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Prepared by:
Office of Highway Policy Information
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, D.C.
Principal Authors
Dr. Edward Fekpe, PEng.
Mr. Deepak Gopalakrishna
Dr. Dan Middleton (TTI)
September 8, 2004
This report is a work prepared for the United States Government by Battelle. In no event shall either the United States Government or Battelle have any responsibility or liability for any consequences of any use, misuse, inability to use, or reliance on the information contained herein, nor does either warrant or otherwise represent in any way the accuracy, adequacy, efficacy, or applicability of the contents hereof. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers' names appear herein only because they are considered essential to the purpose of the document.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support and guidance of Mr. Fred Orloski of the Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration throughout this project. The authors would also like to thank Mr. Harshad Desai and Mr. Jeff Patten of the Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration for their review comments on the draft report.
The authors also acknowledge the participation and assistance of the following representatives of the state Departments of Transportation for participating and providing valuable inputs during the interviews.
Joe Avis | California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) |
Brian Domsic | California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) |
Harshad Desai** | Florida Department of Transportation |
Nabeel Akhtar | Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) |
David Adams | Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) |
Rob Robinson | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) |
Mike Baxter | Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA) |
Philip Hughes | Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) |
Mike Walimaki | Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) |
Louis Whiteley | New Jersey DOT (NJDOT) |
Todd Westhuis | New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) |
David Gardner | Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) |
Tony Manch | Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) |
Jim Neidigh | Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) |
Tom Schinkel | Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) |
John Rosen | Washington DOT (WsDOT) |
** Now with FHWA |
The project team members are:
Dr. Edward Fekpe, Principal Investigator, (Battelle)
Mr. Deepak Gopalakrishna (Battelle)
Dr. Dan Middleton (Texas Transportation Institute)
Mr. Shawn Turner (Texas Transportation Institute
ADT | Average Daily Traffic |
AADT | Average Annual Daily Traffic |
AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
ARTIMIS | Advanced Regional Traffic Interactive Management and Information System |
ATR | Automatic Traffic Recorder |
AVC | Automatic Vehicle Classifier |
CATS | Chicago Area Transportation Study |
Caltrans | California Department of Transportation |
DIA | Detector Isolation Assembly |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DTS | Digital Traffic Systems |
EIS | Electronic Integrated Systems |
FDOT | Florida Department of Transportation |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
GDOT | Georgia Department of Transportation |
HPMS | Highway Performance Monitoring System |
IDOT | Indiana Department of Transportation |
ILDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
ITS | Intelligent Transportation Systems |
MDOT | Michigan Department of Transportation |
MITS | Michigan Intelligent Transportation Systems |
MPO | Metropolitan Planning Organization |
NJDOT | New Jersey Department of Transportation |
NYSDOT | New York State Department of Transportation |
ODOT | Ohio Department of Transportation |
ORADS | Off Road Axle Detection Sensors |
PeMS | Performance Measurement System |
PennDOT | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |
QC/QA | Quality Control/Quality Assurance |
RTMS | Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor |
RWIS | Roadway Weather Information System |
SHA | State Highway Administration |
TEA-21 | Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
TxDOT | Texas Department of Transportation |
TMCs | Traffic Management Centers |
TMG | Traffic Monitoring Guide |
TTI | Texas Transportation Institute |
VDOT | Virginia Department of Transportation |
VID | Video Image Detection |
VMI | Vehicle Magnetic Imaging |
VMT | Vehicle Miles Traveled |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WIM | Weigh-in-Motion |
WSDOT | Washington State DOT |