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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University of South Florida identified concrete mixtures and slab base-restraint and placement conditions that can reduce the risk of early-age cracking in concrete pavement repair slabs.
A GIS-based online portal was developed to store, analyze, and display data from multiple sources pertinent to the ALDOT Coliseum Boulevard site in Montgomery Alabama. These sources comprise various consultants involved with the site including geotechnical companies, water testing labs, law firms, and management personnel from ALDOT/ADEM. The goal
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One of the main objectives of this implementation project was to validate the TxDOT Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Flight Operations and User’s Manual (FOM) that was developed as part of the research project 0-6944. After the research project was successfully completed, TxDOT granted this implementation project that included nine training sessions
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Data for this comparative study were collected from the Fatality Analysis and Reporting System (FARS) for the years 2007 to 2016 for the states of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, and Washington. The rates of roadway fatalities, especially those of American Indians (which include Aleuts and Eskimos), Guamanians, Samoans, and Native Hawaiians (which include p
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is in the process of conducting several parallel efforts to evaluate rural highway horizontal curves. Following the adoption of the 2011 Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, district personnel are checking and updating posted curve advisory speeds and other curve traffic control devices (e.
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A recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that more than 80% of all annual car crashes could be prevented by vehicular communications. To that end, the focus of this project was to develop a framework (conceptualizations, processes, procedures, and algorithms) to harness and mature sensing and communication t
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This research project conducted an experimental and analytical investigation on the behavior of non-contact lap splices at geometrically dissimilar bridge column to drilled shaft connections with regards to non-contact lap splice distance, lap splice length, and amount of transverse reinforcement in the non-contact lap splice zone. Design provision
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The automated driving system is expected to enhance traffic safety and flow; however, the system will not be as effective if users do not accept it or do not utilize it appropriately [1]. Appropriate acceptance and use of technology depends on attributes such as perceived risk, mental workload, self-confidence, and appropriate level of trust that m
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The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics conducts a nationwide census of ferry boat operators for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the collected information is used for statistical purposes. The Caltrans Division of Local Assistance has been asked by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to gather data regarding ferry operations un
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The Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (PHB) Crosswalk is a type of traffic control system, used to aid pedestrians safely crossing the street and to regulate traffic flow. This study examined the success of the first PHB installed in the state of Vermont. The project location in Colchester, VT, is an area noted for its high traffic flow, as it connects the
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The exclusive bus lane (XBL) is one of the most popular bus transit systems in US. The Lincoln Tunnel utilizes an XBL through the tunnel in the AM peak period. This paper proposes a novel data-driven cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) algorithm that aims to minimize a cost function for connected and autonomous buses along the XBL. Different
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Eco-driving strategies based on connected and automated vehicles (CAV) technology, such as Eco-Approach and Departure (EAD), have attracted significant worldwide interest due to their potential to save energy and reduce tail-pipe emissions. In this project, the research team developed and tested a deep learning–based trajectory-planning algorithm (
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The aim of this study was (i) to assess the extent of reactivity of the aggregates, quarried from seven different sources, suspected of being conducive to ASR, and (ii) to compare the effectiveness of industrial (Class F fly ash) and natural pozzolans in mitigation of alkali-silica reactivity of the studied aggregates. To this end, seven aggregate
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Doped perovskite materials exhibiting temperature independent conductivity has gained enormous attention for high temperature oxygen sensors due to great advantage over traditional doped metal oxides. This report focused on effect of sintering temperature on structure, morphology to explore correlation between oxygen sensing response of Ba(Fe₀.₇Ta₀
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The interactions between rivers, surrounding hydrogeological features, and hydraulic structures such as bridges are not well-established or understood at the network scale, especially under transient conditions. The cascading effects of local perturbations up- and downstream of hydraulic structures may have significant and far-reaching consequences
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) District 05 (in the northeastern corner of the state) spent 55,000 manhours and over $1 million in 2016 attempting to maintain roadway edges along nonpaved shoulders.
Preservation and maintenance activities protect pavements and bridges, extending the life of these assets and guarantee the safety of users. Because rebuilding a road in poor condition can cost ten times as much as work needed to keep the road in good condition, these activities also represent significant savings to taxpayers. In addition to these
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The objective of this study is to optimize the parameter settings for the local ramp metering control system currently in operation in the Metro Atlanta freeway network. The study corridor is Eastbound/Southbound I-285 between GA 400 and I-20. Using a stochastic simulation-based optimization framework that combines microsimulation model GTsim and a
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Although the majority of slope repairs using common repair approaches show a satisfactory performance, some repair attempts have shown a recurring failure after a period of time. Recurring slope failures happen frequently in Texas, due to the extreme weather and soil conditions. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) annually spends million
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Construction, repair, and maintenance work zones are always hazardous environments, particularly given the dangerous combinations of pedestrian workers and large trucks, bulldozers, rollers, and other moving machinery. Workers are exposed to moving traffic near the work zone with the risk of errant vehicles entering the work zone area. Pedestrian w
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