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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This study aimed to evaluate the long term performance of the selected surface friction treatments, including high friction surface treatment (HFST) using calcined bauxite and steel slag, and conventional friction surfacing, in particular pavement preservation treatments such as chip seal, microsurfacing, ultrathin bonded wearing course (UBWC), and
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Aviation black carbon (BC) emissions impact climate and health. Inventory estimates are essential to quantify these effects. These in turn require a means of estimating BC emission indices from jet aircraft. The recently developed Formation and Oxidation (FOX) method removes the need for and hence uncertainty associated with (SNs), required of earl
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The purpose of this study was to conduct a thorough evaluation of the mechanical, chemical and cultural components of all vegetation management operations and their governing organizational structures to determine cost-effective practices and efficient administrative procedures and structures. The research problem being investigated is how to reduc
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has identified longitudinal joint (LJ) failure of existing hot-mix asphalt (HMA) paving as a systemic weakness in the structure of some asphalt surfaces. In the past, these joint failures were treated as if they were potholes, and maintenance staff used either hot or cold patching materials for their rep
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The relocation of utilities often causes delays to the completion of highway projects in Illinois and other states. These delays often result in delayed project completion and reopening of closed roads, and increased design and construction costs. This report presents the findings of a research project funded by the Illinois Center for Transportati
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This project developed a new approach for evaluating erosive scour at New Jersey bridges over non-tidal waterways. The main deliverable was the Scour Evaluation Model (SEM), which offers new analysis procedures, while still retaining the applicable parts of HEC-18. The overall goal is to improve public safety and to expend bridge repair funds more
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The objective of this research project was to develop a concrete material database as the first step towards the implementation of Pavement ME for rigid pavement design in the state of Idaho. Eight concrete mixtures from five of Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) districts were reproduced at Washington State University’s laboratory using the loc
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Instances of fog or fog enhanced with smoke (non-photochemical smog) routinely reduce driver visibility on roadways throughout Georgia. Georgia has the fifth highest reduced-visibility–associated crash frequency of any state. This report provides an overview of fog formation and types of fog, and a review of previous studies that have examined the
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Highway construction work zones are hazardous environments characterized by a dynamic and limited work space. A host of interactions between workers, passing commuter vehicles, and moving construction equipment occurs in highway work zones fostering dangerous situations which can result in an injury or fatality. Active strategies such as the deploy
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Growth in recent decades has put pressure on industrial land owners to convert prime areas along the waterfront to residential and office uses, despite vacancy rates of just five percent. As of the late 2000s, 38% of industrial land in selected Bay Area sub-regions was already planned for new office, residential, or mixed uses. Although demand from
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The amount of small soil particles, dust, lost from typical unpaved roads to fugitive dust is staggering. A 1 km stretch of unpaved road can contribute over 2400 kg of dust to the atmosphere (4.2 ton/mile) in a typical 3-month summer season. Road managers typically manage dust from unpaved roads with various dust-control palliatives, which are effe
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his study intercompares, among five global models, the potential impacts of all commercial aircraft emissions worldwide on surface ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5). The models include climate-response models (CRMs) with interactive meteorology, chemical-transport models (CTMs) with prescribed meteorology, and models that integrate aspects of bo
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Transportation is a complex, technology-intensive socio-technical system, which needs to be tackled in an integrated manner. Also, transportation as a sector is a significant component of any national economy, and has far-reaching implications both with regard to socio-economic and environmental well-being of the society and within the context of s
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Successes in Stewardship is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) bimonthly newsletter highlighting current best practices in stewardship and environmental review from around the country.
NJ TRANSIT runs bus operations on more than 250 routes throughout New Jersey. Buses on such a large number of routes are expected to have an effect on both traffic congestion and GHG emissions since many of the current riders would have traveled by automobile if buses on these routes did not operate. Although NJ TRANSIT periodically conducts onboar
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Bikesharing systems have been deployed worldwide as a transportation demand management strategy to encourage active modes and reduce single-occupant vehicle travel. These systems have been deployed at universities, both as part of a city program or as a stand-alone system, to serve for trips to work, as well as trips on campus. The Regional Transpo
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Even for the right treatment, improper timing can have consequences: premature application (treatment is applied too early) could mean wasteful spending even if users enjoy the benefits of higher pavement condition; deferred or delayed application (treatment is applied too late) could result in higher user costs due to poor condition and even reduc
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This document reports the findings of a research project designed to better understand material and structural performance of prestressed bridge girders made with Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) from Wisconsin. SCC has high potential to be used for prestressed bridge girder construction due to exceptional workability and strength. However, many l
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In 2014, the Kansas Department of Transportation undertook a study, entitled “Guardrail and Bridge Rail Recommendations for Very Low-Volume Local Roads in Kansas” (Report No. KS-14-16, Seitz & Salfrank, 2014), to establish practical risk-based guidelines and policies for bridge rails and guardrails on low-volume local roads in the state. The purpos
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Production paving grade concrete in Northern Nevada having acceptable strength is universally acknowledged to be difficult; however understanding why this is true remains elusive. Current practice is to meet flexural strength requirements by using mixtures with high cementitious materials contents and low water/cement ratios (w/cm), which can negat
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