AASHTOTIG Technology Implementation Group

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AASHTO-TIG Technology Implementation Group

• WIM / Virtual WIM Focus Technology Project

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AASHTO-TIG Technology Implementation Group

• VISION STATEMENT
• AASHTO-TIG seeks a culture where rapid
  advancement and implementation of high payoff,
  innovative technologies is the expectation of the
  transportation community.

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AASHTO-TIG Technology Implementation Group

• MISSION PURPOSE STATEMENT
• AASHTO-TIG seeks to identify and champion the
  deployment and implementation of a select few,
  ready-to-use technologies, products, or
  processes that are likely to yield significant
  economic or qualitative benefits to the
  transportation community.

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AASHTO-TIG Technology Implementation Group

• STRATEGIC GOAL STATEMENTS
• Identify Ready-to-Implement Transportation
  Technologies
• Select 3-4 High Payoff Focus Technologies
  Annually
• Provide Top-Management Support for Implementation
• Identify Focus Technology Champions
• Formulate Approaches for Rapid Development
• Create Partnerships Encourage Communication

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NDDOT ND Highway Patrol WIM / VWIM Project

• PROJECT BACKGROUND

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NDDOT ND Highway Patrol WIM / VWIM Project

• 2003 ND LEGISLATIVE MANDATE
• FOR TRUCK WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT
• Reduce the Costs Associated with Permanently
  Staffed Weigh Stations
• Make a Conceptual Change in Truck Weight
  Enforcement
• NDDOT Installed 12 WIM Sites Throughout ND on
  Interstate and Non-Interstate Highways
• ND Highway Patrol Equipped 36 HP Cruisers with
  Wireless Communication Packages Linking Them to
  the WIM Sites

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NDDOT ND Highway Patrol WIM / VWIM Project

• THE NDDOT PROPOSAL TO AASHTO-TIG
• Promote a Multi-Agency Approach to Weight
  Size Enforcement Using Wireless Technology to
• Reduce Operating Costs
• Increase Data Collection
• Improve Efficiency in Management of Resources
• Improve Safety for Enforcement Officers and the
  Traveling Public

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AASHTO-TIG WIM / VWIM Focus Technology Project

• WHO ARE THE PROJECT CHAMPIONS?
• Identify Lead States Technical Panel
• Technical Panel Members
• Tom Bold - North Dakota DOT
• Randy Woolley - California DOT
• Craig Wilson - Florida DOT
• Mark Newland - Indiana DOT
• Tony Rivera - Nevada DOT

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AASHTO-TIG WIM / VWIM Focus Technology Project

• WHAT ARE THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES?
• Develop a Message Promoting WIM Virtual WIM
  Technology
• Relate Challenges, Successes, and Implementation
  Experiences in the Areas of
• Site Selection
• Procurement
• Installation
• Data Retention
• Operation and Maintenance

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AASHTO-TIG WIM / VWIM Focus Technology Project

• WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED?
• Initial and Follow-up Survey of AASHTO Research
  Advisory Committee (RAC) Members in US Canada
• Determine the Extent that WIM / Virtual WIM
  Technologies are Being Used for
• Weight Size Enforcement
• Credential Checking
• Safety Compliance
• Beginning Work on Development of Presentation
  Materials

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AASHTO-TIG WIM / VWIM Focus Technology Project

• HOW WILL THE INFORMATION BE PRESENTED?
• AASHTO-TIG Website (www.aashtotig.org)
• Presentations from Project Organizational Meeting
  
• Project Work Plan
• Survey Results
• Future Presentation Schedule
• Other Forums
• TRB
• National and Regional AASHTO Meetings
• Agency and Industry Transportation Associations

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AASHTO-TIG WIM / VWIM Focus Technology Project
For additional information
Visit the project on the world wide web at
www.aashtotig.org or contact Marty Vitale at
AASHTO mvitale_at_aashto.org