The Intelligent Transportation Systems/Commercial Vehicle Operations Mainstreaming Program

1997PDFBriefFHWA-JPO-97-012Intelligent transportation systems programsCommercial vehicle operationsStatesState departments of transportationPlanningPublic relationsDeploymentRegulationsSafetyCongestion management systemsMotor carriersCommercial vehiclesFreight transportationHuman factorsSecurityEmergenciesCVOCommercial Vehicle Information Systems and NetworkCVISNUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationFederal Highway Administration;Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeThe purpose of the Federal Highway Administration's "mainstreaming" program is to organize and manage the deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO). ITS/CVO services are streamlining the administration of motor carrier regulations, focusing safety enforcement activities on high-risk carriers, and reducing congestion costs for motor carriers. ITS/CVO services involve automating existing operations, networking information systems, and changing the way that states and carriers do business.93