Library

Technical Briefing Papers

BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS

• Roadway Data Extraction Tool Bicycle & Pedestrian Data Collection Manual (PDF 19MB)
  

• USDOT Ped and Bike Road Safety Assessments (PDF 5MB)
  




BRIDGES

• Historic Truss Bridges Project Overview (PDF 1MB)
  

• Improving Highway Safety at Bridges on Local Roads (PDF 5MB)
  

• Off-System Truss Bridges After Bridge Inspections (PDF 5MB)
  

• Off-System Truss Bridges After Flooding (PDF 3MB)
  

• Off-System Truss Bridges After Impact Damage (PDF 3228KB)
  

• Off-System Truss Bridges After Vandalism (PDF 1835KB)
  

• Off-System Truss Bridges Routine Maintenance (PDF 571KB)
  

• TxDOT Highway Bridge Program (PDF 537KB)
  




DRAINAGE

• Maintenance of Drainage Features for Safety (PDF 9MB)
  

• Storm Damage Risk Reduction (PDF 6MB)
  




MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION

• Best Practices for RAP and RAS Management (PDF 18MB)
  

• Chip Seal Application Checklist (PDF 68KB)
  

• Gravel Road Construction and Maintenance Guide (PDF 3872KB)
  

• Guidelines for Preservation of High Volume Roads (PDF 1116KB)
  

• Materials and Procedures for Repair of Potholes in Asphalt-Surfaced Pavements (PDF 753KB)
  

• Materials and Procedures for Sealing and Filling Cracks in Asphalt-Surfaced Pavements (PDF 1157KB)
  

• MnDOT Asphalt Patching Method Report (PDF 12MB)
  

• Pavement Distress Identification Manual (PDF 2MB)
  

• Seal Coat and Surface Treatment Manual (PDF 6MB)
  

• Snow and Ice Operations Manual (PDF 3MB)
  

• Stabilization Selection Guide for Aggregate & Native-Surfaced Low Volume Roads (PDF 3151KB)
  

• Vegetation Control for Safety (PDF 1457KB)
  




PAVEMENT PRESERVATION CHECKLISTS

• Crack Treatment (PDF 139KB)
  

• Chip Seal (PDF 160KB)
  

• Thin Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay (PDF 142KB)
  

• Fog Seal (PDF 128KB)
  

• Micro Surfacing Application (PDF 167KB)
  

• Hot in Place Asphalt Recycling Application (PDF 139KB)
  

• Cold in Place Asphalt Recycling Application (PDF 148KB)
  

• Slurry Seal Application (PDF 154KB)
  

• Fabric Interlayer Application (PDF 153KB)
  

• Full Depth Reclamation Construction (PDF 135KB)
  

• Asphalt Emulsion Based Tack Coat (PDF 135KB)
  

• Scrub Seal (PDF 155KB)
  

• HMA Asphalt Patching (PDF 128KB)
  

• High Friction Surface Treatments (PDF 120KB)
  

• Cape Seals (PDF 184KB)
  

• Ultrathin Bonded Wearing Course (PDF 181KB)
  

• Joint and Crack Sealing (PDF 137KB)
  

• Diamond Grinding (PDF 123KB)
  

• Dowel Bar Retrofit (PDF 241KB)
  

• Partial Depth Repair (PDF 133KB)
  

• Full Depth Repair of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (PDF 140KB)
  

• Cross-Stitching for Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (PDF 121KB)
  

• Longitudinal Diamond Grooving of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (PDF 111KB)
  




ROADWAY DESIGN

• Access Management - Driveways (PDF 428KB)
  

• Road Diet Case Studies (PDF 6MB)
  

• Roadway Design Manual (PDF 7MB)
  




ROADWAY SAFETY

• 2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index (PDF 840KB)
  

• Highway Safety Improvement Program (PDF 7213KB)
  

• Applying the Systematic Safety Approach on Local Roads (PDF 141KB)

• Behavioral Safety Strategies (PDF 329KB)

• Collaboration in the Name of Roadway Safety? (PDF 298KB)
  

• Crash Modification Factors (PDF 411KB)
  

• Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population (PDF 9MB)
  

• Improving Safety and Operations Using Low-Cost ITS Applications (PDF 436KB)
  

• Local and Rural Road Safety Data (PDF 386KB)
  

• Local Road Safety Plans (PDF 444KB)

• Local Rural Road Safety Funding Programs (PDF 444KB)

• Low-Cost Safety Improvements for Rural Intersections (PDF 438KB)
  

• Low-Cost Traffic Calming in Rural and Small Communities (PDF 428KB)
  

• NETS Comprehensive Guide to Road Safety (PDF 1979KB)
  

• NETS Recommended Road Safety Practices Guide (PDF 771KB)
  

• Promoting Importance of Road Safety to Local Elected Officials (PDF 394KB)
  

• Roadway Data Extraction Tool Implementation & Programming Guide (PDF 3MB)
  

• Roadway Data Extraction Tool User Guide (PDF 3MB)
  

• Roadway Departure Crashes (PDF 510KB)
  

• The Link between Safety and Roadway Maintenance (PDF 207KB)
  

• Unpaved Road: Safety Needs and Treatments? (PDF 507KB)
  




SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS

• FHWA Retroreflectivity Guidebook (PDF 4800KB)
  

• Sign Crew Field Book (PDF 14872KB)
  




TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

• TMUTCD (PDF 40521KB)
  




TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

• Transportation Planning Policy Manual (PDF 155KB)
  

• Transportation Planning Process Briefing Book 2015 (PDF 1420KB)
  




WORK ZONE

• Preventing Worker Injuries & Deaths Backing Construction Vehicles (PDF 415KB)
  

• Guide Book for Managing Flagging Operations (PDF 10534KB)
  

• Work Zone Operations Best Practices (PDF 1858KB)
  

• Work Zone Positive Protection Toolbox (PDF 684KB)
  




WORKER SAFETY

• High Visibility Apparel in Work Zones (PDF 2724KB)