Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 14:45
The report is action oriented and includes a how-to guide for transit agencies to prepare for and execute data sharing. It describes the key factors determining data sharing decisions, including benefits, costs, and risks, and addresses the legal context. The report presents models for sharing transit data as well as accessing external data sources. Finally, it...
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 13:30
Local governments have steadily increased their initiative to address global climate change, and many present their proposed strategies through climate action plans (CAPs). This study conducts a literature review on current local approaches to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategies by assessing CAPs in California and presents common strategies in the...
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 13:30
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit No. 2 requires the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a stormwater pollution prevention plan for all construction activities that are covered by the permit. The Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan includes the design, installation, and maintenance of erosion and sediment control...
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 13:15
This project included four distinct but related exploratory studies of data sources that could improve roadway safety analysis. The first effort evaluated passively gathered crowdsourced bicyclist activity data from StreetLight Data and found promising correlations (R2 of 62% and 69% for monthly weekday and weekend daily averages) when the StreetLight data were...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:15
Multimodal transportation such as transit, bike, walk, transportation network companies (TNCs) (e.g., Uber, Lyft), car share, and bike share are vital to supporting livable communities. However, current data collection techniques for multimodal travel behavior, including apps built specifically for travel behavior surveys, have limitations (e.g., significant...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:15
This webinar, presented on 29 April 2020, discusses the merits of three options to advance the future of PBS access in Australia as it relates to bridges. The webinar explains the role that PBS bridge formulae play in vehicle design and approval. It looks at the historical development of the formulae and under which circumstances it most accurately predicts...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:00
Typical maintenance activities by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for existing asphalt pavements involving a periodic placement of a 1.5-in to 2-in layer of asphalt concrete are becoming increasingly costly. When applied at the right time, pavement preservation treatments can restore a smooth, safe driving surface while saving money on...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:00
These recordings present highlights and findings of the NCHRP Domestic Scan 16-02 on Landscape Design Practices for Roadside Water Management. This scan investigated how transportation agencies are applying principles and practices of green infrastructure (GI) for roadside water management to mitigate adverse impacts of flooding, drought, and temperature...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:00
One of the first Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil—Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) projects to be instrumented and evaluated under the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Every Day Counts program was a replacement bridge along County Road 47 over Trout Brook in the town of Stockholm within St. Lawrence County, NY. This GRS-IBS is aligned on a...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 14:00
This document describes Hill Descent Monitoring (HDM) schemes associated with the Telematics Monitoring Application (TMA). An HDM scheme is administered by an appropriate road authority or regulator (‘Authority’).
Hill Descent Monitoring schemes provide Authorities with a way to manage sections of road with hazardous grades and road alignments...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 13:45
Five different business models for mobile fare payment apps are examined, as the world of apps used by transit agencies in the United States and Canada continues to steadily grow.
The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 148: Business Models for Mobile Fare Apps documents current practices and experiences of transit agencies that...
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 13:45
Cyclists and noncyclists have a wide range of perceptions of on-street bicycling facility designs — including sharrows, bike lanes, and buffered bike lanes — along a variety of roadway types, with and without curbside automobile parking.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 941: Bicyclist Facility...
