Commercial Motor Vehicle Parking Trends at Rest Areas and Weigh Stations

The major objectives of this research included: 1) to determine trends for truck parking at public rest areas throughout Florida and 2) to develop a suitable smart parking management system for commercial motor vehicles and conduct a pilot project. The data collection efforts over the course of this research enabled the research team to determine the level of truck parking capacity problem experienced at each rest area in Florida. This information was used to divide the rest areas into three categories, low, medium, and high, based on the “level of truck parking capacity problem,” and depicted the rest areas on a color-coded map for Interstate-10, Interstate-75, and Interstate-95; green was used for a low parking capacity problem, yellow for a medium parking capacity problem, and red for a high parking capacity problem. This research also included an assessment of technology that can be used to improve truck parking management at rest areas in Florida and deployment of a pilot project to test implementation. The vehicle detection technology chosen for the pilot project at the Leon County rest areas (eastbound and westbound) on I-10 features wireless ground sensors, which detect the presence of a vehicle as it comes to a stop above it. Over the course of this research, various software tools were developed to complement the wireless vehicle detection system described above, including a geographic information system (GIS) mapping application, a report generation module, and an occupancy prediction model.

• Record URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdk80-977-14-rpt.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdk80-977-14-sum.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25503
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida International University, Miami

  OHL School of Construction
  10555 West Flagler Street, EC 2900
  Miami, FL  United States  33174

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Authors:
  • Bayraktar, Mehmet Emre
  • Zhu, Yimin
  • Arif, Farrukh
• Publication Date: 2012-12-26

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 140p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Interstate highways; Parking; Parking demand; Roadside rest areas; Sensors; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01470329
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: BDK80 977-14
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 23 2013 9:07AM