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CTBSSP Synthesis 20: Potential Safety Benefits of Motor Carrier Operational Efficiencies

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 20: Potential Safety Benefits of Motor Carrier Operational Efficiencies addresses risk avoidance strategies and highlights their use and perceived safety effects. The report is designed to assist motor carriers in ...

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NCHRP Report 624: Selection and Application of Warning Lights on Roadway Operations Equipment

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 624: Selection and Application of Warning Lights on Roadway Operations Equipment explores recommended guidelines for the selection and application of warning lights on roadway operations equipment.



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CTBSSP Synthesis 23: Operator Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Across Modes

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 23: Operator Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Across Modes explores practices used to deter drug and alcohol use among operators within the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) regulated community.

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ACRP Report 9: Summarizing and Interpreting Aircraft Gaseous and Particulate Emissions Data

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 9: Summarizing and Interpreting Aircraft Gaseous and Particulate Emissions Data explores a series of government-sponsored aircraft emissions tests that were undertaken to gain a better understanding of gaseous and particulate emissions from aircraft ...

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CTBSSP Synthesis 22: Safety Management in Small Motor Carriers

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 22: Safety Management in Small Motor Carriers explores small motor carriers' strengths and weaknesses in safety management, and identifies potentially effective safety practices. ...

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ACRP Synthesis 12: Preventing Vehicle-Aircraft Incidents During Winter Operations and Periods of Low Visibility

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 12: Preventing Vehicle–Aircraft Incidents During Winter Operations and Periods of Low Visibility examines factors affecting safe winter operations and the prevention of runway incursions by airport snow removal equipment operators. ...

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CTBSSP Synthesis 24: Distracted Driving Countermeasures for Commercial Vehicles

TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 24: Distracted Driving Countermeasures for Commercial Vehicles examines driving distractions, as well as any protective (safety-enhancing) effects of particular devices. Distracted driving for commercial drivers is defined as attending to ...

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NCHRP Report 630: Measuring Tire-Pavement Noise at the Source

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 630: Measuring Tire-Pavement Noise at the Source examines a suggested procedure for measuring tire-pavement noise at the source using the on-board sound intensity (OBSI) method.



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ACRP Research Results Digest 15: Use of Towbarless Tractors at Airports--Best Practices

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 15: Use of Towbarless Tractors at Airports—Best Practices includes broad guidance designed to help enhance the safe operation of towbarless tractors (TBLTs) at airports.

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ACRP Synthesis 15: Identification of the Requirements and Training to Obtain Driving Privileges on Airfields

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 15: Identification of the Requirements and Training to Obtain Driving Privileges on Airfields explores information on the requirements and training required to obtain driving privileges on airport airfields, and the differences and similarities ...

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