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Kentucky Traffic Accident Facts 1992 Report, Kentucky State Police

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

KENTUCKY'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FACTS report for 1992 is based on accident reports submitted to the Accident Unit housed in the Kentucky State Police Information Services Branch, Records Section. As required by Kentucky Revised Statutes 189.635, "every law enforcement agency whose officers investigate a vehicle accident of which a report must be made .. . shall file a report of the accident ... within ten days after investigation of the accident upon forms supplied by the bureau.· The stated purpose of this requirement is to utilize data on traffic accidents" for such purposes as will improve the traffic safety program in …

Faa Storm Water Program, W. H. Espey Jr., Raymond Rose, George I. Legarreta

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

United states Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated regulations in November 16, 1991 pursuant to the Clean Water Act in the issuance of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit application regulations for storm water discharge. These regulations concern certain municipal and industrial activities. Air transportation facilities are included in the industrial activity category. The EPA storm water regulations specifically target airport deicing operations as an industrial activity. These regulations may increase Airport Improvement Program (AlP) trust fund expenditures for storm water control improvements. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), therefore, initiated a storm water program to assist airport operators in complying …

Scour Evaluations Of Existing Bridges, Michael J. Fraher

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

The collapse of the Schoharie Creek Bridge on April 5, 1987 was a catastrophic instantaneous failure caused by scour of the bridge foundation. This particular collapse received wide media attention due to a home video of part of the collapse, the location on the New York State Thruway and the tragic loss of life. This particular collapse was not the first major interstate highway bridge failure attributed to scour of foundations. It is fair to say, however, that this was the event that finally brought stream stability and bridge scour issues to the attention of highway administrators and bridge engineers …

Magnitude Of The Scour Evaluation Program, Lawrence J. Harrison

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

Tens of millions of dollars have been spent over the years on Federal-aid highway system bridges damaged by floods. Nearly 500,000 of the 577,000 existing bridges within the National Bridge Inventory are over waterways. The screening of these bridges over waterways for scour susceptibility will be completed, for the most part, by October 1992. The Federal Highway Administration has established January 1997 as the completion date for the scour evaluations of all existing bridges identified as scour susceptible. A cost-effective means of determining the specifics of bridges with unknown foundations is not currently available. Pending the development of technology to …

Merging Field & Laboratory Bridge Scour Data, J. Sterling Jones, Peggy A. Johnson, Arthur C. Parola

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

Highway engineers are struggling with a major effort to assess and evaluate our nation's bridges for scour. Advanced technology is urgently needed to make a meaningful impact on this effort. This paper describes a need to focus laboratory and field research studies on a better understanding of the bridge scour processes.

An Evaluation Of Highway Flood Damage Statistics, Jennifer Rhodes, Roy Trent

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

Hydraulic events result in thousands of incidents of property damage each year. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that annual damage averages over $2 billion (CaE, 1991). Federal, state, and local agencies have set up emergency assistance programs to help pay these unusually heavy expenses. Despite the detail of the policies regulating such programs, a comprehensive database describing the causes and consequences of flood losses does not exist. In an effort to obtain clear and consistent statistics on highway related damage, the disaster files of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Emergency Relief (ER) Fund and the Federal Emergency …

"Status Of Scour Instrumentation Development", Roy Trent, Ian Friedland

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

Improved understanding of scour and sedimentation processes near and at highway bridges is dependant on collecting reliable field data. Field data collection programs, however, have been hindered by inadequacies in instrumentation and measurement technologies. Through a coordinated program of research, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), State Highway Agencies (SHAs), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), and other agencies are working on scour instrumentation. Investigations are underway to develop a wide range of equipment types for many purposes and needs, e.g., portable equipment to be used by field crews during floods for scour inspection or measurement of scour processes; fixed equipment …

Risk-Costs For Scour At Unknown Bridge Foundations, G. Kenneth Young, Stuart M. Stein, Roy Trent

United States Department of Transportation: Publications

A risk method sets priorities for bridge foundation information gathering. Scour failure risk is the product of failure cost and the probability of failure. The method is based on data (much of which is subjective) in the National Bridge Inventory, NBI. Risk determines the ranking of bridges for foundation data gathering in support of scour evaluation; high risks could vanish if substantial foundations are discovered.

Express Transit Service For The University Of Central Florida, Arturo J. Perez

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

As one of the fastest growing universities in the State of Florida, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is faced with the hardships placed on higher learning institutions across the nation. The increase of students paralleled by the increase of motor vehicles on the university campus, and the shortage of funding needed to construct the necessary parking facilities to support this growth, has left the University with a big dilemma, whether to try to overcome the parking space deficit by building the needed spaces to accommodate the demand, or provide a mass transit system that would reduce the number of …

Development Of Quality Assurance Specifications For Bridge Painting Contracts, Luh M. Chang, Machine Hsie, David Unkefer

JTRP Technical Reports

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Accident Analysis Of Ice Control Operations - Abstract, David Kuemmel, Rashad Hanbali

Transportation Research Center: Accident Analysis of Ice Control Operations

This widely publicized study by Marquette University was the first of its kind in North America to document, with statistical validity, the direct benefits of deicing operations. It was patterned after a German study of the Technical University at Darmstadt during the late 1980s.

The Marquette study was conducted during the winter of 1990-1991 in four states: New York, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It covered a network of 520 miles of randomly selected twolane undivided highways and 50 miles of multi-lane divided freeways in the four states. The sections included were primarily rural or sub-urban.

Data collection included estimated hourly …

The Development Of A Highway Revenue Forecasting Model For Indiana : Executive Summary, Amit H. Varma, Kumares C. Sinha, Jeffrey L. Spalding

JTRP Technical Reports

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The Development Of A Highway Revenue Forecasting Model For Indiana, Amit H. Varma, Kumares C. Sinha, Jeffrey L. Spalding

JTRP Technical Reports

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Potential Use Of Tire Rubber And Ebonite In Asphalt: Synthesis Study, Abidin Kaya

JTRP Technical Reports

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Potential Use Of Tire Rubber And Ebonite In Asphalt: Synthesis Study : Executive Summary, Abidin Kaya

JTRP Technical Reports

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Laboratory Study On Properties Of Rubber Soils : Interim Report, Imtiaz Ahmed

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Bulletin No 4131- Electric Fencing, Dean Maughan

Bulletins 4000 -

Fencing has always been an integral part of our agricultural system. We need fences for stock control and pasture management. Traditionally, fences have been strong and robust physical barriers. The strength and height of the fence kept domestic animals confined. For many years, conventional fences have served the farmer well. However because returns from livestock over the past ten years have been variable and because of the current cost/ price squeeze, electric fencing, as a cheaper form of fencing, has gained popularity.

Synthesis Study On Use Of Concrete Recycled From Pavement And Building Rubble In The Indiana Highway System, Thomas T. Burke, Menashi D. Cohen, Charles F. Scholer

JTRP Technical Reports

The demolition of buildings and highway pavements in the State of Indiana generates a considerable amount of waste materials. The disposal of these materials causes strain on the existing landfills which are rapidly approaching their full capacity. This study is a synthesis of the information on the use of concrete recycled from pavements and building rubble for use in the Indiana highway system. Test results have shown that recycled pavement concrete made chiefly from broken-up and crushed old concrete aggregate is as good as concrete made from virgin aggregate, and sometimes better. The aggregates made from recycled concrete can be …

Implementation Of The Indiana Bridge Management System, User's Manual, Lisa Chow Gion, Justin Gough, Jeffrey Dunn Vitale, Kumares C. Sinha, Robert E. Woods

JTRP Technical Reports

This report provides a user's manual for the implementation of the project evaluation and program development part of the Indiana Bridge Management System (IBMS). The tools and techniques found in these programs were primarily developed from previous research by the Joint Highway Research Project at purdue University. The IBMS runs on an IBM-compatible computer under 05/2.

Laboratory Evaluation Of Prefabricated Highway Edge Drains, Ahmed Mohamed Elsharief

JTRP Technical Reports

This study evaluated prefabricated highway edge drains to improve the existing practice and to set guidelines for their proper selection. Two primary evaluations received attention: the first was the effect of installation and in service loading on the hydraulic and strength capacities of a prefabricated highway edge drain; and the second was the performance of the geotextile filter.

A limited field evaluation of prefabricated highway drains indicated structural failure of the core and an inefficient geotextile. Based on, the field study, laboratory testing and theoretical modeling, guidelines were given for the strength and hydraulic requirements of the drain. A retention …

1992 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.

Manual Of Traffic Impact Studies, 3 Volumes: Volume 1 - Final Report, Guidelines For Traffic Analysis Of Developments Along State Highways, Soumya Sekhar Dey, Jon D. Fricker

JTRP Technical Reports

With intensification urban development and dwindling public resources, assessing the impacts of a new development (traffic impact analysis) is becoming an important planning tool for transportation engineers, so that the traffic impacts of new developments can be foreseen and effective mitigating measures can be planned using optimal allocation of the available funds. The study establishes a detailed and standardized methodology for traffic impact analysis. Although the procedure was developed for the Indiana Department of Transportation, it can be used by other transportation agencies as well with little or no modification.

A new methodology for estimating the percentage of pass-by trips …

Use Of Waste Foundry Sand In Highway Construction : Interim Report, Sayeed Javed

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

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The Use Of Advanced Technologies In Indiana Department Of Transportation, Thomas R. Kruse, Kumares C. Sinha, Ted M. Andrews, Jon D. Fricker, James Samuel Bethel, Michael J. Cassidy, Jorge A. Vanegas

JTRP Technical Reports

The report presents the findings of a study that investigated the potential uses of new technologies in INDOT. A survey of state transport agencies were conducted and the major groups of technologies identified are: CADD, GIS, Advanced Survey Techniques, Knowledge-Based Expert Systems, Planning and Programming Mdels, and a workshop with the INDOT executive staff were conducted to determine the priority areas for advanced technology applications. Suggestions were then made for the development of a new technology program within INDOT.

Fatigue Strength And Evaluation Of Sign Structures, Volume 1: Analysis And Evaluation, Xuejun Li, Timothy M. Whalen, Mark D. Bowman

JTRP Technical Reports

This report is a two-volume final report presenting the findings of the research work that was undertaken to evaluate the fatigue behavior of sign structures and, based on that evaluation, to recommend an inspection plan that can be effectively used to detect and minimize possible deterioration due to wind induced loadings of sign structures. The study included a number of signs that are commonly used in Indiana: single-mastarm and double-mastarm cantilever sign structures, box-truss sign structures, tri-chord sign structures, and monotube sign structures. Sign structures with typical dimensions and details were selected as prototypes for each of the various types …

Biological Assessment Missouri National Recreational River

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

This is in response to your May 21, 1992, letter requesting review and concurrence on a biological assessment prepared to evaluate routine actions of Section 404 and Section 10 of the Clean Water Act along the Missouri National Recreational River. This response has been prepared in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) Nebraska Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Office.

This revision of your March 6, 1991, assessment addressed many of the concerns and recommendations that we brought to your attention in our April 2, 1991, letter to Mr. Kenneth Cooper and subsequent meeting on May 6, 1991. However, …

Final Environmental Assessment For Endangered Species Habitat Enhancement/Creation Along Tile Missouri River Main Stem System

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

The interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) and the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) are federally endangered and threatened species, respectively, which nest on sandbars in the Missouri River. This nesting habitat has been decreasing in past years, at least in part due to vegetative encroachment. Vegetation is no longer regularly scoured from sandbars by heavy spring flows and/or ice, primarily because flows are regulated by the main stem dams. New sandbar creation is uncommon because the river carries less sediment and is no longer meandering along much of its course. Bank erosion still continues to supply sediment …

Maximizing Sustainable Ground-Water Withdrawals: Comparing Accuracy And Computational Requirements For Steady-State And Transient Digital Modeling Approaches, Richard C. Peralta, R. R.A. Cantiller, Gary L. Mahon

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Rigorous models for maximizing sustainable groundwater withdrawals may require more computer memory for their constraint set than is available. In some situations, alternative constraint formulations yield similar or identical answers resulting in great saving in computer memory requirements. In order to evaluate the efficiency of using alternative constraints1 maximum ground-water withdrawal pumping strategies were computed by three digital models for a hypothetical area for a five-decade period. Model A maximized steady ground-water withdrawal. Model B maximized unsteady ground-water mining. Model C maximized unsteady ground-water mining subject to a constraint that final pumping be sustainable after the end of the 50-year …

Optimal Linear/Nonlinear, Quantity/Quality Management Of Complex Multilayer Aquifers By Embedding, Ali Gharbi, Richard C. Peralta

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The embedding optimization modelling approach is adapted to aid long-term groundwater quality and quantity management of complex nonlinear multilayer aquifers. Implicit block-centered finite-difference approximations of the quasi-three-dimensional unsteady flow equation, and Galerkin finite-element approximations of the twodimensional advection-dispersion transport equation are embedded as constraints in the model. Other hydrological processes are also included as constraints. Cyclical linear differencing permits representation of nonlinear transport, even when contaminant is extracted by unsteady pumping (a decision variable). Also used are nonlinear (discontinuous derivative) constraints describing drainage, stream-aquifer interflow and evapotranspiration. The use of both linear and nonlinear formulations of the entire flow and …