Description

Researchers in the System Monitoring Program employ state-of-the-art sensors to monitor vehicle characteristics, with an emphasis on commercial vehicles. Recent studies have investigated long-term research into vehicle detection technologies, developing and implementing a traffic monitoring equipment evaluation facility, truck accommodation design guidance, strategies for separating trucks from passenger vehicle traffic, innovative methods to reduce stops to trucks, truck accident countermeasures on urban freeways, effects of warning devices on truck speeds, the impacts of commodity movements in Texas, and the oversize/overweight permit policy in Texas.

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Expertise

Program researchers have conducted research projects and have expertise in the following areas:

• Vehicle detection technologies
• Development and implementation of a traffic monitoring equipment evaluation facility
• Truck accommodation design guidance
• Strategies for separating trucks from passenger vehicle traffic
• Innovative methods to reduce the number of stops for trucks
• Truck accident countermeasures on urban freeways
• Effects of warning devices on truck speeds
• Impacts of commodity movements
• Oversize/overweight truck permit policy in Texas

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

The System Monitoring Program has cooperative relationships with the following sponsors:

• Texas Department of Transportation, and
• Federal Highway Administration, and
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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