CROSS-MODAL WORK HELPS OMC IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION

This article describes the Commercial Vehicle Information System (CVIS), designed to deploy a national safety program for the U.S. commercial trucking fleet. CVIS is built around a safety analysis algorithm called SafeStat which constructs a profile on commercial vehicle operators whose activities are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The profile can be used to identify potentially unsafe carriers. The article also describes a safety monitoring system for air carriers, known as the Air Carrier Analysis Support (ACAS). ACAS is designed to collect and provide data on air carrier safety and performance

• 
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12093
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/42447221
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: Spring 1997
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Wright, Donald G
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 33-40
• Serial:
  • Volpe Transportation Journal
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
  • ISSN: 1526-5188
  • Serial URL: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Information systems; Safety; Trucking
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00776544
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: NTL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM