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(Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), 2007-12)This report presents the findings of a research project that studied the veiling luminance ratio (glare) experienced by driveby motorists in lanes adjacent to nighttime work zones. The objectives of the project are to (1) ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation, 2008-09)The overall objective in this research project is to develop advanced pavement structural analysis models for more accurate solutions with fast computation schemes. Soft computing and modeling approaches, specifically ...
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(2017-02-14)The objective of this study is to develop a numerical modeling to simulate tires and investigate the effects of different tire and vehicle conditions on tire-pavement interactions. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2017-02)The purpose of the project reported on here was to investigate methods for automatic traffic sensing using traffic surveillance cameras, red light cameras, and other permanent and pre-existing video sources. Success in ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2018-08)The objective of this project was to produce accurate vehicle counts and turn counts from opportunistically acquired video sources such as surveillance, red light, and other traffic cameras, using computer vision techniques. ...
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(2010-03)Many traditional planning procedures tend to postpone maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MR&R) work until the pavement facility becomes significantly deteriorated. Any repair and rehabilitation work carried out ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2019-03)Pavement rehabilitation and preservation treatments have become standard practice for state and local transportation agencies. The ultimate goals include maintaining a safe and reliable level of service for all users, ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2018-11)This project aims to identify and evaluate effective and durable pavement surface treatments (PSTs) suitable for implementation at Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) ice-prone locations. A user-friendly questionnaire ...
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(2013-04)Federal reporting shows a relatively constant number of pedestrian and bicycle fatalities at highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossings over the past 10 years. This is in contrast to a marked decrease in train–vehicl ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation, 2008-07)Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is an important emerging material that can be used for many applications related to transportation infrastructure. SCC has an advantage over conventional concrete in that it can be easily ...
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(2004-10)This research was conducted under four study phases. Phase 1 involved a full scale laboratory study to evaluate three different underdrain pipe and envelope systems. It was found that an open graded FA-4 envelope material ...
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(llinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2015-11)Removal of ice and snow from road surfaces is a critical task in the northern tier of the United States, including Illinois. Highways with high levels of traffic are expected to be cleared of snow and ice quickly after ...
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(2002-05)The Pilot Study of Advisory On-Board Vehicle Warning Systems at Railroad Grade Crossings was conducted to provide roadway vehicles approaching the specially equipped grade crossings with an on-board/advisory warning of a ...
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(2009-08)The typical slab dimensions for a concrete pavement are 12 ft wide by 15ft long with slab thicknesses ranging from 6 to 14 inches depending on the level of traffic. The required thickness is primarily dependent on the ...
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(2010-08)This report presents the results of testing the Scour Rate In Cohesive Soils-Erosion Function Apparatus (SRICOS-EFA) method for estimating scour depth of cohesive soils at 15 bridges in Illinois. The SRICOS-EFA method ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2018-10)In pavement unbound aggregate layers, fines content (passing No. 200 sieve size or finer than 0.075 mm) characteristics influence the aggregate matrix strength and the modulus and deformation behavior. A laboratory ...
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(2011-03)The primary objectives of this study were to compare the practices of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with those of other state and federal agencies to share advice, best practices, and lessons learned, ...
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(2007-02)Air toxics is an emerging area that receives more and more attention—from transportation/environmental agencies, academic researchers, and the public—because of potential health issues and uncertainties with modeling and ...
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(Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), 2008-04)On October 23-24, 2007, subject matter experts on particulate matter (PM) gathered at Allerton Park in Monticello to exchange ideas and experiences in project level hotspot analysis of PM, including monitoring and ...
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