Adequate truck parking at public rest areas and commercial truck stops and travel plazas is a nationwide concern for the freight transportation industry. Most of the nation's freight moves by...

One of the most serious factors in major accidents is fuel fire, which can kill or injure those involved in an ac­cident and prevent rescuers from getting to those in need. 

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Livable communities are places that achieve economic prosperity, en­vironmental quality, and social equity -the "three Es" of sustainability. In terms of transportation, they are places where...

Researchers at Purdue University and the NEXTRANS Center (Region V Regional University Transportation Center) are applying cutting-edge technology to develop a model that can accurately measure...

For more than 15 years, researchers at the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) at Montana State University (MSU) have focused on using technology to ad­dress the unique transportation...

Since the early 1990s, The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has been active in instituting programs aimed at improving safety, with a special focus on pedestrians and...

0n May 19, 2009, President Obama announced a new federal vehicle policy, starting in 2012, that requires automobile and light-truck fleets to scale up to an average fuel economy of 35.5 miles...

The University of Idaho's National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT) has been transferring technology that it developed to students in the classroom and to...

The successful mass evacuation of populations endangered by natural and manmade disasters requires establishment of mass-exit and operational strategies that maximize the proficiency and...

Pennsylvania roadway bridges are not just designed to bear traffic, they must handle the extreme temperature fluctuations of the winter and summer cycles. Recent construction of...