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I-35 Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Impacts Assessment—Final Report
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2018-09-01
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Alternative Title:I-35 Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Impacts Assessment
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Abstract:Under the Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) Program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has sponsored the development of the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) bundle, which seeks to transform freight mobility by leveraging a system of “connected vehicles” and mobile devices to maximize freight flow. The TxDOT I-35 Traveler Information During Construction (TIDC) system has been enhanced to help maximize freight operators’ productivity, improve operational efficiency, and reduce safety related incidents, by providing freight traveler information such as pre-construction closure notifications, delay predictions, and near real-time construction delay information. The report evaluates the benefits of the delivery of the TIDC’s information to the trucking firms using the system. It is based on a year-long before/after analysis of two major trucking firms, with six months of data collected before the firms started using TIDC information, and six months of after data collection after TIDC information started being used by the companies. At the conclusion of the project, both participating trucking firms remain enthusiastic supporters of the TIDC and are seeking internal company resources for improving the ability of their companies to ingest TIDC data into their existing business processes, however, no quantifiable change in trucking performance was observed. Reasons for the lack of measurable benefit include the limited opportunity to route around the I-35 construction delays, and the lack of automated ingest of TIDC data into the trucking firms’ business systems.
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