The purpose of this award to maryland dept of transportation state highway administration for the work zone safety project is to assist with improved productivity and efficiency as enforcement efforts…

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $1,110,166 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration division.

The grant funding will support three key objectives: 1) Deploying and evaluating new digital piezo sensor technology from Kistler KiTraffic to improve commercial vehicle screening and tire anomaly detection in work zones, 2) Expanding the statewide Maryland One program through enhanced routing, compliance monitoring, and integration with the Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window (CVIEW), and 3) Piloting the use of accelerometer, Hawkscan, and Falcon Bridge Strike technologies to enable real-time detection and GIS-based monitoring of bridge strikes. These initiatives are intended to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety, productivity, and regulatory compliance across Maryland's transportation infrastructure.

The purpose of this award to maryland dept of transportation state highway administration for the work zone safety project is to assist with improved productivity and efficiency as enforcement efforts are increasingly focused on at-risk carriers, improvement of carrier safety performance and accountability because of higher compliance rates and continued research and deployment assistance as well as technical management and regional coordination to better automate commercial vehicle screening.project 1 objective:the objective is to showcase new technology from kistler kitraffic (or others with similar form and function, if offered) at this location, using digital piezo sensors that are currently in low-speed testing trials at a FL DOT location in florida. Initial data from these sensors appears to be very encouraging, with gross accuracy at approx. - 2.5 , much better than astm 1318 for type III wims. These sensors also double as tire anomaly systems to detect under- and overinflated tires.project 2 objective:the objective is to concentrate on research, education, deployment, and operational readiness assistance as required by the maryland department of transportation state highway administrations (MDOT SHA) motor carrier division. The maryland one program will continue to be expanded to statewide use, including the addition of intelligent routing and integration with cview.projective 3 objective:the performance goal and objective of this pilot project is to test the feasibility of using the accelerometer, hawkscan and falcon bridge strike technologies to capture these incidents as they occur in real-time. This pilot would result in testing the sensor and camera systems data within a geographic information systems (GIS) layer and database which would be displayed through a dashboard.