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The current performance-grade (PG) specification for asphalt binders was developed 25 years ago. Over the years, many changes have occurred, including crude oil sources, improved refinery technologies to extract more saturates from crude oil before producing asphalt binders, new additives (such as re-refined engine oil bottoms [REOB], polyphosphori
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Horizontal curves are an essential part of the rural highway system, yet they experience a disproportionate percentage of the state’s crashes, particularly run-off-road and wet-weather crashes. It is desirable to implement safety countermeasures to reduce these crashes, but the presence of large numbers of curves on the system makes it essential to
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With the dramatic increase of non-motorized transportation users, more people are concerned about the non-motorized traffic safety. Unfortunately, bicyclists and pedestrians are prone to more severe injuries when involved in a crash. For bicycle crashes, failing to yield/disregarding traffic control device, and lack of non-motorized facilities were
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Knowledge of the surface characteristics of highway pavements is essential for state departments of transportation (DOTs) to maintain a safe, comfortable, and durable highway system. A certain level of friction at the pavement surface is essential to provide safe driving conditions, particularly during wet weather.
V2V and V2I networks (Fig. 1) are temporary, short-duration wireless networks designed for improving the overall driving experience by exchanging a multitude of information between vehicles and fixed infrastructure. However, given the presence of malicious entities, greedy drivers, and pranksters, blindly accepting any such information received (ev
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Seal coats are an important preventive maintenance method used throughout Texas. For more than 40 years, there has been little change in design and construction practices. With little to no changes, Texas continues to see the same types of problems, which include rock loss, flushing, and bleeding. New technologies are being developed that could pot
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Stripping is moisture damage to old hot-mix asphalt (HMA) layers that are often buried several inches down in the pavement structure. Texas has many miles of pavements with a moisture-damaged layer near the surface. The typical current permanent repair method is to mill out the stripped layer completely and replace it with new HMA. Recent developme
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Tack coats, trackless tack coats, spray paver underseal membranes, and underseals provide varying levels of bonding and sealing performance, but these benefits have not been sufficiently quantified, and neither has the overall impact on the asphalt overlay service life.
Axle load spectra data, typically generated from permanent weigh-in-motion (WIM) stations, constitute the primary mechanistic-empirical (ME) traffic data input for accurate and optimal pavement designs. Due to limited permanent WIM stations (mostly located on interstate highways), most ME pavement designs rely on default axle load spectra or antiqu
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Steel twin tub girder (STTG) bridges (Figure 1) are a popular choice for dealing with long-spanned bridges in Texas, especially when tight-radii curves are necessary. Such solutions are aesthetically pleasing. However, these bridges are deemed fracture critical; with this comes a high price of biennial inspection. Since the structural members are p
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The transit network design problem (TNDP) dates back over five decades, receiving increasing attention over the past two. Simply put, the TNDP seeks to do two things: 1) Select groups of transit stops that should form routes and 2) Establish a sequence in which those stops should be visited. Because the underlying optimization problems are combinat
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Freight transportation systems constitute key factors in the productivity, environment, and energy consumption in Tennessee, as well as beyond the state’s borders. To achieve more efficient, safe, secure and sustainable transportation, the freight transportation industry is relying heavily on the use of cyber-physical (CP) applications. This involv
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Due to their lower application temperature, lower energy consumption, and lower viscosity, asphalt emulsions are gaining popularity in the United States and worldwide. About 3 million tons of asphalt emulsion are produced in the US, which accounts for 5% to 10% of the total asphalt consumption. However, there is still a lack of understanding of the
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This report provides a summary of the sustainability efforts of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in recycling reclaimed materials in highway construction during calendar year 2016. This report meets the requirements of Illinois Public Act097-0314 by documenting IDOT’s efforts to reduce the carbon footprint and achieve cost savings t
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Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has great potential as a structural material for bridge engineering due to its excellent strength, ductility, and durability. However, the high Portland cement content required by conventional UHPC poses a major obstacle to widespread practical application because of its high cost and CO2 emissions. Introducin
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Parking violation citations, often used to identify factors contributing to parking violation behavior, offer one of the most valuable datasets for traffic operation research. However, little has been done to examine their spatial dependence caused by location-specific differences in features such as traffic, land use, etc., and potential selection
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in an effort to satisfy mandated Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) performance goals and consistency with MAP-21 performance management targets, is deploying an increasing number of Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras to monitor traffic and conditions on California’s roadways. These CCTV ca
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This project has aimed to shed new light on the factors that have influenced the development of mass transit infrastructure in the Greater Copenhagen Region (GCR) over the past 70 years. In particular, the project has focused on examining the role that political forces and conditions have played in shaping the timing and types of transportation inv
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Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has attracted much interest in the bridge engineering community due to its strength, ductility, and durability, but its high cement content has made it expensive and less environmentally friendly (due to the CO2 emission resulting from cement manufacture. The objective of this innovative pilot research project
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