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Stormwater Hydraulic Detention and Pollutant Removal Properties of Compost Blankets on Highway Fill Slopes

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The compost blanket is a low impact development (LID) approach to flow control. Compost blankets could be used for stormwater hydraulic detention Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce the size requirements…

Impact of Simulator Based Driver Fuel Efficiency Training on Heavy Vehicle Emissions

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Heavy on-road vehicle freight transportation is a significant contributor of green house gas and other pollutant emissions.  Much work has been done to reduce emissions through mandated changes in vehicle…

Validity Testing of Existing Ditch Use as a Linear Basin to Avoid Temporary Right-Of-Way Acquisitions

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

For small projects (paving projects), or even highway.

Turbidity Control Compliance Research and Training Center

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

This would build on the existing work at SECREF and expand to include the full array of turbidity control systems (passive, infiltration, active). New systems, which are being developed and…

Geoarchaeological Sensitivity Modeling

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Sensitivity models that will allow for cost effective scoping and identification efforts that also reduce the potential for costly late discovery of archaeological sites To date sensitivity modeling for buried…

Effects of Heavy Truck Volumes

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement Among the many types of on-road vehicles traveling the American highway system, heavy trucks are the loudest frequently-heard noise sources. Comments from residents near highways at project public…

Noise and Vibration from Automated People-Movers

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement More than 100 automated people-movers (APMs) of various kinds and sizes now operate around the world. Urban planners, engineers, and architects often consider using APMs to link activity…

Transfer Mobility Measurements and Testing Techniques

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement Transfer mobility measurements are used to help predict vibration and ground-borne noise impacts from transit and rail systems and also to evaluate the effectiveness of vibration mitigation techniques.…

Programming for Reducing the Noise from Corrugations in Transit Rails

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Statement The operation of steel-wheeled transit vehicles on steel rails may develop short-pitch corrugation of the rails. The interaction of the wheels rolling over the corrugated rails generates noise…

Collaborative Decision-Making Framework for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

By Amber GarnettMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Administrator Note (May 2011): Similar research under SHRP C09 project has addressed this issue. (http://144.171.11.40/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2348) Problem Numerous organizations at the federal, state, and local level have a stake in…

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