Future of Florida’s Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Program

1. Future of Florida’sMotor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Program The Future of Commercial Vehicle Processing at Florida’s Weigh Stations

2. Overview • The Present • How MCSAW functions today • The Future - Operations • How does MCSAW keep up with the increase in commercial vehicle traffic and make things more efficient for the industry tomorrow • The Future – Design and Construction • Facility Assessments • Design/Construction

3. Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) • The Present

4. Statewide WIMs and Static Scales • 32 Weigh Stations or Static Scales • 20 Interstate Weigh Stations (MCSAW) • 7 Static Weigh Stations (MCSAW) • 5 Static Weigh Stations (FHP-CVE)

5. 2 3 4 2 3 4 Weigh-in-Motion Technology License Plate Reader, Overview and Sensors 3D Lasers – Vehicle Dimensioning System (VDIM) Weigh in Motion Scales Sort Signals

6. Weigh-in-Motion Weigh Stations • Weigh-in-Motion sensor to sort truck traffic as it enters the weigh station • Bypass Lane • Dual platform Static Scales • Increased capacity • Increased efficiency

7. 2016 Operations • Weigh-in-Motion weighed 15.6 million • Static weighed 6.3 million • Issued 33,208 weight citations • Issued 9,915 permit violation citations

8. Weigh-in-Motion Technology USDOT LPR Data Points Collected • License Plate Number • US DOT Number • Vehicle length and height • Number of axles/spacing • Weight on each axle/axle group • Gross weight • External/Internal bridge weight Weight Data CNDB

9. Container Number Database (CNDB) • Serves as FDOT’s commercial vehicle data warehouse • Captures All Weigh Station Data • Processes CVIDNs for: • Overdue Citations, Federal OOS Carriers, Stolen Vehicles and custom watch lists • Triggers real-time notification and email • Agency and custom watch list • Checks database at time of creation and continues to check new incoming sightings data from readers for matches

10. CNDB Architecture • Middle: CNDB Architecture • Left: Agency Input • Right: User Interfaces

11. Vehicle Plotting • Search by LPR, USDOT, or Container Number • Shows Location on map • Shows Sightings • Date/Time sorted • Displays Location and Direction • Displays images

12. The Future

13. Future MCSAW ITS Network

14. Smart Interconnected Weigh Station System • The Department is determining how to interconnect several system relating to commercial vehicles • The benefit to the trucking community would be huge • The following will provide a high level overview of what is being explored.

15. Smart Interconnected Weigh Station System • As a truck enters the scales we already know the following: • Vehicle length and height • Number of axles and spacing • Weight on each axle/axle group • Gross weight • License Plate Number • US DOT Number • Etc….. How do we use this data more effectively?

16. Smart Interconnected Weigh Station System • The Department is looking at the following: • How do we use the data to bypass trucks • Once the vehicle weight is verified in the system allow the trucks to bypass additional weigh stations as long as they are in a certain window of time • Use mainline technology to process vehicles • Use mainline WIMs, LPRs, and USDOT readers to process vehicles and make sort decisions on the mainline, keeping trucks moving at highway speeds

17. Smart Interconnected Weigh Station System OKTrucking • License Plate Number • US DOT Number • Vehicle length and height • Number of axles/spacing • Weight on each axle/axle group • Gross weight • External/Internal bridge weight

18. Smart Interconnected Weigh Station System • Presently permitted loads are required to enter every weigh station • The Department is looking at the following: • How can we identify permitted loads electronically • Once validated, for permit conditions, how can we bypass permitted vehicles

19. Future – Facility Assessment • Conduct an Asset Inventory and Condition Assessment on Interstate Weigh Stations including: • Roadway Items: • Pavement conditions (roadway and parking), pavement marking conditions, drainage, lighting and signing • Property: • Scale Control Buildings, Inspection Barns (including Public Restroom Facilities), and all support infrastructure that support the site and operation of the Weigh Station • Technology • Inventory deployments, review functionality, develop life cycle costing for equipment

20. Future – Design • Typical roadway projects • Manage at District Level • Provide scope documents • Provide budget • If needed MCSAW will provide consultant staff • Technology projects • MCSAW to Manage • Ensure District involvement/coordination • Ensure consistent deployments • Vertical Construction • MCSAW to Manage • Ensure District involvement/coordination • Ensure consistent deployments

21. Future – Construction • Typical roadway projects • Manage at District Level • Provide completed plans • Provide budget • If needed MCSAW will provide CEI staff • Technology projects • MCSAW to Manage • Ensure District involvement/coordination • Ensure consistent deployments • Vertical Construction • MCSAW to Manage • Ensure District involvement/coordination • Ensure consistent deployments

22. Future • Striping - Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) • Locked-Wheel Friction Testing • LiDAR

23. Contact Information: • Paul Clark • Statewide Scale Operations Manager • paul.clark@dot.state.fl.us • 850-410-5540