Simulation and analysis of three congested weigh stations using Westa

Details

• Creators:
  Glassco, Richard A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems ; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Motor Carriers
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Weigh stations
  • Weigh in motion
  • Trucking
  • Truck traffic
  • Traffic simulation
  • Traffic congestion
  • Traffic flow
  • Transportation planning
  • Case studies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Project no. 099818E3-0A
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Arkansas;Indiana;South Dakota
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This paper documents studies of three congested weigh stations. At each station current operating policy and traffic levels result in frequent occasions where the queue of trucks threatens to back up onto the highway, and the scales must be closed to avoid overflow. Overweight trucks and trucks with safety or credential problems may be missed when that happens. At each station, some alternate configurations have been proposed to solve the current problem and deal with anticipated increases in truck traffic. The studies provide one way of analyzing the proposed improvements. The studies used the Westa (Weigh Station) simulation model to represent the current and alternate scenarios.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-95-C00040
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2417/dot_2417_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f710ac30cdbda3b777d9a3901b8d8a4fdc4db1370f8341b244ee0736befe29325a6e352f9f60b71785121c293dc1c9a5c2ab14f1f096d1b213483ee209d22fa5