The Requirements and Recommendations for Development of a California Weigh-in-Motion Test Facility

This report documents a research effort to develop requirements and recommendations for establishing a Weigh-in-Motion Test Facility (WIMTF) in California. This study finds that the effectiveness of existing WIM stations needs to be improved. A WIMTF can facilitate an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of various WIM technologies, as well as the development of new methods for dynamic calibration of WIM scales in order to improve the WIM measurement accuracy, which is critical to the effectiveness and efficiency of WIM stations. To prepare for a WIMTF, several sets of requirements, including non-functional and functional requirements, interface requirements, and data requirements for the WIMTF were developed. Potential sites for the WIMTF were evaluated. Based on the requirements, a site recommendation was made. The study also evaluated the benefits and costs of a WIMTF, concluding that the benefits will far outweigh the costs of a WIMTF.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dot.ca.gov/research/researchreports/reports/2014/final_report_task_1798.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5t457cx/1/producer%2F897240493.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/897240493
• Supplemental Notes:
  • An incorrect report number, UCB-ITS-PRR-2004-3, appears on the Technical Report Documentation Page.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation
  1227 O Street, MS-83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Wei-bin
  • Huang, Jihua
  • Tok, Andre
  • Chang, Ching-Yao
  • Ritchie, Stephen
• Publication Date: 2014-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 130p
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Test facilities; Weigh in motion
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01558902
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: CA14-1798, UCB-ITS-PRR-2014-04
• Contract Numbers: 65A0429
• Files: TLIB, CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 2015 9:07AM