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 objective of this project is to develop a 4.75-mm NMAS asphalt mixture for Louisiana roads, which will involve establishing target criteria for aggregate gradations, volumetric properties (e.g., air voids, VMA, VFA, and dust-to-binder ratio) and mechanical tests. Local aggregates and asphalt cements will be evaluated to determine the most econo
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Access to public transit is important and beneficial economically and socially in numerous ways. Using economic and demographic variables from U.S. Census data, we have examined who is being served by public transit in Reno, as well as examined the flow of workers to their jobs to identify possible locations for expansion. We focus on areas with hi
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Permeable pavements such as porous asphalt, pervious concrete and permeable interlocking concrete pavers are relatively novel alternatives to conventional pavement that allow rain and snowmelt to infiltrate, thereby reducing runoff, flooding and nonpoint source pollution. A barrier to wider adoption of these runoff-reducing alternative pavements is
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This report provides an exploration of procurement methods utilized by state and provincial agencies throughout North America to provide a comparative analysis to operations within the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The primary goal of this investigation is to explore comparable institutions that manage statewide fleets of vehi
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The WSDOT Research Peer Exchange was held in Olympia, Washington on May 13 and 14, 2014 and addressed Research Program and Project Management as described in the following paragraphs: Program Management There are numerous funding programs, standing committees, partnership opportunities, and project panels that address transportation research and pr
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Bicycles have low access costs and moderate travel speeds, reduce congestion, help protect the environment and bring many health benefits (Clifton & Akar, 2009). Within these considerations, several researchers have explored the factors associated with bicycling choice to understand the needs of bicyclists and increase bicycle mode share. Existing
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The use of safety belts and child safety seats is a proven means of reducing injuries to motor vehicle occupants involved in traffic crashes. There have been various methods used in efforts to increase safety belt and safety seat usage. Past efforts have included public information campaigns, local and statewide legislation, and enforcement of the
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Traffic congestion is an important aspect of quality of life, mobility and accessibility in urban areas. The economic cost of congestion is in the order of billions of dollars especially for dense urban cities. Besides the congestion which relates to the magnitude of travel time, travel time variability is also studied extensively by researchers as
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The overall objective of the control station tasks within Project A-10 is to provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with information on an ergonomic design of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) control stations which will allow safe piloting of UASs. A large percentage, 69%, of unmanned aircraft accidents have been attributed to human factor
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The rail industry’s recent shift towards larger and heavier railcars has influenced Class III/short line railroad operation and track maintenance costs. Class III railroads earn less than $38.1 million in annual revenue and generally operate first and last leg shipping for their customers. In Kansas, Class III railroads operate approximately 40 per
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As part of the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program, the Arizona Department of Transportation(ADOT) constructed 36 Specific Pavement Study-3 (SPS-3) test sections across four test sites in Arizona. The purpose of the SPS-3 experiment was to study various maintenance strategies for asphalt concrete (AC)pavements. Using surface distress and
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The purpose of the Permitted Overweight Truck Corridor Analysis Tool (referred to in this document as the Stage 2 Tool) is to evaluate existing or to create new proposed overweight (OW) truck corridors to estimate the permitted OW truck, pavement, bridge consumption, and safety project costs of OW truck operations. These designated or proposed corr
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This report summarizes the tasks and findings of the ICT Project R27-163, Adapting Construction Staking to Modern Technology, which aims to develop written procedures for the use of modern technologies (such as GPS and civil information modeling) in construction staking of highway projects, for inclusion in the Illinois Department of Transportation
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This work investigated methods and best practices that agencies use to manage work-zone data. Information gathered from the survey includes types of data collected, methods used for data collection, data architecture, methods used for geo-referencing data, how work-zone data is currently being used, and additional data needs. The results of the sur
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The primary objective of this project is to develop multiple simulation testbeds and transportation models to evaluate the impacts of Connected Vehicle Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) and Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) strategies. This report summarizes the evaluations conducted on the San Diego Testbed.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) began allowing the use of warm mix asphalt (WMA) in 2008 and has become a national leader in the use of WMA technologies. Several WMA technologies were investigated in research projects prior to implementation; however, foamed WMA was not. This study was designed to evaluate the properties and perfor
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As part of the pavement and roadway structure investigation, LTRC Concrete Research Laboratory personnel obtained a total of seven cores in the presence of District 04 personnel in February 2017. The cores extracted showed that the longitudinal joint performed as designed, with the formation of fulldepth cracks below the saw cut. An examination of
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Recent technology trends have allowed affordable and efficient collection of driver data. This has enabled a variety of potential applications, including more accurate pricing determinations for insurance and finer grained traffic planning for improved public safety. Although this technological growth provides for a wealth of new opportunities, giv
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Peak-flow frequency estimates in the Black Hills area of South Dakota are complicated by the occurrence of extreme flood events that do not fit typical statistical distributions. Alternative methods such as a mixed population analysis have been used to help incorporate high-outlier peak-flow events in frequency analyses; however, more information m
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