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 project investigated the installation and performance of snowplowable reflective pavement markers (SRPMs) to determine optimum pavement marker solutions and policies for roadways in Illinois. The research evaluated the performance of five traditional cast-iron and two plastic SRPMs on test sections of both asphalt and concrete pavements. Analy
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) does its best to minimize traffic disruptions when repairing high-traffic roadways by limiting lane closures to off-peak (overnight) hours. WisDOT typically employs rapid-setting concrete or asphalt concrete, rather than conventional cementitious strategies, to meet the demands of these six-to-eig
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The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to apply a portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to Louisiana’s material needs, and to evaluate the efficiency of the portable devices to characterize relevant materials for acceptance.
Inverted-T bent caps have been widely used in Texas to reduce the overall elevation of bridges, to improve the available clearance beneath the beams, and to improve aesthetics. Since bridge design criteria have been improved and modified over the decades, many of the early inverted-T bent caps are deficient when evaluated against the current design
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Regression equations were updated for estimating the 1.25-. 1.50-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-year flood discharges for the Eastern Coastal Plain Region of Maryland. The regression equations were based on flood discharges for 36 stations and drainage area, in square miles; land slope, in percent; and hydrologic soils group A, in perc
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2019-11-01
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Domestic Airline Fares Consumer Report
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Each month the Department of Transportation releases an Air Travel Consumer Report that includes information about various service quality elements, including flight delays, mishandled baggage, over sales, and a variety of other types of consumer complaints. In response to an increasing number of inquiries from consumers about domestic airline pric
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Asset management principles and practices are strongly aligned with sustainability concepts; aligning a local government’s asset management practices with its sustainability initiatives helps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery and investment decisions. This Guidebook has been prepared by the Research Implementation Comm
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This study documented the construction of the Route 340 Bridge in Waynesboro, Virginia, with maintenance-free corrosion-resistant steel girders, secondary members, and stainless steel fastener assemblies. This included documenting the material properties of ASTM A1010 (hereinafter “A1010”) steel plate; girder and secondary member fabrication; erect
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2019-11-01
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Domestic Airline Fares Consumer Report
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Each month the Department of Transportation releases an Air Travel Consumer Report that includes information about various service quality elements, including flight delays, mishandled baggage, over sales, and a variety of other types of consumer complaints. In response to an increasing number of inquiries from consumers about domestic airline pric
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The design and performance of retaining walls requires accurate estimates of the lateral earth pressures for strength limit states and service limit states. Several design methods are available and are used to predict the lateral earth pressures acting on the wall as well as the lateral and vertical wall movements of the wall and of the soil behind
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The Oregon Department of Transportation (Oregon DOT) hosted a research management peer exchange on November 4, 5, and 6, in Salem, Oregon. The purpose of a peer exchange is to give all participants a means to improve the quality and effectiveness of their research efforts, processes and programs. The primary focus of the peer exchange was research
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Overseeing the delivery of highway projects at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) requires the successful coordination of activities and inputs from multiple external agencies and members of the agency’s Project Development team, who have varied disciplinary backgrounds. Despite the complexity of project delivery, the Cabinet presently does
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Energy-related activities such as natural gas and crude oil production in Texas have created large volumes of overweight (OW) truck operations, resulting in expedited deterioration and premature failure of transportation infrastructures. This project’s primary goal was to develop a database of the site-specific axle load spectra for energy corridor
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The restricted crossing U-turn (RCUT) aka J-turn intersection is an innovative alternative intersection design that displaces left turn and through movements from the minor street in order to serve through traffic on the major street. The J-turn is capable of providing a relatively high level of service (LOS) to major road through traffic over a wi
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Prepared in cooperation with the GDOT Office of Innovative Delivery, this research found the areas of challenges of design liability in the design–build environment, including: (a) issues related to design claims in design–build, (b) heightened standard of care in design–build, and (c) change in design professional liability insurance due to design
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Economic Effect of Restricted Crossing U-The RCUT, aka J-turn intersection, is an innovative alternative intersection design that displaces leftturn and through movements from the minor street. There is sufficient evidence that these designs reduce severe injury crashes and the FHWA hence added them to their list of “Proven Safety Countermeasures.”
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Incorrect turns onto railroad tracks may occur if a highway-rail grade crossing is close to an intersection or a freeway on-ramp. This project aimed to evaluate three low-cost countermeasures to prevent incorrect turns onto railroad tracks: (1) elimination of potentially misleading pavement markings and signs before railroad crossings, (2) implemen
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Regression equations were updated for estimating the 1.25-. 1.50-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-year flood discharges for the Western Coastal Plain Region of Maryland. The regression equations were based on flood discharges for 23 stations and drainage area, in square miles; impervious area, in percent of the watershed; and hydrologic
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In this study, to evaluate the effect of emulsion reduction during the cold in-place recycling (CIR) process in the field, three laboratory CIR mix designs were performed using the same reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material and emulsion at three different mixing temperatures. The mix design results showed that as the mixing temperature increase
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Florida International University researchers investigated the effects of microbially induced corrosion (MIC) on steel. They experimented with a variety of protective methods to determine their ability to prevent or mitigate MIC.
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