Initiating a Smart Roadside Initiative: Charge to the CVFM

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Initiating a Smart Roadside Initiative Charge to
the CVFM
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

• Presented byJeff SecristOctober 25, 2006

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Outline

• Problem were trying to solve
• Purpose of program
• History of related activities and where we are
  now
• What the program will address
• Draft vision
• Draft objectives
• Roadmaps
• How can CVFM Help to Support the Initiative?
• Next steps

Outline
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Problem Fatality Rate Still High

Preliminary
The Problem
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Problem Congestion Impedes Freight
Mobility2020 Projection
Highway Congestion, 2020
Source FHWA Freight Analysis Framework
The Problem
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Problem Scarce Resources, Increased Concern

• More commercial vehicles are on the road and
  government agencies cannot add sufficient
  roadside enforcement staff and resources to
  increase significantly the number of manual
  inspections and reviews.
• The public is increasingly concerned about
  container and cargo security, but government
  agencies cannot inspect every shipment manually.
• To remain competitive in a global market,
  commercial carriers and shippers must keep costs
  down and work more efficiently. According to
  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) research,
  issues include
• Travel time reliability
• Regulatory activities
• Fuel prices

The Problem
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Security Issues

• Increasing container trade could create more
  opportunities for terrorist related activities
  (bomb in a box)
• Increasing cargo movements can also put more
  stress on law enforcement and transportation
  personnel to maintain efficient flow of freight
  through major freight gateways
• As volume in cargo increases, number of
  personnel, facilities, and ancillary equipment
  involved increases
• Increasing pressure on law enforcement and other
  personnel to complete timely and accurate
  inspections of cargoes, vehicles, drivers, and
  facilities

Purpose
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Proposal A New Smart Roadside Initiative

• Save lives by creating a pipeline of research,
  testing, and deployment efforts related to
  commercial vehicle on-the-road and roadside
  activities.

Purpose
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Plan for New Smart Roadside Initiative

• Establish a new commercial vehicle smart roadside
  initiative to organize and focus research,
  testing, and deployment efforts related to
• Driver assistance technologies and vehicle
  controls
• Roadside enforcement and compliance verification
• Fleet and cargo management
• Build on light-vehicle Vehicle Infrastructure
  Integration (VII) efforts
• Improve not only safety, but also mobility,
  security, and efficiency

Purpose
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The New Smart Roadside Initiative Will
ShepherdIdeas Through the Research Pipeline to
Deployment
New alternatives for improving safety, mobility,
security, efficiency
Concept development Prototype Test Analysis
Research-to-Deployment Pipeline
Deployment
Proven operational paradigms, technologies,
policies
Purpose
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History Related Activities

• Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and
  Networks (CVISN Program) is well into the
  deployment phase
• New roadside technologies are being explored
• Wireless truck and bus inspections
• Hazardous Materials (HazMat) operational test
• Untethered trailer tracking operational test
• Thermal imaging inspection
• Motor Carrier Efficiency Study
• Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010
  Partner with this effort to integrate roadside
  technologies in new paradigms for improving
  enforcement and compliance
• Creating Opportunities, Methods, and Processes to
  Secure Safety (COMPASS) Coordinate with this
  effort to use information from and at the
  roadside more effectively
• VII Build on this initiative, currently
  emphasizing light vehicles

History
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FMCSAs New Smart Roadside Initiative Will
Perform These Primary Functions

• Define the future vision for commercial vehicle
  roadside operations
• Coordinate all FMCSA activities related to
  roadside operations that require input/support
  from the Office of Research and Analysis (RA)
• Identify/facilitate high-priority projects for
  funding
• Shepherd smart roadside ideas through the
  research pipeline to deployment
• Manage funding for deployment of smart roadside
  solutions

The Program
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Smart Roadside InitiativeStakeholder
Coordination

• FMCSA will coordinate with federal, state, and
  industry stakeholders to refine the future vision
  of roadside operations for commercial vehicles
• Establish a working group within Commercial
  Vehicle and Freight Mobility (CVFM) to provide
  input about the vision for future roadside
  operations
• Conduct a one-day working session during CVFM
  meeting in September 2006
• Use CVISN Roadside ad hoc team as sounding board
• Identify other mechanisms to help reach out to
  industry

The Program
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Smart Roadside Initiative Coordinate FMCSA
Roadside-Related RA Activities

• Ensure that RA activities support U.S.
  Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Motor
  Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and RA
  strategic objectives
• Maintain a 5-7 year planning horizon to provide a
  roadmap for achieving the vision
• Support coordination across related RA, FMCSA
  and U.S. DOT and other public and private-sector
  projects
• Provide a framework in which investment/funding
  decisions regarding smart roadside projects can
  be made
• Actively engage federal, state, and private
  sector stakeholders

The Program
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How Can CVFM Help to Support the Initiative

• Establish Working Group of Experts
• Provide Input on the Visions, Goals, Objectives,
  and Guiding Principles for the Initiative
• Provide Input on Roadside Challenges Related to
  Safety, Security, and Productivity that Could be
  Addressed Through Technology and Changes in
  Business Practices
• Work With FMCSA and Other Partners to Identify
  and Help Evaluate Potential Technologies and
  Operational Concepts that Could Help the
  Identified Roadside Challenges

• Provide Input to FMCSA on the Roadmap to Guide
  Future Investment in Roadside Technologies
• Prepare a White Paper Summarizing the Findings
  and Recommendations of the Forum
• Assist FMCSA in Convening a Showcase Other Event
  to Roll Out the Roadmap for the Smart Roadside
  Initiative and Highlight Opportunities for Future
  Research, Technology, and Partnerships

Next Steps
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Next Steps

• Assess the current state re smart roadside
  activities, technologies, tests, research,
  industry plans
• Adopt Vision, Goals and Guiding Principles
• Draft roadmaps for the initiative
• Develop Business Case
• Develop a stakeholder communication plan