Low Volume Who?
The ADT that qualifies a road as "Low Volume"
What is 2,000
This branch of the military created the Unsurfaced Road Maintenance Management manual
What is the Army
The acronym UAV stands for this
What is Unmanned Ariel Vehicle
The acronym GPR stands for this.
What is Ground Penetrating Radar.
The classification of roadway that qualifies as a "Low Volume Road"
What is Local or Minor Collector
The maximum roadway width suggested for new construction of a rural low volume road.
What is 26-ft
Drones heavier than this weight have to be registered in the U.S.
What is .55 pounds
A common structural solution for a fill slope failure after disaster strikes
What is a retaining wall
The percentage of roads in the United States that have an ADT of 2,000 or less.
What is 80%
The maximum design speed suggested for an unpaved low volume road
What is 45 mph
You must get a license from this agency to fly a drone commercially
What is FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
A satellite data tool that aids in landslide monitoring over time
What is InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar)
The Federal agency that aided in development of the Guidelines for Geometric Design of Low-Volume Roads document.
Who is U.S. Forest Service
This type of report, created by FHWA, are voluntary risk-based assessments conducted by federal and state/local agencies to evaluate condition and resilience of their transportation assets.
What is a RIP (Resilience Improvement Plan) Report.
The name for high-resolution images produced from drone survey.
What is photogrammetry
An alternative option to using a UAV in areas with dense vegetation, flight restrictions, or other obstacles
What is mobile sensing/truck mounted lidar scanner
This road is the steepest unpaved road in the United States
What is Waipio Valley Road located on the Big Island of Hawaii
The Author/Publisher of Guidelines for Geometric Design of Low-Volume Roads.
Who is AASHTO
The acronym RTK stands for this and helps drones achieve centimeter-level accuracy in positioning by providing GPS corrections during flight.
What is Real-Time Kinematic
This type of solution may be used on low volume roads when crossing seasonal or ephemeral streams.
What is a low water crossing.