The application of smart phone, weight-mile truck data to support freight-modeling, performance measures and planning.

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• Creators:
  Bell, Katherine E. ; Figliozzi, Miguel A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Portland State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight traffic
  • Smartphones
  • Automatic data collection systems
  • Global Positioning System
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Weigh in motion
  • Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  OTREC-RR-13-10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
• Abstract:
  Oregon is one of the few states that currently charge a commercial truck weight-mile tax (WMT). The Oregon Department of ; Transportation (ODOT) has developed a data-collection system – Truck Road Use Electronics (TRUE) – to simplify WMT ; collection. The TRUE system includes a smart phone application that collects and records Global Positioning System (GPS) data. ; The TRUE data has enormous advantages over GPS data used in previous research due to its level of geographic detail and the ; potential to also integrate trip origin and destination, vehicle class, and commodity-type data. This research evaluates the accuracy ; of the TRUE data and demonstrates its use for significant ODOT ancillary applications. Specifically, ancillary applications that ; address ODOT freight modeling, performance measures, and planning needs are explored. The use of the data for highly accurate ; trip-generation rates and mobility performance measures is demonstrated. In addition, it is shown that the TRUE data has strong ; potential to be used for safety, accessibility and connectivity, system condition and environmental stewardship performance ; measures. The potential use of the TRUE data for emissions estimates that take into account truck-type details, truck weight and ; detailed speed profiles is considered. Results indicate that TRUE data, integrated with ODOT weigh-in-motion (WIM) data, will ; greatly improve the accuracy of emission estimates at the project and regional level. This research confirms the potential use of ; the TRUE data for significant ancillary applications and demonstrates the regional value of the TRUE data to enhance existing ; freight modeling, performance measures and planning.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26342/dot_26342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.43 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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