Improving Traffic Detection Through New Innovative i-LST Technology Demonstration Pilot
Current traffic monitoring practices primarily focus on counting the number of vehicles, classifying vehicles by length or axle arrangement, and weighing vehicles. Additional critical information such as body type (tractor and/or trailer) is not readily captured due to technology limitations. However, body type data and information are vital for goods movement and freight analysis as different commodities are transported by different vehicles. For example, perishables and other temperature-sensitive goods are carried by the so-called reefer, a sealed trailer with a refrigerated unit to keep the truck contents at a cooled temperature. Liquids and gases are typically transported by tanker trucks. Flatbed trailers have open decks with no roofs or sides, offer the greatest flexibility to carry not only oversized goods but also a wide range of other freight. Intermodal trucks carry standardized ocean containers. Dry freight trailers provide significant protection to the freight being moved from both inclement weather and other detrimental effects. In addition to the body type identification challenge from current traffic monitoring technologies, current practices also miss the highly desired data regarding the travel time and on/off points where vehicles enter or exit a roadway network, such as where and when a given truck enters or exits a particular highway. Information like this is vital to modeling and projecting vehicle routing associated with demand analysis. The proposed pool fund study will deploy and demonstrate a set of effective technologies previously developed through the U.S. Department of Transportation Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program (SBIR: Measuring Traffic Performance with the Inductive Loop Detector Signature Technologies | SBIR.gov) to capture not only the legacy traffic monitoring data items but also additional body type and system usage information. The new to be deployed technology requires no new-on-the-roadway physical activities. The new technology relies on utilizing existing roadway embedded loop sensors to gain all needed data. The study objective is to demonstrate the loop signature technology (inductive Loop Signature Technology: i-LST) over various corridors across the US to demonstrate application of new effective and comprehensive data collection methods.
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Language
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Project
- Status: Programmed
- Funding: $1375000
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(520)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Arizona Department of Transportation
206 South 17th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007Colorado Department of Transportation
2829 W. Howard Place
Denver, CO United States 80204California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814Connecticut Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
P. O. Box 317546
Newington, CT United States 06131-7546Georgia Department of Transportation
600 West Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA United States 30308Idaho Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 7129
3311 W. State Street
Boise, ID United States 83707-1129Indiana Department of Transportation
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204-2249Minnesota Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155Nebraska Department of Transportation
1500 Highway 2
P.O. Box 94759
Lincoln, NE United States 68509-4759New Hampshire Department of Transportation
John O. Morton Building
P.O. Box 483
Concord, NH United States 03302-0483Ohio Department of Transportation
Research Program
1980 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH United States 43223Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA United States 17120South Dakota Department of Transportation
700 East Broadway Avenue
Pierre, SD United States 57501Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483Wisconsin Department of Transportation
PO Box 7910
4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
Madison, WI United States 53707-7910Wyoming Department of Transportation
5300 Bishop Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY United States 82009-3340Delaware Department of Transportation
800 S Bay Road
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE United States 19903West Virginia Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Building 5, Room A-110
Charleston, WV United States 25305-0430New Mexico Department of Transportation
1120 Cerrillos Road
P.O. Box 1149
Sante Fe, NM United States 87504-1149Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY United States 40622Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration
707 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD United States 21202Alabama Department of Transportation
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery, AL United States 36130Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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Managing Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Jessberger, Steven
- Start Date: 20240927
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Freight traffic; Loop detectors; Traffic surveillance; Travel time; Vehicle bodies
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01884468
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(520)
- Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 1 2023 4:45PM