Woodburn port-of-entry automation project, 1986 - 1993 : final report.
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1994-07-01
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Alternative Title:Woodburn POE automation project, 1986 - 1993 : final report.
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Abstract:In 1986, the Oregon State Highway Division (OSHD), in conjunction with the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and with the cooperation of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), under took an experimental project at the Woodburn southbound Port-of-Entry (POE). The plan was to automate this POE to minimize the weighmaster and PUC tasks; improve weight, size, and safety enforcement; provide more data for planning and design purposes; and save human resources and time for the State and the trucking industry. The weigh-in-motion (WIM) scale, automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system, and static scales, along with the PUC motor carrier database would be tied into a supervisory computer system which would control truck traffic and data.
This report presents findings from five years of operations and describes the construction and automation of the Woodburn POE, including the physical plant, the hardware and software, system operation, data obtained, benefits, limitations, conclusions and recommendations.
This project is a success, even though all the theoretical benefits were not achieved, because only a few trucks carried transponders. Enough actual benefits exist to consider this experiment a success. These benefits include improved weight and safety enforcement, data collection access, human resources savings, weighmaster productivity gains, vehicle screening, capital expenditure savings, and increased trade productivity. The monetary benefits greatly exceed the automation costs.
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