Methods To Identify Problematic Carriers and Prevent Infrastructure Damage

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• Creators:
  Gazzillo, Jennifer ; Riessman, Robin ; Fitzpatrick, Cole ; Roney-Yeager, Benjamin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Contributors:
  Niles, Makaela
• Corporate Contributors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Transportation. Office of Transportation Planning ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Applications Commercial Truck Inspection Commercial Vehicles Data Collection Data Warehousing Enforcement Impact On Infrastructure Infrastructure Inspection Overweight Permit Applications Literature Reviews Overweight Loads Traffic Law Enforcement Trucks Trucks By Weight Warehousing

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  23-050
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Massachusetts;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report [March 2024]June 2022 - March 2024
• Corporate Publisher:
  Massachusetts. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Transportation Planning
• Abstract:
  Routinely collected Massachusetts data sets, including overweight permit applications and commercial truck inspections, are underused in safety and infrastructure analysis. Data warehousing and computing capabilities are advancing to allow live-time trend monitoring which could enhance enforcement efforts of overweight vehicles through proactive analysis and outlier identification. This project collected, examined, and used a variety of transportation data sets to establish expertise, document nuances, and execute linkage hypotheses. Key informant interviews, an information synthesis of current practices, and a literature review informed the selection of the canisters’ fields of interest. The experiential process of requesting data from other agencies and departments resulted in lessons learned on time-delay and compromises in desired format, breadth, and depth. Ultimately, this research and feasibility study was confirmed with the successful development of three data set-canister linkages, demonstrating that decoupled data sets can be used to comprehensively examine overweight vehicle and carrier trends, and normalize analyses for improved problem identification.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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