In accordance with its primary mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiated the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) Operational Model Test. The program focused on initiating contact with more carriers and drivers, development of a ne
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This report was prepared by MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. under Contract No. GS-10F-0177N; Order No. DTMC75-10-F-00013, entitled ?Medical Programs Research and Analysis Panels Project, with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This report is an update to a systematic evidence review titled ?Diabetes and Co
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This report was prepared by MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. under Contract No. GS-10F-0177N; Order No. DTMC75-10-F-00013, entitled ?Medical Programs Research and Analysis Panels Project, with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This document is intended to provide a focused assessment of current indications
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
2011-05-01
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This report presents an evaluation of the current state-of-the-art Web-based instruction (WBI), reviews the current computer platforms of potential users of WBI, reviews the current status of WBI applications for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) stakeholders, and sets out specific instances of WBI successes in other Government re
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has an interest in how adverse weather may influence trucking industry practices, and what climate change might mean for future FMCSA efforts to reduce weather-related crashes. Weather conditions influence commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operations and driver safety through wet pavement, impair
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This report presents results from FMCSA’s Roadside Intervention Model for fiscal year 2007. The model estimates the number of crashes avoided, as well as injuries avoided and lives saved, as a result of the Agency’s roadside inspection program. The Roadside Intervention Model uses a risk-based approach to estimate the benefits of the roadside inspe
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This report documents the results of a study to characterize episodes of driver drowsiness and to assess the impact of drowsiness on driving performance. This data mining effort performed additional analyses on the data collected in an earlier FMCSA study of the effects of fatigue on drivers in local/short haul operations. The primary objectives of
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This report was prepared by MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. under Contract No. GS-10F-0177N; Order No. DTMC75-10-F-00013, entitled “Medical Programs Research and Analysis Panels Project, with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This targeted evidence report contains four major sections: 1) Introduction, 2)
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Public and private decisionmakers must understand the freight transportation system, itsuse, its role in economic development, its environmental impact, as well as other consequences in order to respond effectively to growing logistical requirements for businesses and households. This understanding draws on many disparate data sources covering comm
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
2011-01-01
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The purpose of FMCSA’s SmartPark initiative is to determine the feasibility of a technology for providing truck parking space availability in real time to truckers on the road. SmartPark consists of two phases. Phase I was a field operational test (FOT) to determine the accuracy and reliability of a technology for counting truck parking space avail
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
2011-01-01
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The purpose of FMCSA’s SmartPark initiative is to determine the feasibility of a technology for providing truck parking space availability in real time to truckers on the road. SmartPark consists of two phases. Phase I was a field operational test (FOT) to determine the accuracy and reliability of a technology for counting truck parking space avail
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Presentation slides: Overview: - Quantify the emissions and fuel consumption associated with traffic congestion from Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) crashes - Project Description - Traffic Simulation - Emissions Analysis - Future Use with Dispersion Analysis
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