The Transportation Planning and Programming (TPP) Division of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) routinely tests a wide variety of devices for counting axles or vehicles; measuring vehicle speed, headway, and gap; classifying vehicles by length and/or axle spacing; and weighing vehicles in-motion. However, TPP needs a traffic monitoring equipment evaluation facility to enhance its capabilities in conducting these tests, in facilitating training, and in allowing vendor comparisons and demonstrations. This project investigated funding sources, design options, and viable locations for this traffic monitoring equipment evaluation facility. The project provided research and development to design a generic facility to evaluate traffic data collection equipment and sensors and perform traffic data collection research. The report that concluded the research portion of this project covered the entirety of the 2-year research project, identifying potential funding sources and candidate sites for further consideration, developing site design aspects for the two most promising sites, and evaluating Kistler Lineas Quartz weigh-in-motion sensors. The most prominent funding sources are construction funds (include the site as part of a TxDOT construction project) and State Planning and Research (SPR) funds.
Implementation Efforts Pertaining to a Statewide Traffic Monitoring Equipment Evaluation and Demonstration Facility
2008
10 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Road Transportation , Traffic surveillance , Facilities , Transportation planning , Monitoring , Texas , Test facilities , Site selection , Vehicle detectors , Vehicle speeds , Vehicle counts , Funds , Implementation , Evaluation , Traffic monitoring equipment evaluation facility
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