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A Survey of Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Found Truck Drivers Have Clear Preferences About In-Vehicle Alerts: 76 Percent Prefer Work Zone Alerts, 78 Percent Welcome Congestion Notifications, and 81 Percent Like Real-Time Information on Incidents.

METHODOLOGY Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) open portal architecture, GoKY, provided the data used to enable the in-vehicle alerts. This portal displays transportation conditions, alerts,…
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Benefit
Date Posted
02/28/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Autonomous Vehicle Safety Systems (VS01)
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Kentucky, United States

Automated enforcement systems that check motor carrier compliance with weight-distance tax regulations could recover up to $10.4 million annually from tax evaders in Kentucky.

FINDINGS The analysis showed that remote enforcement and identification of tax evaders could generate up to $10.4 million annually in revenue for Kentucky. Implementation of KATS weigh stations was…
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Benefit
Date Posted
10/16/2019
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Commercial Vehicle Parking (CVO05), Border Management Systems (TM23)
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Kentucky, United States

Regional Truck Parking Information and Management Systems have a benefit-to-cost ratio of 4.27.

A benefit-to-cost estimated for the MAASTO TPIMS estimated as part of the 2015 TIGER Grant application using the TIGER BCA Resource Guide was based on project performance data collected from the…
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Benefit
Date Posted
01/30/2019
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Freight-Specific Dynamic Travel Planning (CVO09), Road Weather Information for Freight Carriers (CVO10), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Wichita, Kansas, United States   |   Indiana, United States   |   Iowa, United States   |   Kentucky, United States   |   Michigan, United States   |   Minnesota, United States   |   Ohio, United States   |   Wisconsin, United States

Ensure that new technology deployed in a weigh station to detect high-risk heavy trucks is in alignment with state organizational goals and inspection priorities.

An evaluation of the ISSES installed at the weigh/inspection station on I-75 near London, Kentucky found that the ISSES subsystems functioned according to performance specifications but that in…
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Lesson
Date Posted
01/12/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Electronic Clearance (CVO03), Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM (CVO08)
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London, Kentucky, United States

An Integrated Safety and Security Enforcement System (ISSES) for identifying high-risk heavy trucks was estimated to contribute to crash reductions between 63 and 629, personal injuries between 16 and163, and 7 fatalities per year.

The ISSES installed in the Interstate 71 weigh station in Kentucky was designed to increase the efficiency of vehicle inspections by automatically detecting high-risk heavy trucks, while not…
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Benefit
Date Posted
12/21/2009
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Electronic Clearance (CVO03), Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM (CVO08)
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Kentucky, United States

An Integrated Safety and Security Enforcement System (ISSES) was installed on I-75 near London, Kentucky at a cost of $350,000. Subsequent installations in the State of Kentucky were $500,000.

Integrated Safety and Security Enforcement Systems (ISSES) are designed to improve the efficiency of roadside screening of commercial trucks by providing actionable, real-time information to roadside…
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System Cost
Made Public Date
11/30/2009
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Electronic Clearance (CVO03), Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM (CVO08)
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London, Kentucky, United States

Survey responses from key professionals in five states indicate the following ITS technologies have the highest potential to benefit emergency transportation operations: interoperable radio communications, dynamic message signs, GPS and geographical

To gather information and determine the opinions of leaders in the transportation and emergency services communities, a survey was developed and administered to key professionals in the five…
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Benefit
Date Posted
11/17/2008
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Vehicle Emergency Response (PS05), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06), Disaster Response and Recovery (PS12)
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Statewide, South Carolina, United States   |   Statewide, North Carolina, United States   |   Statewide, Georgia, United States   |   Statewide, Tennessee, United States   |   Statewide, Kentucky, United States

Collect high quality data with committed workers to help ensure reliable and consistent 511 services for tourism.

These lessons learned involve some key technical issues that arose from the experiences of the project team, and how they solved these issues. The technical issues discussed below include data…
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Lesson
Date Posted
04/08/2008
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Personalized Traveler Information (TI02), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01), Travel Services Information and Reservation (TI09), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09)
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Kentucky, United States

Ensure users have easy access to 511 operators and tourism information.

These lessons learned involve some key technical issues that arose from the experiences of the project team, and how they solved these issues. These technical issues include making it easy to reach…
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Lesson
Date Posted
04/08/2008
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Personalized Traveler Information (TI02), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01), Travel Services Information and Reservation (TI09), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09)
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Kentucky, United States
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