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

By ahardingMay 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…

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

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

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

Turbidity Control Compliance Research and Training Center

By ahardingMay 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 ahardingMay 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…

Tire-Pavement Noise as a Construction Quality Indicator

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENT Paying a contractor based on the quality of pavement construction is not new.  In fact, nearly all specifications accomplish this, be it through means & methods, end-result,…

Collaborative Decision-Making Framework for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

By ahardingMay 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…

Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Climate Change Analysis in Transportation

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem The transportation sector is vital to the economy of the United States. It provides the critical links between industries and to their customers and it is the network for…

Reducing Greenhouse Gas through Coordination of Development, Pricing, and Taxation

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Recent studies are showing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) is one of the greatest problems faced today.  To reduce GHG is extremely complex and difficult since its production is so broad and intrinsic.…

Improved Modal Operating Profiles for Fuel Use Comparisons among Modes

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem There would be value in discerning a realistic auto operating context/profile to use in comparison with transit travel. We tend to compare mean characteristics of the modes when it…

Assessment of Costs Associated with Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Problem Hydrogen has been proposed as a feasible alternative fuel for vehicles. However, the ramifications of such an approach to transportation have not been fully assessed. These include: the emissions due to…

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