Methodology to Map Routes from Truck Permit Database, Using a Linear Reference System and Network Analysis

Trucking companies can obtain permits from state agencies allowing them to haul oversize and overweight (OSOW) loads. Most permit systems assign a specific route to be followed that accounts for various network travel restrictions. The routes assigned in these permits can provide a wealth of information for different types of transportation analyses. Unfortunately, the permit data are not always generated by a geographic information system (GIS) or archived in a manner that facilitates analysis in a GIS platform. This paper presents a methodology that was developed to process archived permit records from the West Virginia Department of Transportation (DOT) so that the records could be imported into a GIS and plotted by using the existing West Virginia DOT linear referencing system (LRS). Some agencies do not have a GIS-based OSOW permitting system, and those that use a GIS permitting system are still faced with the challenge of integrating archive data with existing GIS–LRS platforms. The methodology presented here should be widely applicable for those facing such challenges. The automated procedure was able to assign an LRS code and map 91.4% of the permits that contained route data for the month of July 2011.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2460-06
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Dayan, Sinaya
  • Nichols, Andrew P
  • Chou, Chih-Sheng
  • Yoo, Sanghong
  • Nguyen, Tuan
  • Pennington, Eric
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 47–57
• Monograph Title: Data Systems and Asset Management, Including 2014 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2460
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Geographic information systems; Information processing; Network analysis (Planning); Permits; Truck routes; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Linear referencing systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520404
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295529
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4699
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 28 2014 11:06AM