Feasibility of Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Truck Rest Area Availability and Utilization

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• Creators:
  Bronzini, Michael ; Gomez, Richard ; Choudhary, Anant
• Corporate Contributors:
  George Mason University ; Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Social Media Peer Exchange Planning Team
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Truck drivers
  • Monitoring
  • Truck facilities
  • Parking facilities
  • Roadside rest areas
  • Remote sensing
  • Data collection
  • Highway safety
  • Fatigue (Physiological condition)
  • Feasibility analysis
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• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Wisconsin
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00811908
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation
• Description:
  The shortage of truck parking spaces in public rest areas and at privately owned truck stops has recently been recognized as a serious problem, with implications for driver fatigue and highway safety. This paper reviews the type of data required for determining truck parking space utilization at rest areas and the various conventional methods adopted for data collections in past studies. It addresses the limitations of the conventional data collection methods and explores the potential applications of remote sensing for monitoring the parking space requirements at rest areas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40650/dot_40650_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 148.33 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ecaab3304f26ce0ce54786da2d0663ecddad450f8d7aae91ea9ca258d7722efa