Updated MoDOT technical report documentation page

Last year, AASHTO updated guidance for completing the Technical Report Documentation Page (TRDP) for SP&R funded state DOT research reports.

For the convenience of researchers who perform contracted research for MoDOT, we have created a customized technical report documentation page which is now available on our research templates page under “Reporting Documents.” Links are also included below as well.  We will be using this technical report documentation page guidance on all existing and future projects. 

·  TRDP - MoDOT version (docx, 42 kB, 1 page, last updated 7-12-16)

·  TRDP - MoDOT example (docx, 35 kB, 1 page, last updated 7-12-16)

If you have questions, please contact Renée McHenry, Transportation Librarian, at phone 573-522-1948 or email renee.mchenry@modot.mo.gov.

Developing a System to Identify Passing and No Passing Zone Boundaries on Rural Two-Lane Highways

MRIGlobal developed an automated system to measure and display the distance between two instrumented vehicles traveling along a road. The system uses GPS modules and radio modems to send location information between the vehicles five times per second.  A field software was developed to calculate the distance between the vehicles based on this GPS data in real time and report it to the following driver.  The field software is designed to allow the two vehicles to identify locations along a two-lane road where minimum passing sight distance is available. A post-processing software was also developed to produce a recommended striping plan, for both directions of travel along the route, based on the data recorded by the field data collection software. This system can be operated at near-highway speeds. See also accompanying material - No-Passing Zone System: User Manual.

VIEW REPORT and USER MANUAL

Report number: cmr 16-017
Published: August 2016
Project number: TR201514
Author(s): Jessica M. Hutton and Daniel J. Cook 
Performing organization: MRIGlobal