Developing Truck Network Performance Measures at the NTNU Traffic Technology Center

This project is requesting funding to support Dr. Edward McCormack (University of Washington, Seattle) as he participates in a new research center located at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. This center, known as th e traffic technical centre (Trafikkteknisk senter), is jointly funded by the Norwegian Public Roads administration (NPRA) and NTNU. Dr. McCormack main role as a visiting fellow will be to explore and develop advanced methods to coordinate the flow of roa dside, vehicle, and freight data from a range of transportation technology devices. Just like other aspects of our society, roadway transportation has benefited from faster and smaller computers, satellite communications, wireless networks, and the abili ty to store massive amounts of data. The application of this Information and Communication Technology to transportation operations (commonly referred to as Intelligent Transport Systems or ITS) has resulted in a growing number of roadside and in-vehicle d evices designed to create more efficient transport systems. These ITS have created a new source of data that can be utilized to actively monitor roadway networks. The data aggregated from these devices will be used to develop quantitative network-level he avy vehicle performance measures that will allow the NPRA to more effectively monitor, control, and plan for mobility on the Norwegian road network and will provide NTNU researchers with new data sources to support research efforts geared at better modell ing and understanding Norway's transport network.