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Blast-Resistant Highway Bridges: Designs and Detailing Guidelines

Provides design guidance for improving the structural performance and resistance to explosive effects of new and existing bridges.
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A Look at The Legal Environment For Driverless Vehicles

Driverless vehicles have been predicted, promised, and desired for decades. Finally, technologies necessary to realize these devices have become available. The question is no longer if, but when, driverless vehicles will become available to the public. When they do, driverless

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Legal Definition of "First Responder"

Identifies the legislation, regulations, and executive orders in which the term “first responder” is defined; briefly summarizes the legislation/regulation/order to understand their scope and purpose; provides the definition existing in the source documents; and highlights any commonalities or inco
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A Framework for Collecting Emergency Responder/Roadside Worker Struck-by/Near-Miss Data

Identifies data inputs and assesses and recommends data collection protocols as a first step in developing the struck-by/near-miss database for roadside workers and emergency responders.
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Expedited Procurement Procedures for Emergency Construction Services

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, explores procurement procedures being utilized by state departments of transportation in coordination with federal agencies to repair and reopen roadways in emergency situations.
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Identification and Delineation of Incident Management and Multi-Agency Emergency Response Functions

Defines, compares, and contrasts the functions associated with day-to-day incident management activities and multi-agency emergency response activities in order to define and target state DOT job functions, research, training, and committee related activities.
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Program Planning and Development for Transportation System Management and Operations (TSM&O) in State Department of Transportation

Understand the state of the practice in highway and traffic operations program planning and to begin defining alternative approaches to develop and administer these plans. This is the Final Report for NCHRP 20-07(345).
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Emergency Medical Services Response to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Rural Areas

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, obtaining information on successful rural emergency responses that are able to provide emergency services within one hour on rural roads.
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Response to Extreme Weather Impacts on Transportation Systems

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, this synthesis will support the preparation of better adaptation planning and will set the stage for a unified, accessible resource that can be used to support DOT planning, preparation and budgetary requests.
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Visualization of Geotechnical Data for Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Response

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, to identify and synthesize capabilities of installed instrumentation and remote sensing that can be used for real-time measurement, management and visualization of geotechnical data.
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