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 Department’s Divisions of Operations and Project Development generate large volumes of mildly contaminated soil (MCS) and Limited Reuse Soil (LRS). These MCSs/LRSs contain non-point sourced anthropogenic impacts, with contaminant concentrations above natural background conditions. Additionally, available data indicates the presence of several m
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The use of the Rolling Wheel Deflectometer (RWD), which measures deflections at highway speeds, offers the potential to characterize the structural capacity of pavements without delays and in a cost-effective way. The objective of this study was twofold. First, this project evaluated pre-developed structural capacity indicators in predicting paveme
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Sediment continues to be the primary pollutant by volume in Ohio's streams and rivers. Unvegetated roadside ditches' side slopes and bottoms erode and contribute tons of sediment annually to local receiving streams. Pollutants attach themselves to sediments and are transported by the stormwater runoff throughout the watershed, degrading the water q
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This research assessed the applicability of Type IL cements satisfying AASHTO M240 specifications for use in transportation applications in place of Type I/IIcements which satisfy AASHTO M 85 specifications for construction oftransportation structures. Type I/II and Type IL cements from five producers wereinvestigated. The cements and both mortars
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Shoulder rumble strips (SRS) and centerline rumble strips (CLRS) on two-lane rural highways are proven safety countermeasures. Placement of both SRS and CLRS can usually be accommodated within wide pavements (24 ft or greater paved width) without issue. However, proper placement of one or both is less straightforward for highways with paved widths
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Investigate typical accelerated bridge construction methods and their applicability in South Dakota. A study was conducted to investigate the implementation of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) in South Dakota. The main objective of this study was to implement a systematic method for evaluating ABC techniques to determine their applicability to
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Managing the Top Of Rail (TOR) wheel/rail coefficient of friction, using friction modifiers (FM), has consistently demonstrated significant benefits to the heavy haul industry including fuel/energy savings, wheel & rail wear reduction, and reduced state of stress of the track infrastructure. Traditionally, the preferred method of FM application has
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This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals areto achieve zero road fatality and serious injury by 2030 and to reduce the number of pedestriansand bicyclists involved in motor-vehicle collisions on state highways. The study focused on“main street highways” (MSHs), which are stretches of State Routes t
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This exploratory paper contributes to a new body of research that investigates the potential of digital market places to disrupt transport and mobility services. We are specifically looking at the urban freight sector, where numerous app-based services have emerged in recent years. The paper specifically looks at 'instant deliveries,' i.e. services
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Preventing or mitigating the corrosion of reinforcing steel in bridge decks is a major challenge for state transportation agencies. With agency budgets stretched thinner every year, they must implement strategies to extend the service lives of bridges and other critical structures. As such, it is imperative for them to adopt cost effective material
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Highway agencies across the United States are moving from empirical design procedures towards the mechanistic-empirical (ME) based pavement design. Even though the Pavement ME Design presents a new paradigm shift with several dramatic improvements, it requires extensive data needs for the calibration and implementation process. Through the transpor
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After the Second World War, the United States saw a decline in ridership on transit systems, which eventually resulted in the dismantling and abandonment of many rail systems. The primary mode of public transportation shifted from transit to buses. It used the same streets and competed with the same infrastructure capacity as automobiles. For this
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This research answers the question: How can a transit agency choose among alternative TOD locations within a transit network? The ultimate objective of the research is to develop a decision support framework which can be used by transit agencies when choosing TOD site by incorporating their unique factors and weights. This research included a compr
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In order to validate the methods used to design a novel, rigid snow supporting structure system, a research project to experimentally monitor for two winter seasons and visually inspect it over three summers was performed for WYDOT through their Research Center. One snow supporting structure was instrumented with pressure transducers to record down
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The primary goal of this research was to extend the service lives ofbridges in Columbia, Missouri. The overarching objective of the projectwas to develop bridge maintenance and preservation guidelines thatfocus on practical and implementable technologies and procedures forextending bridge service life, reducing maintenance costs, and ensuringsafety
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Thirty-four drivers participated in a driving simulator experiment that investigated time and speed perception as it related to cognitive workload resulting from secondary tasks. Each participant drove the virtual drive twice, once with either an audio or a map task and again with no distractions as a control. Participants knew from a practice driv
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Rectangular bridge columns in high seismic areas require high amounts of confining steel. Self consolidating concrete is ideal for the construction of concrete members with high steel congestion. However, there is lack of data on the seismic performance of rectangular self consolidating concrete bridge columns. The study had two main objectives: 1)
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The mechanistic-empirical pavement design method requires the elastic resilient modulus as the key input for characterization of geomaterials. Current density-based QA procedures do not measure resilient modulus. Additionally, the density-based methods do not incorporate the stiffness changes in unconventional materials over time due to moisture co
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The high amount of confining lateral steel required by seismic design provisions for rectangular bridge columns can cause steel congestion. The high amount of confining steel may hinder the placement of conventional concrete (CC). Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) eliminates or reduces concrete placement and consolidation issues in concrete members
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This project examined recent survey data from Vermont and travel survey approaches from non-Vermont agencies to develop a set of recommendations for an on-going, coordinated approach to transportation data collection for transportation and planning agencies including the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the Chittenden County Regional P
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