Evaluating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for transportation purposes : [parts A-D].

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• Creators:
  Brooks, Colin ; Dobson, Richard J. ; Banach, David M. ; Dean, David ; Oommen, Thomas ; Wolf, Rudiger Escobar ; Havens, Timothy C. ; Ahlborn, Theresa M. ; Hart, Ben
• Corporate Creators:
  Michigan Tech Research Institute ; Michigan Technological University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Drone aircraft
  • Remote sensing
  • State of the practice
  • Asset management
  • Traffic surveillance
  • Data collection
  • Condition surveys
  • Evaluation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RC-1616 ; MTRI-MDOTUAV-FR-2014
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research and Best Practices
• Abstract:
  Advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have enabled these tools to become ; easier to use and afford. In a budget-limited environment, these flexible remote sensing ; technologies can help address transportation agency needs in operations, maintenance, and ; asset management while increasing safety and decreasing cost. This project tested and ; evaluated five main UAV platforms with a combination of optical, thermal, and LiDAR sensors to ; assess critical transportation infrastructure and issues such as bridges, confined spaces, traffic ; flow, and roadway assets. A State of the Practice report was completed, and a series of lab ; testing were accomplished to ensure practicality and safe operations. Field demonstrations ; were completed at bridges, pump stations, and conferences. The project team gave a series of ; technical demonstrations at the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress in Detroit in ; September, 2014, enabling outreach to a wide domestic and international audience who gained ; understanding of the advanced research that MDOT is funding. These demonstrations showed ; that UAV technologies provide many advantages to helping MDOT cost-effectively assess, ; manage, and maintain its resources, providing benefit to staff and the traveling public.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/55000/55000/55042/RC1616_Part_C_488517_7.pdf ; http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/55000/55000/55042/RC1616_Part_D_488518_7.pdf ; http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/55000/55000/55042/RC1616_Part_A_488515_7.pdf
• Funding:
  2013-067
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28859/dot_28859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:98d468463e9c689f69d458367895f3569c38548ea1e10f6177a5eb9ea5641bd7