DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC LICENSE PLATE CONCEPT

Described in this paper is the current progress of the work undertaken by the authors on the development of a heavy-vehicle electronic license plate (HELP) system in the United States. A summary is provided of the results of studies on the technical and economic feasibility of the HELP concept, and its further development before a multistate demonstration project, known as the Crescent Project. The studies have been performed by CRC Corporation under contract to the Arizona Department of Transportation, with funding from the Federal Highway Administration. The HELP system is an integrated heavy-vehicle monitoring system that combines automatic vehicle identification (AVI), weigh-in-motion (WIM), automatic vehicle classification, and data communications and processing. It will permit the collection of transportation planning data, plus general highway system regulation and fleet management. An outline of these applications of the system is included, as well as the AVI and WIM technologies, which would satisfy the needs of the system users. The format and content of the coded information stored in the identification tag attached to vehicles is also discussed. A summary of the cost-benefit analysis and the proposed implementation strategy leading to the demonstration project is also included.

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Task Force on Weigh-in-Motion. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Davies, Peter
  • SOMMERVILLE, FRASER K
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 121-127
• Monograph Title: Pavement management, rehabilitation, and weigh-in-motion
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1060
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Benefit cost analysis; Data collection; Demonstration projects; Electronic license plates; Feasibility analysis; Fleet management; Heavy vehicles; Implementation; Information processing; Planning; Vehicle classification; Weigh in motion
• Old TRIS Terms: Fleet planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00474309
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030904054X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM