Smart Roadside Mobility Breakout

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Smart RoadsideMobility Breakout
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Mobility Breakout Agenda

• Objectives of Session 1
• Review of Mobility Trends and Issues
• Discussion
• Objectives of Session 2
• Discussion

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Breakout Session 1 Objectives

• Define the problem
• What are the key roadside issues related to
  commercial vehicle safety/security/mobility?
• What aspects of these problems may be addressed
  through technology solutions?
• Identify potential technology solutions
• Existing technologies
• Emerging technologies
• Future technologies
• Identify potential measures of effectiveness
• How do we know when we have achieved success?

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Freight Forecast by Mode (Tonnage)
Source Federal Highway Administration, Freight
Analysis Framework, 2002 forecast
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Truck Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Trucks includes both single-unit vehicles with
2-axles and 6 or more tires and combination
vehicles. Preliminary forecast generated for
FHWA, Office of Policy, by WEFA, Inc.
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Highway Congestion, 2000
Source CS based on FHWA Freight Analysis
Framework Project and HPMS data
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Problem Congestion Impedes Freight
Mobility2020 Projection
Highway Congestion, 2020
Source FHWA Freight Analysis Framework
The Problem
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Traffic and Capacity Imbalance
Traffic and Capacity Imbalance
The Interstate Highway System comprises just over
1 of the Nation's total miles of roadway, but
carries almost 25 of all traffic.
Increase (1980-2003)
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Causes of Highway Congestion
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Congestion at International Crossings 1998
Tonnage May Double by 2020
1998 Imports
1998 Exports
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Logistics Expenditures and GDP
After a long improvement, expenditures have
stalled at about 10
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Breakout Session 1 Questions

• How can we eliminate excess costs associated with
  congestion and delay?
• How can technology and information help eliminate
  unnecessary delay and improve reliability?
• On highway system
• At inspection sites
• At border crossings
• At intermodal facilities

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Breakout 2 Objectives

• Identify key implementation issues to evaluate
  and deploy potential smart roadside solutions
• Statutory or regulatory changes
• New or enhanced federal or state programs
• New research and technology activities
• Targeted funding
• Data management
• Interoperability
• Others

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Breakout 2 Objectives

• Discuss ultimate products of smart roadside
  initiative
• Guiding Principles
• Roadmap
• Business Case
• Identify key stakeholders who needs to be at
  the table?
• Government
• Industry
• Technology
• Academia
• Finance
• Legal
• Marketing
• Others