ADVANTAGE I-75 PREPARES TO CUT RIBBON ON ELECTRONIC CLEARANCE

A total of 4,500 trucks that routinely travel on Interstate 75 (I-75) and Canadian Highway 401 are part of the Advantage I-75 Operational Test Project. Advanced technology in the form of Mainline Automated Clearance System (MACS) will allow truckers to have their weight and credentials checked at highway speeds without being processed at weigh stations. Advantage I-75 is a partnership of public and private interests along this commercial corridor, striving to reduce congestion, increase efficiency, and enhance safety for motorists. This article describes the 2-year operational test, explains the automatic vehicle identification (AVI) technology that will process trucks on the mainline, and predicts the costs and benefits of MACS. This intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology will benefit both the trucking and enforcement communities--making it a win-win proposition for everyone.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/95fall/p95au16.cfm
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Crabtree, J
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 16-21
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Benefit cost analysis; Corridors; Economic efficiency; Electronic equipment; Field tests; Intelligent transportation systems; Public private partnerships; Safety; Technological innovations; Traffic flow; Trucking; Weigh stations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic systems; Weight stations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712730
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 19 1995 12:00AM