AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- James Lynch, Montana
Vice Chair -- Jeff Honefanger, Ohio
Secretary -- Jim March, FHWA
Liaison -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

Technology

REPORTS & STUDIES | PROGRAMS | NEW PRACTICES

REPORTS & STUDIES

Cybersecurity of Freight Information Systems--
A Scoping Study that reviews trends in the use of information technology in the freight transportation industry and assesses potential vulnerabilities to a cyberattack.
The potential vulnerability of freight transportation information systems to terrorist attacks is a serious concern for homeland security. In this report the groundwork is laid for a study of the cybersecurity of the information systems on which freight transportation depends to facilitate efficient delivery of the goods and materials that drive the economy.The development of computer security system designs and strategies for the freight transportation industry must be accomplished within a framework that is sensitive to the following important attributes of the industry.
TRB Specail Report 274 PDF Read testimony from industry leaders on Intelligent Transportation --
The U.S. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, in its series of reauthorization hearings on the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (P.L. 105-178), heard testimony on intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The focus was on how intelligent transportation solutions can add to increased mobility, safety, and security within surface transportation modes.
ITS Tesimony PDF

PROGRAMS

Radiation Portal Monitor Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
January 2004
Portal Monitor--CBP Doc.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
Radiation Portal Monitors Safeguard American from Nuclear Devices and Radiological Materials
Radiation Devices Doc. CVISN
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)--PowerPoint
U.S. DOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
CVISN PRISM
The Performance and Registration InformationSystems Management Program (PRISM) originated as a pilot project mandated by Congress under section 4003 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The goal of the project was to explore the potential benefits of using State commercial vehicle registration sanctions as an incentive to improve motor carrier safety.
Background PDF Performance & Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Fact Sheet PDF Border Wizard:
Enhancing Border Security and Productivity
PowerPoint Presentation
TRB Ports, Waterways, Fright & International Trade Conference
Harry Caldwell, Chief, Freight Policy
Federal Highway Administration
TRB Border Wizard Border Wizard –FHWA informational pager:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/pp/BorderWizard.pdf Safety Technologies For Commercial Vehicles-—Reference Library
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/safetytechnologies/library.htm

NEW PRACTICES

Virtual Weigh Stations
Safety Technologies for Commercial Vehicles
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/safetytechnologies/virtual_ws.htm Safety Technologies For Commercial Vehicles State-of-the-Practice Safety Technologies
Technological advances in recent years have resulted in the development of safety-related technologies that enhance driver and commercial vehicle safety. ttp://www.ornl.gov/sci/safetytechnologies/technologies.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

RFID Tags:
The generic name for this technology is RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification. RFID tags are microchips, which already have shrunk to half the size of a grain of sand. They listen for a radio query and respond by transmitting their unique ID code. Most RFID tags have no batteries: They use the power from the initial radio signal to transmit their response.
http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/

RFID Chips Are Here

RFID chips are being embedded in everything from jeans to paper money, and your privacy is at stake. RFID Chips

RFID Journal

RFID Journal
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Weigh In Motion
http://www.weighinmotion.com/ STATE BEST PRACTICES

PrePass™--California’s Weight Station Bypass Program PrePass(TM) is an automated, state-of-the-art system allowing registered heavy vehicles to legally bypass open weigh stations in California. Carriers participating in this program obtain special transponders used for communication between computers installed in the weigh stations and their vehicles. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/bypass/