RF0025 10:00 Bearing Tooth Gear
Stephen E. Knotts
417 173rd PL NE
Bellevue, WA 98008
This video describes how a bearing tooth gear operates. It also lists many ways that the bearing tooth gear is advantageous to a conventional gear.
RF0050 17:20 Central Tire Inflation: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
USDA Forest Service
This video shows a way to match road conditions to pressure inside the tires of vehicles.
RF0060 7:44 “Cornerstone of Innovation” The Campaign for Engineering and Physics
University of Idaho
This video presents the achievements of students enrolled in the college of engineering at the University of Idaho and the college’s infrastructure.
RF0080 22:45 Flagging Operations and Procedures
South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation 1993
RF0100 1:14:43 Geographic Positioning System
Teleconference - Session 1: Basic GPS
Operation & Issues
Iowa Transportation Center, July 1995
RF0150 1:09:00 Geographic Positioning System
Teleconference - Session 2: Basic GPS
Application Concepts & Equipment
Guidelines
Iowa Transportation Center, July 1995
RF0200 1:26:00 Geographic Positioning System
Teleconference - Session 3: GPS Receiver
Equipment Precision & the Potential
Application for Each
Iowa Transportation Center, July 1995
RF0253 38:00 ABC’s of Fire Extinguishers & Chain Saw Safety
Shows the use of manual, inverted, and stored pressure portable fire extinguishers. Covers four classes of fires and how to deal with each one. (2 videos on one tape)
RF0255 26:00 Highway Construction Equipment, Excavations, Concrete Forms, Shoring & Steel Erection
OSHA
RF0260 12:00 Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC)
HITEC
This video explains the purpose of HITEC and how it operates. The video describes the process that HITEC uses to evaluate materials, services, systems and other technology for its beneficial implementation into transportation applications.
RF0275 17:00 How To Give a Deposition
Pennsylvania DOT 1991
Gives a brief overview on how to give a deposition.
RF0300 25:03 Idea Store #1 & #2
Pennsylvania DOT
Contents: level for checking road crown, ‘no hands’ hand level, storage rack for snow plow blade, identifying highway signs, easy blade changing for a motor grader, tips on work zone traffic control, evaluation of aggregate loss, winter service and junk day brochures, better beaver baffler.
RF0400 9:40 Idea Store #3
Pennsylvania DOT, November 1989
Subjects covered are two different types of lifters for changing plow blades, the proper way to remove and store locking pins on the articulated loader from within the cab, a pamphlet on daily maintenance of motor graders, a yard cleaner for removing metal, the use of pre-cast wall units to eliminate stream erosion, and patching using a box mounted on the front of a motor grader.
RF0450 10:00 Idea Store #4
Pennsylvania DOT, June 1990
Subjects covered are water runoff on rural roads, slush and ice buildup on snow removal equipment, road resurfacing, minimizing aggregate loss, use of discarded tires, and portable road closed sign display.
RF0500 11:00 Idea Store #5
Pennsylvania DOT, March 1991
Innovative ideas that include the importance of the hard hat, proper tire inflation, the importance of communication between the highway department and the public, and ‘adopt a sign’ program.
RF0550 17:00 Idea Store #6
Pennsylvania DOT, September 1991
Roadside wildflowers, effective signs, PADOT’s Road Scholar program, and safety promotion.
RF0600 10:08 Idea Store #7
Pennsylvania DOT, August 1992
Covers innovations in the following areas: curb scraper, dump truck air foil, timber bridge information, Delaware/Chester P.W.A. and their ideas, and better cylinder wrench.
RF0650 10:00 Idea Store #8
Pennsylvania DOT, August 1993
This video covers medical alert information placed inside hard hats, winter driving safety program, a snow plow wing cart, and a flashing light when fuel truck is in the garage so no welding will occur.
RF0700 6:15 Idea Store #9
Pennsylvania DOT, December 1993
This edition of the Idea Store presents only one new idea. In an effort to reduce backing accidents, PennDOT designed key tags that show the blind spots on the equipment commonly used in transportation work.
RF0715 13:15 Impact Energy Absorbers
LLC
This video shows two national news reports from January of 1996 regarding a government standard for semi-trailers, to implement better guards for rear-end collisions. It also shows nine shock insulator design tests.
RF0725 41:00 Local Government on Trial: Part 1 – The Background
LTAP Clearinghouse 1995
This video describes the various aspects of a court case, how it proceeds from the time of the accident through the complaint discovery process, the court proceedings and the jury decisions.
RF0730 90:00 Local Government on Trial: Part 2 – The Trial
LTAP Clearinghouse 1995
This video presents a mock trial involving local government on trial. This defines practices and terms commonly used in an accident investigation trial.
RF0740 41:10 NIATT Workshop Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) Breakout - Session 1
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology
This video is a two part series about the IVHS, which is comprised of entities such as video imaging, fiber optics, GPS, satellite communications, detector technologies. Programs under the IVHS are Advanced Traffic Management Systems, Advanced Traveler Information Systems, Advanced Public Transportation Systems, Commercial Vehicle Operations and Advanced Vehicle Control Systems.
RF0745 128:00 NIATT Workshop Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) Breakout - Session 2
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology
Continuation of video RF0740. See description above.
RF0747 5:00 Rigging the Boardwalk
Safety Shorts 1993
Working with mobile scaffolds or outriggers can expose you to all of the usual hazards of scaffolds. This video offers tips on how to cut down on danger at the jobsite. (Handouts)
RF0750 15:00 Rural Technical Assistance Program
Federal Highway Administration
This video explains the benefits that an agency can receive from the Technology Transfer Program. Examples are given of assistance received by agencies from various activities of individual centers. This is a promotional video.
RF0755 5:00 Safety on the Board Walk
Safety Shorts 1993
Shows that even if you have the proper guardrails, planking and access ladders, carelessness can set you up for a fall.
RF0760 22:00 Scheduled Lives, Stressful Drives
Federal Highway Administration
This video tape illustrates how Advanced Traveler Information Systems return control to travelers by giving them choices-choices of time, route, and mode of travel.
Federal Highway Administration
This video demonstrates the importance of having clear video documentation in construction projects.
RF0800 58:40 SHRP Now Exhibit - 1991 AASHTO Technology Transfer Fair:
1) Worker Safety
2) Snow & Ice Control
3) Highways
Strategic Highway Research Program, 1991
This video describes research products exhibited at AASHTO's T2 Fair in Milwaukee.
RF0850 12:43 Subsurface Utility Engineering - A Technology for the 90's
So-Deep Inc., 1990
This video discusses planning for locating utilities underground.
RF0875 46:30 Technology Transfer Series: Effective Technology Transfer Methods, Establish a Technology Transfer Program
International Road Federation
This video tells how a technology transfer program can introduce new information and technology to various departments.
RF0880 8:00 Toluene
Industrial Training Systems Corporation, 1984
Designed to inform employees of the potential harmful effects of working with toluene. This program discusses the characteristics of toluene, exposure limits, health and physical hazards, appropriate work facilities, emergency first-aid procedures, and what to do in the event of a fire or spill.
RF0900 50:00 Trenchless Technology
Jason Consultants/American Society of Civil Engineers
This video provides an overview of trenchless technology which has become an effective and economic alternative to open‑cut construction. Cities and communities can no longer afford to disrupt traffic.
RF0910 19:00 Train the Trainer: Vehicle Conspicuity
American Trucking Association
A six-part driver’s education series from the American Trucking Association (6-part series)
RF0925 10:30 Transportation Librarians
Partners in Technology Transfer
This video informs the viewer of how transportation librarians can help to locate various transportation related media.
RF0930 78:00 Traffic Detector Video Training Course: Volume 1
Federal Highway Administration
This video provides information about the variety of traffic detectors, how they operate and proper installation and maintenance techniques.
RF0935 9:00 Traffic Detector Video Training Course: Volume 2
Federal Highway Administration
Continuation of video RF0930. See description above.
RF0940 8:12 Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Focusing on Innovation
Federal Highway Administration
This video presents an overview of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. The video features projects that the center is working on.
RF1000 53:00 LS/LSIT Exam Preparation Course - Unit 2:
Basic Survey Math
Caltrans
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