Evaluating Michigan commercial vehicle enforcement strategies and facilities.

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• Creators:
  Kwigizile, Valerian ; Oh, Jun-Seok ; Alkhatni, Fathi ; Jorge, Randy ; Ceifetz, Andrew ; Yassin, Joyce
• Corporate Creators:
  Western Michigan University. Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Law enforcement
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Weigh in motion
  • Weigh stations
  • Recommendations
  • Technological innovations
  • Literature reviews
  • Surveys
  • Evaluation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RC 1622
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research Administration
• Abstract:
  This report documents evaluation results and recommendations for Michigan commercial vehicle ; enforcement strategies and facilities. Through literature review, online survey and site visits, ; enforcement strategies and facilities in other states and countries were studied. Site visits of existing ; Michigan commercial vehicle enforcement sites and review of current and past reports by the Michigan ; Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Michigan State Police (MSP) revealed the existing ; conditions of facilities and potential needs for improvements. Benefit-cost analyses for the existing fixed ; weigh stations and other enforcement sites were conducted. The results indicated that addition of low-speed Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) with bypass lane is most likely to improve efficiency of a number of ; existing fixed weigh stations. Also, adding a preclearance system was found to improve efficiency of ; specific fixed weigh stations. The results, however, showed that fixed weigh stations are not ; economically beneficial when located along low volume roads. Recommendations for removing such ; stations are also provided. Furthermore, the report recommends implementation of systems that integrate ; enforcement technologies and consolidate data to assist enforcement officers in screening and verifying ; compliance of commercial vehicles.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2013-0069
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28753/dot_28753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.93 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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