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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Every Day Counts (EDC) is the Federal Highway Administration’s program to advance a culture of innovation in the transportation community in partnership with public and private stakeholders. Through this State-based effort, FHWA coordinates rapid deployment of proven strategies and technologies to shorten the project delivery process, enhance roadw
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In 2009, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) published the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH), which supersedes the previous crash test and evaluation guidelines. A MASH implementation agreement was jointly developed and adopted by the Federal Highway Administration and AASHTO. It establishes imp
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This project demonstrates how an inexpensive system (hardware and software) can add new functionality to existing signal controllers, giving bicyclists an efficient way to cross a controlled intersection. The system integrates three components: (1) a Bike Connect box that resides near the signal-controller and is connected to it, (2) an application
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In the United States, ~30% of the ~600,000 highway bridges are labeled structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Approximately 65% of the bridges in the United State are reinforced concrete, of which 40% are classified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Many of these bridges are damaged due to chloride induced corrosion of t
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In Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), prefabricated bridge deck elements are connected using “Closure Joints.” Because of cast-in-place nature of closure joints that are expected to go into service and field observations, there have been some concerns about their long-term durability. This has necessitated the need for health monitoring of ABC
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This project focuses on making our measures, models, and methods more transferable to other locations. Specifically, we re-evaluate, compare and test our pedestrian index of the environment (PIE) measure using data resources more commonly available to planning agencies across the country. Next, we test the results of PIE and its input data in model
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The objective of this project was to complete the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) evaluation of the Wyoming box beam shoulder barrier by performing MASH Test 3-10. MASH Test 3-10 involves an 1100C vehicle impacting the barrier at a target impact speed and impact angle of 62 mi/h and 25°, respectively. This report provides details of the
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Full-depth, precast concrete deck panels have been heavily used in bridge construction since the 1970’s. The use of these panels has traditionally been thought to both accelerate construction and improve the long-term durability performance of the bridge deck. While many engineers and academia are intrinsically aware that confined precast can perfo
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To account for different variables related to traffic, climate and materials, and their interactions affecting pavement performance, a research effort initiated by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has led to the development of a Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. This guide is being adapted by the Wyoming Departme
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Deep dynamic site characterization was conducted at fifteen ARDOT bridge sites in northeast Arkansas with the goal of developing shear wave velocity profiles to bedrock. A combination of active and passive surface wave methods along with horizontal to vertical spectral ratio measurements were used to develop the Vs profiles. These Vs profiles along
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Construction inspection is a critical component in the quality assurance (QA) program to ensure the quality and long-term performance of pavements. Over the years, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has been developing and modifying its standard specification to set requirements for construction inspection and material testing. With the r
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Economical and crack-free high-performance concrete (Eco-HPC) is a new class of environmentally friendly and cost-effective high-performance concrete (HPC) that is made of low binder content, high volume of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), and shrinkage mitigating materials. The initial phase of research that involved an extensive labor
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Several methodologies to count and classify vehicles from video recordings were explored in this research to provide transportation agencies with a safer alternative to collect these data which are needed for traffic engineering and planning studies. In this study, three approaches for detecting and classifying vehicles were investigated: Haar-like
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This study is focused on the design and operation of a freight network that supports horizontal carrier collaboration where two or more carriers form an alliance and share pick-up and delivery of jobs. In carrier collaboration, it is assumed that carriers are allowed to retain some of the pickup and delivery jobs they receive from clients while rel
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of producing sustainable concrete materials for rigid pavement construction using high volumes of recycled materials. The goal was to replace 50% of all solid materials in the concrete with recycled materials and industrial by-products.
The Federal-aid highway program (FAHP) is a cooperative partnership between the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State DOTs for the purposes of implementing FHWA-funded highway construction projects and related activities. FHWA permits State DOTs to allow Local Public Agencies (LPAs) to perform work on projects where Federal-aid funds
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Ohio’s local public agencies (LPAs) administer an average of $335 million of Federal-aid projects annually through the ODOT local-let program. ODOT has made significant strides to improve the efficiency of its Federal-aid program delivery process for LPA-administered projects in recent years. The objective of this research was to undertake a review
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To address traffic congestion, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to use the inside eastbound shoulder of I-670 on the east side of Columbus as an additional traffic lane during the afternoon commute as a trial of hard shoulder running active traffic management. In order to fully implement hard shoulder running a review and possible
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Florida is among the top states in the United States with fatal crashes resulting from reduced visibility conditions due to fog or smoke, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This project aims at identifying hotspot clusters for fog/smoke crashes in Florida, and investigating hot segments, hot intersections, and
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To improve the pavement design and construction in Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is adopting the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). A full implementation of MEPDG requires the characterization of local crushed base materials. In this research, laboratory experiments on resilient modulus were performed t
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