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Molecular genetic techniques provide tools that may be used to locate, monitor, and survey cryptic aquatic species. This study developed genetic markers useful in determining if the James Spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), an endangered species, can be detected solely by sampling stream water. Genetic markers developed for this species were tested i
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Previous investigations into technologies that can improve incident response, monitoring, and clearance resulted in the potential application of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for use in Traffic Incident Management (TIM). An initial investigation of UAS-TIM, summarized in the March 2017 report titled "Concept of Operations for Unmanned Aircraft Syste
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Every Day Counts (EDC) is a Federal Highway Administration 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 roadway s
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Nearly all of the 350 billion miles driven each year on California's highways and roads are powered by gasoline or diesel fueled vehicles. Historically the taxes on those fuels provided the majority of the revenue required to maintain and operate our transportation network. As future consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel declines, due to increase
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Timely detection of misplaced steel would provide feedback needed to correct the construction process. To address this need, KDOT developed a field instrument capable of non-destructively assessing the placement (depth and orientation) accuracy of reinforcing steel in PCC pavement using magnetic tomography technology with real time feedback. Severa
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The objective of this project is to explore the role of visual information in determining the users’ subjective valuation of multidimensional trip attributes that are relevant in decision-making, but are neglected in standard travel demand models. More specifically, this project aims at analyzing overcrowding perceptions in discrete choice experime
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The ability to collect infrastructure-related data through automated means continues to expand rapidly. The use of mobile light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanning (MLS) gives highway agencies the opportunity to collect vast amounts of surface geometric data at highway speeds. The conversion of geometric data into information assists the Texas D
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The purpose of this project was to identify annual trends and contributory factors of crashes involving mature drivers, vulnerable road users, fatal and injury crashes involving guiderail, and collisions resulting from vehicle failures. Three years of data, covering the years 2014 through 2016, were used in the analysis. Based on data in the presen
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Temple and Villanova universities collected monitoring and assessment data along the I-95 corridor to evaluate the performance of current stormwater control design and maintenance practices. An extensive inventory was developed that ranks plants in the basins according to their health and location. Three plant species performed poorly in bioretenti
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Trip purpose is crucial to travel behavior modeling and travel demand estimation for transportation planning and investment decisions. However, the spatial-temporal complexity of human activities makes the prediction of trip purpose a challenging problem. With the increasing advance of the Information Communication Technology (ICT), tremendous soci
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With nearly a billion automobiles on the road today, the current transportation systems have begun to show signs of serious strain, such as congestion, traffic accident, excessive energy consumption and increased emission level. To mitigate these problems, in this project, we propose a Quality of Information (QoI) aware crowdsourced road sensing sy
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Fonts communicate an interface’s style and identity, and are also a critical design element of that interface. In safety, critical applications such as driving an automobile, basic readability and the ability to quickly target and identify information of interest is critical to reducing workload and preventing distraction. The importance of providi
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United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2017-11-22
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The economic recovery following the Great Recession through the end of 2016 was slow but steady. That same pattern was evident in transportation services where the Transportation Services Index (TSI), which comprises both passenger and freight indexes, once again rose above the long-term growth trend, suggesting that TSI continues to broadly mirror
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The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has utilized numerous simulation programs on the market, seen their evolution and noticed overlaps between them. To resolve confusion as to what each can do, this presentation mainly compares the European RAILSYS and OPENTRACK programs, but it also briefly mentions a number of other Train Performance and
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This version of European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions (EAPPRI) recognises the emergence of EU provisions intended to improve runway safety in Europe. However, like its predecessors, this third version of EAPPRI continues to recognise the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SAR
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The objective of this paper is to describe five fundamental differences of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) between a conventional transportation system and a technology-oriented Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). These five differences are related to the temporal behavior inflation, consideration of uncertainty, out-of-pocket costs, risks in
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This project focused on creating a platform for the development and evaluation of connected vehicle applications that can enhance safety and mobility, reduce environmental impacts, and improve operations within District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT)’s operational region. First, the current status of DDOT’s intelligent transportati
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There is a growing interest in expanding the use of Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) from bridge deck joints for accelerated bridge construction to complex architectural and advanced structural applications. The high costs currently associated with UHPC might limit its widespread use. However, the more compact cross-sections, higher strength,
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Every year since 2010, volunteers from more than 50 communities have helped the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) collect bicycle count data. This project created the AADB (Annual Average Daily Bicyclists) Estimation website that communities can use to make maps of bicycle volumes across their street network using count data. So
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