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Senior Procurement Executive
The Office of the Senior Procurement Executive facilitates the accomplishment of DOT's mission by providing effective, ethical, state of the art business policies, practices and services in...
A Research Test Bed, a Teaching Laboratory, and a Deployment Project
A major transportation research, educational, and deployment initiative at the University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC) has led to the creation of the Regional...
Travel Assistant Device (TAD) Aids Transit Riders with Special Needs
Passengers with cognitive disabilities have difficulty using public transportation and often must travel with a personal assistant to ensure that they get to their destinations...
A New Approach to Rural Intersection Safety
The University of Minnesota's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute is working to reduce highway crashes by using advanced traffic monitoring technologies that...
Marshall University Refines Technique to Measure Railroad Track Wear and Deformation
A refined technique for taking measurements of railroad tracks has been developed by Marshall University researchers for use in busy railroad yards, where physical access to...
Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Traffic Management
To help ease freeway congestion and improve safety, Morgan State University and Clemson University developed a prototype for a new traffic surveillance system. This proposed ...
Mineta Transportation Institute Studies Risk Created by Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials
In April 2007, a petroleum tanker crashed and exploded on an Oakland, California, freeway interchange known locally as "The MacArthur Maze." The intense heat weakened and...