Successful Practices in Weigh-in-motion Data Quality with WIM Guidebook

Successful Practices in Weigh-in-motion Data Quality with WIM Guidebook
Author: Olga I. Selezneva
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017
Genre: Quality assurance
ISBN:

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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to install new weigh‐in‐motion (WIM) stations with either piezo-polymer or piezo-quartz sensors. Recognizing some limitations of WIM sensor technologies, ADOT sponsored this study to ensure the accuracy of the future WIM data collection. The project tasks included (1) reviewing other highway agencies’ practices related to WIM data quality assurance through literature review and a survey; (2) developing a guidebook of clear recommendations for managing WIM installation, calibration, maintenance, and data quality assurance; and (3) developing a research report with recommendations on how to achieve successful implementation of a WIM program. Through reviewing available literature and surveying selected highway agencies, the project team determined that the piezo-quartz sensors perform much better than the piezo-polymer sensors due to their consistent reliability, reduced calibration requirements, and relative temperature insensitivity. With proper installation, piezo-quartz WIM sensors should provide accurate axle and truck weight measurements in Arizona. Findings also indicated that piezo-polymer sensors should perform well in Arizona for vehicle classification, traffic volume, and speed studies, but not for weight data collection. This is due to the temperature sensitivity of piezopolymer sensors and to the limitations of auto-calibration and temperature compensation technologies in environments where pavements undergo rapid day-to-night temperature changes and are subjected to high seasonal temperatures. Piezo-polymer sensor use with an auto-calibration feature for weight measurements should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Using findings from the literature review and the successful WIM practices survey, the research team developed a guidebook with recommendations and procedures for WIM site selection and qualification, installation, calibration, maintenance, data quality assurance, and personnel needed to support ADOT’s WIM program. These recommendations are specific to WIM systems that use piezo-quartz sensors and piezo-polymer sensors. The guidebook is included as Chapter 4 of this final report.

ITF Research Reports Moving Freight with Better Trucks Improving Safety, Productivity and Sustainability

ITF Research Reports Moving Freight with Better Trucks Improving Safety, Productivity and Sustainability
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2011-04-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102963

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This report identifies potential improvements in terms of more effective safety and environmental regulation for trucks, backed by better systems of enforcement, and identifies opportunities for greater efficiency and higher productivity.

Challenge of Transport Telematics

Challenge of Transport Telematics
Author: Jerzy Mikulski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319496468

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Transport Systems Telematics, TST 2016, held in Katowice-Ustrón, Poland, in March 2016. The 37 full and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. They present and organize the knowledge from within the field of intelligent transportation systems, the specific solutions applied in it and their influence on improving efficiency of transport systems.

Managing Data in Motion

Managing Data in Motion
Author: April Reeve
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0123977916

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Managing Data in Motion describes techniques that have been developed for significantly reducing the complexity of managing system interfaces and enabling scalable architectures. Author April Reeve brings over two decades of experience to present a vendor-neutral approach to moving data between computing environments and systems. Readers will learn the techniques, technologies, and best practices for managing the passage of data between computer systems and integrating disparate data together in an enterprise environment. The average enterprise's computing environment is comprised of hundreds to thousands computer systems that have been built, purchased, and acquired over time. The data from these various systems needs to be integrated for reporting and analysis, shared for business transaction processing, and converted from one format to another when old systems are replaced and new systems are acquired. The management of the "data in motion" in organizations is rapidly becoming one of the biggest concerns for business and IT management. Data warehousing and conversion, real-time data integration, and cloud and "big data" applications are just a few of the challenges facing organizations and businesses today. Managing Data in Motion tackles these and other topics in a style easily understood by business and IT managers as well as programmers and architects. Presents a vendor-neutral overview of the different technologies and techniques for moving data between computer systems including the emerging solutions for unstructured as well as structured data types Explains, in non-technical terms, the architecture and components required to perform data integration Describes how to reduce the complexity of managing system interfaces and enable a scalable data architecture that can handle the dimensions of "Big Data"

WIM Data Collection and Analysis

WIM Data Collection and Analysis
Author: J.G. Pigman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2013
Genre: Weigh-in-motion systems
ISBN:

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The objectives of this study were to review and analyze current procedures in order to implement a process for collecting and analyzing weigh-in-motion (WIM) data to insure an adequate and accurate representation of weights of vehicles using Kentucky's roadways. A literature review of WIM data collection equipment, practices and procedures indicated that a range of options are available and used by other agencies. Piezoelectric cable detection systems were most frequently used and provided adequate accuracy, if attention is given to monitoring and calibration. An overall assessment of Kentucky's WIM data collection program resulted in recommendations for: 1) increased use of cell modems for more efficient data download, 2) attention to quality control of data with a routine program of polling sites and monitoring consistency of front-axle weights, 3) expansion of WIM data collection program to capture a wider range of functional class coverage of truck traffic, 4) attention to weight data collection on coal-hauling routes, 5) consideration of using static weigh station data to increase coverage of truck weight monitoring, 6) initiation of a data collection plan to capture sufficient data to develop length-based classification factors, 7) continued review and evaluation of new software that has the capability of increasing the efficiency and accuracy of WIM data processing, and 8) evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of expanded and accurate WIM data collection and the impact on pavement thickness designs.