’s effort to evaluate roads currently within Idaho’s State Highway System. The purpose of the Evaluation Criteri
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This study investigated asymmetric deformation (racking) of installed thermoplastic pipe. ODOT construction records were reviewed to determine the extent of racking noted within Item 611 Conduit Evaluations. Next, a rational method for assessing racking was developed within the framework of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Section 12.
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Motion discomfort in highly automated vehicles and in simulators represents a persistent problem that might be mitigated if it can be monitored. In driving simulators, motion discomfort can compromise data collection. In highly automated vehicles, motion discomfort can discourage people from riding in such vehicles, undermining the potential safety
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In a series of four tasks, Florida State University researchers examined the systems and procedures used for acquiring vehicle and pedestrian data on the SHS.
Maine’s bridge inventory includes a significant number of reinforced concrete T-beam bridges, both with and without skew. Many of these bridges were built in the first half of the 20th century for design loadings much lower than those considered today, causing a significant number of them to have low flexural rating factors. Despite this, these bri
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Truck tonnage is an important mobility measure to evaluate transportation system performance, which can identify how much freight is moved. This study develops a methodology for truck tonnage estimation, which consists of three main parts: (i) Weigh in Motion (WIM) sites clustering, (ii) truck volume estimation based on Telemetric Traffic Monitorin
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Researchers have shown that the heat waves affect thermal expansion joints, accelerate material degradation, and increase stresses in prestressed concrete girders. In particular, experimental and analytical investigations indicate a significant increase in stresses at both the tension and compression regions during extreme summer temperatures. The
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