PENN STATE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING ROAD METER RECORDS

A microcomputer-based data acquisition and processing system developed as a replacement for the Mays ride meter is described. The system retains the same basic operational characteristics as the Mays meter but offers improvements in resolution, cost-effectiveness, and ease of use and requires a minimum of operator training. System operation is interactive, and the operator is prompted by an alphanumeric display and backlighting of the data input keyboard. Highway event data and road roughness measurements are stored on magnetic digital cassette tape for automatic transfer to a road inventory or pavement management system data base. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • FLEMING, M J
  • Wambold, J C
  • Hayhoe, Gordon F
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 25-29
• Monograph Title: INTERACTION OF VEHICLES AND PAVEMENTS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 946
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Databases; Information processing; Microcomputers; Pavement management systems; Road meters
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389578
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309036674
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 870
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 30 1985 12:00AM