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 supports Virginia’s efforts to participate in the Federal Highway Administration’s Climate Challenge Program. The research team developed and applied OpenLCA models to evaluate the effects of key pavement treatments, including asphalt overlays, balanced mix designs, cold in-place recycling, full-depth reclamation, and Portland cement con
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The presence of stationary emergency vehicles on high-speed roadways poses heightened safety risks, and driver compliance with Move Over laws remains inconsistent nationwide. In recent years, digital alert systems, integrated into widely used navigation applications and in-vehicle platforms, have emerged as a potential countermeasure to improve dri
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Highly skewed steel I-girder bridges are used commonly across the US, especially in congested areas, despite complications in their analysis, design, and construction. Systematic investigation of skewed steel I-girder superstructure response, load distribution, and deformation through field monitoring and numerical simulation is needed, including a
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On wide bridges, precast concrete pier caps are often constructed in multiple segments and connected on site because of transportation or construction limitations. When these segments are connected through closure joints, contractors use lap splices of straight reinforcing bars. However, the splice lengths of large (e.g., No. 11) straight bars must
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Speed management is central to reducing fatal and serious injury crashes. The Safe System Approach, an emerging roadway safety paradigm in the United States, recognizes human error and vulnerability and focuses on minimizing crash severity through coordinated policy, design, and operational strategies. This research examines how Safe System Approac
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The design of highway curves has significant impact on traffic safety. More than 25% of fatal crashes in the United States occur on horizontal curves, and the crash rate for curves is approximately three times higher than other highway sections. Furthermore, crashes are over 4 times more likely to be fatal on horizontal curve sections compared to s
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The design of highway curves has significant impact on traffic safety. More than 25% of fatal crashes in the United States occur on horizontal curves, and the crash rate for curves is approximately three times higher than other highway sections. This research focuses on a detailed analysis of curves where vehicle crashes occur in South Carolina. Ei
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Across the United States, city zoning rules require a minimum number of parking spaces for every type of building, obligating anyone building new housing or commercial space to also expand the city’s parking supply. Researchers have frequently argued that these mandates are arbitrary, unscientific and one-size-fits-all, and that they work against m
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The Highway Safety Manual (“HSM”) is the national guidance of quantitative safety analysis used in highway transportation planning, alternatives development, highway design, operations, and maintenance. However, some safety prediction models in the HSM were developed using data from other states, not Oregon. Therefore, it is necessary to validate t
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ODOT seeks to reduce the number of risky drivers on the road through driver improvement programs, but the efficacy of these programs are rarely assessed. This report details the methodology for creating a linked database combining driver, verdict, accident, and crash data from ODOT to evaluate program performance and trends in risky driver behavior
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Bridge fires can cause rapid and severe loss of structural capacity. This loss of capacity often leads to major safety risks, network disruptions, and high economic impacts. A curated history of U.S. bridge fires in the 20th and 21st centuries is presented. This history identifies recurring ignition sources, contributing factors, and damage pattern
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This study evaluated roadway runoff impacts on trout stream temperature and dissolved oxygen to support GDOT MS4 Permit compliance with Georgia Rule 391-3-6-.03(6) for trout streams. Using YSI® ProDSS, HOBO® MX-801 Dataloggers, and low-cost ESP32-based sensors, the GSU research team collected summer season data over two (2) consecutive years at 2-3
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This report presents a comprehensive methodology for evaluating cement content and layer thickness variability in cement-stabilized pavement layers using a nondestructive ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique. The research integrates laboratory calibration and field validation for two widely used stabilization practices: conventional soil-cement
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This project evaluated the feasibility, accuracy, and practical use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for measuring hydraulic parameters, water-surface elevation (WSE), surface velocity, bathymetry, and discharge, in small to medium Missouri drainage basins. UAV-based measurements offer non-contact alternative to traditional field methods in
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This project evaluated the feasibility, accuracy, and practical use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for measuring hydraulic parameters, water-surface elevation (WSE), surface velocity, bathymetry, and discharge, in small to medium Missouri drainage basins. UAV-based measurements offer non-contact alternative to traditional field methods in
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The 2024 MoDOT IC-PMTP Annual Report highlights achievements and challenges in implementing Intelligent Compaction (IC) and Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiling (PMTP) technologies. Key updates included aligning data validation tools with updated PMTP specifications and addressing challenges such as contractor’s paving boundary data manipulation and dat
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Barrier striping is a roadway safety countermeasure designed to enhance driver awareness of concrete barriers, particularly under adverse weather and low-visibility conditions. This study evaluated the short- and long-term safety effectiveness of retroreflective barrier striping across multiple sites in Texas. The research involved a comprehensive
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Premature pavement failures have occurred on several widening projects, including shoulder widenings, conversion of two-lane roadways to Super 2 sections, and other safety enhancements. Repairing these early failures is time-consuming, expensive, disrupts traffic, and poses safety hazards. Key contributing factors include poor-quality materials, po
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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) must manage sediment, and pollutant loads from roadway runoff to meet stormwater regulations. The SAFL Baffle, a hydrodynamic separator used by NDOT, depends on reliable estimates of total suspended solids (TSS) and particle size distribution (PSD). However, limited data exists for Nebraska roadways.
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Across the United States and around the world, cities are increasingly reconsidering, and often repealing, minimum parking requirements. They are doing so to align their parking policy with their housing, climate, and mobility goals. While minimums can help increase parking availability and prevent curb parking from becoming overcrowded, they can a
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