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Advanced Technology Aviation Construction Design Environment Geotechnology Hydraulics Intelligent Transportation System Maintenance Materials Pavement Planning Rail Safety Structures Traffic Operations Transit Waterways Advanced Technology Texas Looks to Space Meteor Burst Communication: Nevada Research Uses Falling Stars for Data Transmission Laser Videodisc Technology Meets Changing Operational Demands Michigan DOT Reflects on Signs Microtunneling Technology Benefits Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Information Engineering Boosts Utah DOT's Efficiency Aviation Acoustical Aircraft Counter Provides Data for Investment Decisions Construction New Jersey DOT Develops Improved Procedure for Adjusting Manholes Avoiding the Costs of Closures and Detours During Bridge Deck Rehabilitation Shale Handling Procedures Save Dollars Design Computer-Aided Bridge Design: PennDOT Uses BRADD-2 To Design Single-Span Bridges Environment Salt Marsh Restored Florida Improves Noise Prediction Minnesota Develops Method To Recycle Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Maine Tracks Salt to ITS Source Variable Tire Pressure Technology: Reducing Transportation Costs and Protecting Forest Ecosystems Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife Geotechnology Tire-Anchored Timber Walls Wick Drains Gain Acceptance Shale Handling Procedures Save Dollars Colorado Rockfall Studies Lightweight Wood Fiber Material Used for Embankment Minnesota Develops Method To Recycle Petroleum-Contaminated Soil New Blasting Technique in Washington State Saves Money and Time Instrumentation for Measuring Scour at Bridge Piers and Abutments NCDOT's Experience with Predesign Load Testing Tire Shreds Save Money for Maine Louisiana's Continuous Intrusion Miniature Cone Penetration Test System Hydraulics Hydraulic Model Determines Cost-Effective Flood Mitigation GISHydro 2000 Intelligent Transportation System INFORM: Precursor to Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Maintenance Portable Crash Cushion Saves Lives of Maintenance Crews New Jersey DOT Develops Improved Procedure for Adjusting Manholes Blowing Snow - Fencing Parries Winter's Thrust Another Day--Another $20,000 of Savings Realized From Kansas DOT Research and Development Studies Illinois Improves Patching Procedures for Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements New Sign-Lighting System Saves Energy and Maintenance Wisconsin's Winter Weather System Weevils Help Tennessee DOT Control Musk Thistle Research Predicts Low-Maintenance Attenuator Performance Nevada's Winter Strategy Keeps Roads and Environment Clean CASPER: The Friendly, Efficient Snow Routes Planner Tire Shreds Save Money for Maine Repairs with High-Performance Materials Make Bridges Stronger, Last Longer Materials Asphalt Content Test Offers Improvement Over Solvents New York Puts Industrial By-Products Back to Work U.S. and European Asphalt Technologies: A Perfect Marriage Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Strengthening Bridges in Oregon Modified Aggregate Test Expedites Superpave Alkali-Silica Reaction: Preventing Damage in Hydraulic Cement Concrete Pavement Arizona DOT Adopts PMS and $ave$ A Bundle Asphalt Pavement Recycling Another Day--Another $20,000 of Savings Realized From Kansas DOT Research and Development Studies ConnDOT Uses Laser Videodiscs in Photologging Improved Method for Measuring the Chloride Permeability of Concrete Maine DOT Calculates Bituminous Overlay Quantities--ASAP Kansas Smooths Way to Cost-Effective Road Profiles Caltrans Research Eases Road Roughness Measurements Variable Tire Pressure Technology: Reducing Transportation Costs and Protecting Forest Ecosystems U.S. and European Asphalt Technologies: A Perfect Marriage Cost-Effective Load Transfer Restoration of Jointed Concrete Pavements Spring Load Restrictions Alkali-Silica Reaction: Preventing Damage in Hydraulic Cement Concrete Planning Quick Response: A New Approach to Planning Rail Computer Model Helps Railroads Improve Freight Operations Operational Improvements Cut Rail Transit Power Costs Improved Utilization of Multilevel Autorack Railcars Electromagnetic Compatibility Improves Reliability and Safety Dynamic Wheel Load Detector Extends Life of Concrete Railroad Ties Radial Axle Freight Car Trucks Generate Savings Broadened Diesel Fuel Specifications Reduce Railroad Cost Preventing Derailments at Turnouts Safety Shield a Fixed Highway Object and Save a Life Electromagnetic Compatibility Improves Reliability and Safety Rumble Strips Alert Drivers, Save Lives and Money Preventing Back Injuries: AAR Program Adopted at Union Pacific REAR GUARD: Additional Brake Lamps Help Prevent Rear-End Crashes Using Accident Records to Save Lives Median Jersey Barriers Reduce Severity of Freeway Crashes Research Predicts Low-Maintenance Attenuator Performance Full-Scale Arrester Bed Testing Leads to More Cost-Effective Design Public/Private Partnership Beneficial for Truck Research Memorial Tunnel Fire Test Program Preventing Derailments at Turnouts California Develops Improved Problem Driver Countermeasures Instrumentation for Measuring Scour at Bridge Piers and Abutments Rumble Strips Alert Drivers, Save Lives and Money Structures Avoiding the Costs of Closures and Detours During Bridge Deck Rehabilitation Kansas DOT Saves Its Bridges --and $1 Million Besides Rebar Tending: Quite an Art Caltrans Trims Footings and Costs From Concrete Median Barriers New York Retrofits Railings and Saves Money NCHRP Study--Methods for In-Place Repair of Damaged Prestressed Concrete Bridges Strengthening of Highway Bridges by Posttensioning Improved Method for Measuring the Chloride Permeability of Concrete Small Bars Lead to Large Savings Eliminating Shear Connectors Slashes Culvert Cost Redesign of Guardrail to Bridge-Rail Anchorage Secures Benefits Computer-Aided Bridge Design: PennDOT Uses BRADD-2 To Design Single-Span Bridges New York Puts Industrial By-Products Back to Work Bridge-Testing Technique Receives High Rating in New York Memorial Tunnel Fire Test Program Modern and Comprehensive Bridge Design Specifications Microtunneling Technology Benefits Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Tire-Anchored Timber Walls Longer Bridge Spans with Nebraska's NU I-Girders Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Strengthening Bridges in Oregon New Precast Bent Cap System Validation of Bridge Engineering Computations: Assuring Bridge Software Users Traffic Operations NYSDOT Improves Materials and Installation Methods for Loop Detectors The Highway Capacity Manual: Development and Application New Sign-Lighting System Saves Energy and Maintenance Michigan DOT Reflects on Signs New Ramp Metering Algorithm Improves Systemwide Travel Time Transit Wisconsin DOT Saves on Transit Insurance RUCUS: Automated Vehicle and Scheduling System Ventilation and Environmental Control in Subways Vehicle Replacement Strategies Relieving Campus Congestion: Campus-Community Transportation System Finds a Way Computerized School Bus Routes Save Time and Money Waterways MODEL SOLUTIONS: Mississippi River Traffic Jam Eased by Use of Model Research Ship Simulation Saves $4 Million on Brownsville Channel Navigation Model Study Improves River Safety of New Bridge (To view PDF files)      Adobe Access PDF to HTML conversion