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:
  • Radio frequency identification
  • Traffic signals
  • Right of way (Traffic)
  • Feasibility analysis
  • ITS program applications
  • Radio Frequency Identification
  • Right-of-Way Assets
  • Right-of-Way Management
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6142
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18640/dot_18640_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8422b899d635469cc3bac74a77294c6eb9803c8a1d83e17fed1381bda6645137