The purpose of this award to the university of maryland is for research to increase the rate of CMV enforcement citations per enforcement blitz, reduce the resources needed to identify locations for…

The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $1,865,164 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant funding supports the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), which aims to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety through partnerships.

Under this award, the University will develop an online tool to streamline the commercial motor vehicle enforcement planning, execution, evaluation, and result sharing process for the state. Specifically, the tool is intended to automate the data fusion required to increase the rate of citations issued per enforcement blitz, reduce the resources needed to identify enforcement blitz locations, and lessen the resources required to evaluate enforcement effectiveness. The outcome of this research project will be a new online platform that streamlines these CMV enforcement functions in an effort to support safer motor carrier operations. The grant period runs from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024.

The purpose of this award to the university of maryland is for research to increase the rate of CMV enforcement citations per enforcement blitz, reduce the resources needed to identify locations for enforcement blitzes, and reduce the resources to evaluate enforcement effectiveness the outcome of this project will be a new online tool that automates the data fusion process and streamlines the CMV enforcement planning, execution, evaluation, and result sharing process