Feasibility study to determine the economic and operational benefits of utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Details

• Creators:
  Irizarry, Javier ; Johnson, Eric N.
• Corporate Creators:
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aerial Photography Benefit Cost Analysis Detection And Identification Systems Drone Aircraft Feasibility Analysis Highway Traffic Control State Departments Of Transportation Technology Assessment
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-GA-1H-12-38
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Georgia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  This project explored the feasibility of using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) in Georgia
  
  Department of Transportation (GDOT) operations. The research team conducted 24 interviews with
  
  personnel in four GDOT divisions. Interviews focused on (1) the basic goals of the operators in each
  
  division, (2) their major decisions for accomplishing those goals, and (3) the information requirements for
  
  each decision. Following an interview validation process, a set of UASs design characteristics that fulfill
  
  user requirements of each previously identified division was developed. A “House of Quality” viewgraph
  
  was chosen to capture the relationships between GDOT tasks and potential UAS aiding those operations.
  
  As a result, five reference systems are proposed. The UAS was broken into three components: vehicle,
  
  control station, and system. This study introduces a variety of UAS applications in traffic management,
  
  transportation and construction disciplines related to DOTs, such as the ability to get real time, digital
  
  photographs/videos of traffic scenes, providing a "bird’s eye view" that was previously only available with
  
  the assistance of a manned aircraft, integrating aerial data into GDOT drawing software programs, and
  
  dealing with restricted or complicated access issues when terrain, area, or the investigated object make it
  
  difficult for GDOT personnel to conduct a task. The results of this study could lead to further research on
  
  design, development, and field-testing of UAVs for applications identified as beneficial to the Department.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f33a012ca2250342af43d5421803c5d58402501a2d6d4330318cfbaaf2a587f0
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27333/dot_27333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.20 MB ]