Programs/ Initiatives

CVII │IVBSS│Smart Roadside│Truck Parking │Wireless Roadside │CSA2010

Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (C-VII) (back to top)
Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (C-VII) systems, commonly based on passenger car ITS technologies, allow “smart” vehicles to communicate wirelessly with “smart” infrastructure.  These systems integrate several advanced ITS technologies including wireless communications, onboard vehicle computers/sensors, GPS navigation and advanced infrastructure technologies.  The most advanced systems may allow the vehicle to react to imminent danger if the driver can or does not.  Types of information that may be communicated to drivers from infrastructure include safety warnings of potential hazards as well as general traveler information.  C-VII technologies may help motor carriers more efficiently operate their fleet, thereby reducing fuel consumption and truck emissions.  C-VII also plays a key role in the development of wireless roadside inspection (WRI) systems.

Additional Information
I-95 Corridor Coalition.  Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (CVII).
http://i95coalition.net/i95/Projects/ProjectDatabase/tabid/120/agentType/View/PropertyID/247/Default.aspx

Research and Innovative Technology Administration.  Final Report: Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Proof of Concept Executive Summary- Vehicle.  U.S. Department of Transportation. 
http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14443_files/14443.pdf

Research and Innovative Technology Administration.  Intellidrive.  U.S. Department of Transportation.  http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/index.htm

Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) (back to top)
Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) are designed to prevent the most common types of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) fatal crashes through the widespread deployment of advanced integrated driver assistance systems.  Several private sector stand-alone onboard safety system (OSS) technologies are available that alert a driver of lane departures, potential forward collisions and unsafe lane changes/merging.  The goal of IVBSS is to improve the effectiveness of these safety systems by integrating these technologies into a single system that prioritizes driver warning alerts, minimizes false alarms and reduces driver distraction/driver workload.     

Additional Information
Research and Innovative Technology Administration. Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems, Program Summary.  U.S. Department of Transportation.
http://www.its.dot.gov/ivbss/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems: Heavy-Truck On-Road Test Report. August, 2008.http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NRD/Multimedia/PDFs/Crash%20Avoidance/2008/811021.pdf

Smart Roadside Initiative (SRI) (back to top)
The Smart Roadside Initiative (SRI) is a joint Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) program to reduce CMV crashes by more effectively targeting enforcement activities on less safe/high-risk motor carriers.  A key tenet of the program is to leverage the use of interoperable, existing and deployed technologies and established communication protocols.  The SRI Initiative includes the use of several ITS technologies/systems including wireless roadside inspections (WRI), electronic truck size and weight enforcement, electronic driver credentialing, customs/border preclearance and advanced traveler information systems, among others.

Additional Information
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.  2008 Smart Roadside Workshop.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-smart-roadside.htm

Truck Parking (back to top)
Trucking industry stakeholders have long recognized the role of safe, secure and available truck parking in mitigating truck driver fatigue.  A lack of truck parking creates additional safety risks when drivers are forced to park on roadway shoulders or ramps to comply with hours-of-service regulations.  In light of recent state budgetary woes and the subsequent closing of several public rest areas, it is likely that already scarce available truck parking spaces have likely declined in several areas of the country.  Through the use of ITS, stakeholders hope to provide truck drivers with real-time and accurate information on both the availability and location of private and public sector available parking spaces.  In addition to FMCSA’s SmartPark initiative, the I-95 Corridor Coalition is currently testing a truck parking ITS system based on video imaging.

Additional Information
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Truck Parking.  http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/briefs/intelligent-transportation-truckparking.htm

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, SmartPark Program Summary.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-technology-SmartPark-Real-Time.htm

I-95 Corridor Coalition, Truck Parking Initiative.  http://i95coalition.net/i95/Projects/ProjectDatabase/tabid/120/agentType/View/PropertyID/316/Default.aspx

Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) (back to top)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA) has embraced ITS systems in an effort to significantly increase the number of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and driver roadside inspections conducted each year.  The goal of WRI is to improve highway safety through better-targeted enforcement and increased deterrence of unsafe operations.  WRI technologies/systems transmit driver- and vehicle-related data wirelessly via a “Safety Data Message Set” to public sector infrastructure, which then queries existing carrier and driver credentialing databases and returns safety-related information to the roadside inspector.  It is envisioned WRI data would be linked with the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) as well as state-level CMV data sources.

Additional Information
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).  Development and Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for Wireless Roadside Truck and Bus Safety Inspections.  U.S. Department of Transportation.  July, 2007.http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/research-technology/report/wireless-inspection-report.pdf

Wireless Roadside Inspection Program for Commercial Motor Vehicles, Program Summary.  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-technology-wireless-roadside-inspection-program.htm

CSA2010 (back to top)

CSA 2010 replaces SafeStat with a new Safety Measurement System (SMS) that measures the previous two years of roadside violations and crash data. With SMS, every inspection counts, not just out-of-service violations, and both driver and carrier safety performance are monitored.

Additional Information

http://www.csa2010.com/CVSA_PresentationFinal_092109.pps