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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The main focus of this research is to develop a systematic analytical framework and evaluate the effect of a toll road on region’s traffic using travel time and travel time reliability measures. The travel time data for the Triangle Expressway in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States was employed for the assessment process. The spatial and tempora
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Aircraft noise can disrupt sleep and impair recuperation. The most recent US investigation on the effects of aircraft noise on sleep was conducted more than 20 years ago. Since then, traffic patterns and noise levels produced by single aircraft have changed substantially. It is therefore important that field studies be conducted in the U.S. to acqu
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This study seeks to find the influence of replacing a portion of the asphalt–rubber binder with the bio-based material “guayule resin.” This replacement could be beneficial in terms of sustainability, economics, and environmental concerns related to the asphalt industry. Nine asphalt–rubber–guayule binders were investigated to find their rheologica
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The moisture damage susceptibility of four different asphalt concrete mixes from Wisconsin, two with dolomite aggregates and two with siliceous aggregate, was evaluated through laboratory and conditioning testing. One mix was considered a good performing mix and the other three with poor or marginal performance with respect to moisture damage resis
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This handbook presents a methodology that will aid highway asset owners and maintenance personnel with determining what assets, beyond pavements and bridges, are most important to support their agencies' missions and goals. The methodology prioritizes asset classes and identifies data related to those assets that best support a performance-based ap
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Increased use of active transportation can make direct and indirect contributions toward addressing societal transportation issues. However, in the process of cycling for transportation, cyclists are exposed to multiple pollutants that could adversely impact their health. The goal of this study was to better understand the variation in PM2.5 exposu
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Fatigue cracks that develop in steel highway bridges under repetitive traffic loads are one of the major mechanisms that degrade structural integrity. If bridges are not appropriately inspected and maintained, fatigue cracks can eventually lead to catastrophic failures, in particular for fracture-critical bridges. Bridge owners, such as state Depar
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The goal of this report is to provide insights regarding the potential unintended negative impacts that the introduction of automation can have on human performance and resultant system behavior when a decision support system fails or exhibits degraded performance. It further provides human factors guidance on methods to mitigate potential risks to
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Researchers compared the 2013 to 2017 fatal crash data from the KSP database to the crash data from the FARS database to check the consistency and accuracy of alcohol and drug involvement reporting for drivers in the KSP database. The indications of alcohol and drug involvement in the FARS database were used as the ground truth due to the inclusion
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During bridge deck construction, construction loads are transferred through the overhang-formwork system into the girder system, resulting in significant torsional moments acting on the exterior girder. In some cases, these torsional moments can lead to excessive exterior-girder rotation, thin bridge decks, and cause potential safety and maintenanc
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Monitoring traffic through extensive collection and efficient storage of traffic data is crucial for improving safety and efficiency of Florida highways. To this end, the Florida Department of Transportation’s Office of Transportation Data and Analytics operates temporary and permanent count stations strategically placed at various locations on the
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Pedestrian infrastructure is one of the most vital transportation infrastructures for pedestrians and wheelchair users who rely on quality sidewalks to facilitate safe and uninterrupted trips in their every day lives. To meet the obligations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan and to make informed investment decisions in tr
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MDOT routinely inspects bridges for scour around abutments and piers. These inspections are typically conducted from a boat during high-flow events, with inspectors probing the channel bottom or using sonar techniques to determine the extent of the scour. This can be very dangerous for bridge inspectors. As an alternative, an unmanned surface vesse
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The use of express lanes (ELs) in freeway traffic management has seen increasing popularity throughout the U.S., particularly in Florida. These lanes aim at increasing the efficiency of transportation system management and operations (TSM&O) to provide a more reliable trip. An important component of ELs is the channelizing devices used to delineate
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Construction projects typically require mass clearing and grading, causing many site areas to be unstable. As a result, they lack ground cover to protect against rainfall and runoff, which results in soil degradation and erosion. Erosion introduces nonpoint source suspended solids pollution (NPS) into water bodies that diminish water quality and re
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Massive employment growth at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC), with housing stock primarily in the Reno/Sparks area – and a constrained transportation corridor (I-80) connecting the two – is leading to significant congestion with the potential to slow desired economic development in the region. In addition to other strategies under considera
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Central and eastern North America (CENA) is considered to be a moderately active region, but it suffers from a lack of recorded earthquakes in the magnitude-distance range of engineering interest. In this report, region-specific synthetic strong ground motion time histories are generated using a new and improved stochastic summation of Green's func
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The magnitude of the overall settlement depends on several variables such as compression index (Cc), recompression index (Cr), and secondary compression index (Cα), which are determined by a consolidation test. However, the test is time consuming and labor intensive. Correlations have been developed to approximate these compressibility indexes to s
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