Feasibility and applications of RFID technologies to support Right-of-Way functions : technical report

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• Creators:
  Lodgher, Akhtar ; Perkins, Judy A. ; Yang, Yonggao ; Jones, Erick C. ; Hawkins, H. Gene, Jr.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Feasibility Analysis ITS Program Applications Radio Frequency Identification Right-of-Way Assets Right-of-Way Management Right Of Way (Traffic) Traffic Signals
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-10/0-6142-1 ; Report 0-6142-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical Report: September 2008¿December 2009
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology provides the capability to store a unique identification
  
  number and some basic attribute information, which can be retrieved wirelessly. This research project studied
  
  the feasibility of using RFID technology to support managing assets in the TxDOT right-of-way (ROW). The
  
  project focused on using RFID to support managing utilities, outdoor advertising, ROW marker/survey control,
  
  and other highway infrastructure features and attributes. Research activities included synthesizing existing
  
  information on RFID applications and specific information on utility management, conducting laboratory
  
  evaluations of the performance of RFID tags in selected buried applications, developing an integration schema
  
  for RFID application, assessing the feasibility of TxDOT using or requiring RFID to manage assets in the ROW,
  
  and identifying implementation opportunities for RFID in ROW applications. RFID markers are commercially
  
  available for identifying underground utilities and are used by some utility companies for this purpose. But no
  
  state transportation agency has required their use on a widespread basis, although one agency has used such
  
  markers during a utility relocation project and found the application to have significant benefits. The research
  
  team found that RFID technology, while widely used for inventory control, has limited application for a
  
  transportation agency in the highway right-of-way. Based on the findings generated from the activities of this
  
  project, the research team does not recommend the widespread use of RFID technologies for managing assets in
  
  the ROW. However, the research team found that there may be some benefits to using RFID technology in
  
  limited applications, such as utility relocation projects and survey monumentation.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6142
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8422b899d635469cc3bac74a77294c6eb9803c8a1d83e17fed1381bda6645137
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18640/dot_18640_DS1.pdf
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