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Title:

ITS Self-Positioning System Using Radio Frequency Identification-Based Wide-Area Multilayer Scheduling to Monitor and Manage Development Traffic on a Highly Constrained Mountain Highway Corridor

Accession Number:

01137513

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper describes a multi-layer ITS self-positioning system using GEN-2 smart RFID tags, smart phones and smartcards, as well as real time image and ID recognition. The hardware in the physical layer integrates digital beacons along heavy flow of mixed traffic in a severely constrained (marginal capacity and environmentally sensitive) access corridor with a control layer which schedules construction traffic (300 trucks per day over a period of ten years). Trucks, drivers and even cargo content are managed by a control center which provides scheduling commands, visual and ID monitoring, and real time incident avoidance. The second layer is modeled as a G/G/c class queuing system with semi-deterministic control provided by fusion of positioning data with event management, congestion control and visual feedback. Bidirectional control for flow from two holding hubs with multi-service (c>1) endpoints is demonstrated. The technology involves driver/time schedule registration, security monitoring and ordered recovery from stop/go orders via driver smartcard ID, truck GEN-2 RFID tag and software that matches ID to visual and command sequence. The system was developed primarily to monitor compliance with a mandatory traffic budget for a development within a constrained mountain highway corridor, but design function was expanded to optimize just-in-time delivery for construction materials, manage access to large development sites, and manage of incident impacts to construction traffic. A third internet-based layer with parallel real time access for both the local governmental jurisdiction and the private system manage is designed to provide transparency required to validate compliance to development traffic budgets.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-3387

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Paz de Araujo, Maureen
Paz de Araujo, Carlos

Pagination:

5p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3387

Files:

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 7:47PM