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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An extensive literature review was conducted to locate existing studies in four areas: (1) risk factors that affect the frequency and severity of bicycle crashes; (2) bicycle crash causes, patterns, and contributing factors; (3) network screening methods used to identify and prioritize bicycle hot spots; and (4) safety performance of the most commo
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Current seismic bridge design is based on columns designed to be the sacrificial elements during earthquake excitation. This design philosophy capacity protects the bridge foundations, connections and superstructures while causing a lot of damage to the columns during large seismic events. Despite that this concept proved to be successful in bridge
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A study was conducted to support the development of Minimum Operational Performance Specifications for UAS Detect and Avoid traffic displays being developed by RTCA Special Committee 228. The study involved over 1,000 traffic encounters across 32 participants. Data collection began January 20th, 2016, and was completed on April 1st, 2016. The exper
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Large-scale linear programs are at the core of many traffic-related optimization problems in both planning and prediction. Moreover, many of these involve significant uncertainty, and hence are modeled using either chance constraints, or robust optimization. Chance constraints and robust optimization are by now classical approaches for dealing with
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The main objective of this study was to advance the understanding of alternative pavement designs. In particular, potential techniques such as inverted base pavements (IBP) have increased the importance of granular aggregate bases (GAB) in pavement structures. While extensive research has been conducted on the resilient behavior of GAB’s, their lon
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Culvert inspection is a key enabler that allows MnDOT to manage the state’s highway culvert system. When quantitative detail on culvert condition is required, an inspector will need to use enhanced inspection technologies. Enhanced inspection technologies such as; laser ring profiling, sonar, inclinometer, mandrel, hammer sound testing, core sampli
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The wood stork is the only stork that breeds in the U.S. In 1984, the wood stork was listed as an endangered species. In 2014, its status was changed to threatened, indicating the success of thirty years of conservation efforts. The wood stork is an important indicator of the overall health of the Everglades and the South Florida ecosystem. To cont
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In recent decades, many state DOTs have implemented ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) in bridge construction because of its advanced mechanical properties beyond those of conventional concrete. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has extensively tested a proprietary class of UHPC, but WSDOT has been hesitant to adopt this mix because of
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This user guide provides simple, cost‐effective methods for stabilizing locally maintained slopes along roadways in Minnesota. Eight slope stabilization techniques are presented that local government engineers can undertake using locally available materials and equipment. These methods are the result of a research effort that analyzed recent slope
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Various types of deep foundations were investigated including steel H-piles, pre-stressed concrete piles, open cylindrical steel and concrete piles with diameters greater than 36 inches, and drilled shafts with partial length permanent casing.The researchers collected a substantial amount of field data to use in evaluating FB-Deep’s performance. Fi
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The effect of low visibility on both crash occurrence and severity is a major concern in the traffic safetyfield. It is known that crashes tend to be more severe in low visibility conditions than under normal clearconditions. Thus, there is a drastic need to evaluate low visibility countermeasures to improve driversafety and performance under reduc
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A highway construction cost index (HCCI) is an indicator of the purchasing power of a highway agency. Thus, it must reflect the actual construction market conditions. However, the current method used by MDT is not robust enough to meet this primary goal due to (1) a significantly insufficient sample size of bid items used in HCCI calculation and (2
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While the importance of sustainability is well recognized by practicing and academic professionals alike, Civil Engineering curricula do not typically offer courses covering or addressing sustainability design principles and assessment methodologies. To bridge this gap, this report discusses the development and pilot testing of a course on “Sustain
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Long-term bridge performance is currently not well understood. In practice, engineers are forced to rely heavily on expert opinion, anecdotal experiences, and generalizations. This research project served as step 1 in the master plan to retrieve critical, quantitative bridge deterioration data. The infusion of NDE, temperature, strain, and other cr
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Speeding greatly contributes to traffic safety with approximately a third of fatal crashes in the UnitedStates being speeding-related. Previous research has identified being late as a primary cause ofspeeding. In this driving simulator study, a virtual drive was constructed to evaluate how time pressures,or hurried driving, affected driver speed ch
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2017-06-01
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What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation?
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This research brief summarizes the results of the eighth year of an annual survey project exploring national support for raising federal transportation revenues through gas, mileage, and sales taxes. The surveys in the last six years also added a focus on understanding support for public transit.
Deployment of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) technology has been gaining momentum in recent years. ABC offers many advantages over conventional bridge construction by expediting onsite construction while shortening traffic delays and road closures, thus better serving the traveling public. The use of prefabricated reinforced concrete members
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The Texas Department of Transportation frequently constructs prestressed concrete piles for use in bridgefoundations. Such prestressed concrete piles are typically built with steel strands that are highly susceptible toenvironmental degradation and corrosion in harsh marine environments. The department currently employs manytechniques to combat the
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Engineers need information about interactions between vehicles and bicyclists to design efficient, safe transportation systems. This study involved a review of design guidelines for bicycle facilities, observation of bicycle-vehicle interactions at nine roadways with different types of bicycle facilities, analysis of results, and description of des
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After being outside and exposed to the elements during many years of service, concrete and thereinforcement within begins to deteriorate and corrode, which affects the performance of concretebridge balustrades, especially those built in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Many of these old concretebalustrades are approaching the end of their design service live
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