ABOR Research Innovation Fund Potential ITS Countermeasures to
ABOR Research Innovation Fund Potential ITS Countermeasures to Address Freight Safety and Operations Issues 2018/11/16 Dr. Yingyan Lou, Associate Professor School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Arizona State University Dr. Sravani Vadlamani, Assistant Professor Florida Polytechnic University
Outline • ITS Countermeasures – Existing efforts – Applicability • Truck Parking – Issues – Potential ITS solutions 11/16/2018 2
Analysis Results • Crash Analysis Results • Dust storms • Seat belt use, drugs and alcohol • Geometric characteristics less significant • Bottleneck Analysis Results • 19 in the Phoenix metropolitan area • Mixed use traffic with weaving 11/16/2018 3
ITS Countermeasures • Variable Speed Limits • Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems • Truck Lane Restrictions • Truck Platooning • Truck Parking Information Systems 11/16/2018 4
SAFETY 11/16/2018 5
Variable Speed Limits • Improve safety during dust storms Photo from ABC 15 • Strictly enforceable • I-10 between Eloy and Picacho Peak Photo from AZDPS 11/16/2018 6
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Image from roboticsandautomationews. com 11/16/2018 Images from wabco. com 8
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Image from ntsb. gov 11/16/2018 9
Toward Autonomous Trucks Image from truckinginfo. com 11/16/2018 10
EFFICIENCY 11/16/2018 11
Truck Lane Restrictions Image from TTI Image from FHWA 11/16/2018 12
Truck Platooning Images from Peloton website 11/16/2018 14
PARKING 11/16/2018 16
Issues 83% Drivers surveyed had parked illegally at least once a week 40% 1+hr Drivers surveyed spend #4 Top Concern Steady concern in industry Ranking has increased since 2012 looking for parking 11/16/2018 17
Information Systems Image from 2016 WSDOT Truck Parking Study Report Image from American Truck Parking Image from Michigan DOT 11/16/2018 18
Detection Image from 2017 North Carolina Truck Parking Study 11/16/2018 Image from I-95 Truck Parking Initiative Presentation 19
Detection Image from 2017 Minnesota DOT Report for Assessing Truck Parking Availability 11/16/2018 20
Dissemination Image from Michigan DOT Images from I-95 Truck Parking Initiative Presentation 11/16/2018 21
Reservation 30 Day Advance Reservation Real-Time Parking Information Image from truckpark. com Images from Truck. Smart® Mobile App 11/16/2018 Images from Pilot. Flying. J. com 22
Existing & Proposed Efforts TIGER Proposal 2015 Image from 2015 TPIMS Tiger Proposal Cost = $37 M Benefit=$403 M B/C = 4. 27 Funded 11/16/2018 Proposed Reservations Image from 2016 Colorado FASTLANE Proposal Cost = $13 M Benefit=$91 M B/C = 7. 0 Not Funded 23
Existing & Proposed Efforts Florida TPAS $10. 6 M INFRA Grant Image from 2018 July – August FDOT TSMO Disseminator Image from I-95 Corridor Coalition Cost = $10. 25 M 11/16/2018 24
Existing & Proposed Efforts Images from 2017 National Coalition on Truck Parking Report 11/16/2018 25
Parking App Arizona State University 11/16/2018 26
THANK YOU! QUESTIONS? 11/16/2018 27
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