Smart Roadside Initiative (SRI)

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

The Smart Roadside Initiative.
http://www.smartroadsideinitiative.com/

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

Loftus, J.  Smart Roadside for Commercial Vehicle Operations Initiative and Wireless Roadside Inspections.  FMCSA.  2008.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/presentations/6_Wireless_Roadside_Inspections_Loftus_vid_508.pdf

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

Federal Highway Administration.  Commercial Vehicle Electronic Screening.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/jpo99010/safertrucks.pdf

Federal Highway Administration.  Electronic Tolling/Electronic Screening Interoperability Pilot Project.  December, 2005.
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14256_files/14256.pdf