Commercial motor vehicle parking trends at rest areas and weigh stations.

Final report.PDFTech ReportBDK80 977-14Commercial vehiclesRoadside rest areasWeigh stationsParking facilitiesTrucksVehicle detectorsData collectionPilot studiesFloridaFlorida. Dept. of TransportationBayraktar, Mehmet EmreZhu, YiminArif, FarrukhFlorida International UniversityNTL-FREIGHT-Trucking IndustryNTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-ParkingNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Management SystemsUS Transportation CollectionThe major objectives of this research included: i) to determine trends for truck parking at public rest areasthroughout Florida and ii) to develop a suitable smart parking management system for commercial motorvehicles and conduct a pilot project. The data collection efforts over the course of this research enabled theresearch team to determine the level of truck parking capacity problem experienced at each rest area inFlorida. This information was used to divide the rest areas into three categories, low, medium, and high,based on the \ue2\u20ac\u153level of truck parking capacity problem,\ue2\u20ac? and depicted the rest areas on a color-coded map forI-10, I-75, and I-95; green was used for a low parking capacity problem, yellow for a medium parkingcapacity problem, and red for a high parking capacity problem. This research also included an assessment oftechnology that can be used to improve truck parking management at rest areas in Florida and deployment ofa pilot project to test implementation. The vehicle detection technology chosen for the pilot project at theLeon County rest areas (eastbound and westbound) on I-10 features wireless ground sensors, which detectthe presence of a vehicle as it comes to a stop above it. Over the course of this research, various softwaretools were developed to complement the wireless vehicle detection system described above, including a GISmapping application, a report generation module, and an occupancy prediction model