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The geotechnical research team is currently comprised of one full-time Federal staff member, with additional full-time contract staff members, and other supplementary technical support as needed. In addition, the team occasionally hosts interns, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers on...
The Geotechnical Research Team continually publishes its research results in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles. ...
The Geotechnical Research Program conducts applied research to solve transportation-related problems with the aim of building a transportation infrastructure that is economical, safer, and longer lasting. Many projects are conducted in-house in our state-of-the-art laboratories; the Federal...
In 2010, the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) concluded a feasibility study of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development data collection protocol for use in the United States. This effort was designed as the precursor to the larger Motorcycle Crash Causation Study...
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The objective of the Driver/Vehicle Module is to permit the user to evaluate how a driver would operate a vehicle (e.g., passenger car or tractor-trailer) within the context of a roadway design and to identify whether conditions exist in a given design that could result in loss of vehicle...
The Traffic Analysis Module uses the TWOPAS traffic simulation model to estimate traffic quality-of-service measures for an existing or proposed design under current or projected future traffic flows. The traffic analysis module facilitates use of TWOPAS by feeding it the roadway geometry data...