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CMVRTC: Real-Time Dynamic Brake Assessment (RTDBA)

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal: To continue to develop and ultimately pilot test RTDBA technology on commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and transfer brake performance data using CMV telematics technology. Background: Brake pressure, deceleration, and stopping distance...

CMVRTC: Development of Brake Performance Testing for Truck Platoons

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal: To research the variability of brake performance in truck platoon operations and to provide a new dataset of brake performance data to truck platoon technology providers and to State and Federal agencies. Background: To date, truck platoon...

CMVRTC: Continued Analysis of PBBT Brake Performance Evaluation Data

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal:To continue gathering Level 1 brake performance stroke measurements and correlate those stroke measurements with performance-based brake tester (PBBT) brake force measurements on each wheel end and for the total vehicle.Background:Currently the PBBT...

CMVRTC: Continued Analysis of PBBT Brake Performance Evaluation Data

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal:To continue gathering Level 1 brake performance stroke measurements and correlate those stroke measurements with performance-based brake tester (PBBT) brake force measurements on each wheel end and for the total vehicle.Background:Currently the PBBT...

Accelerating SmartPark Deployment

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal: To independently assess the status of the deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) for truck parking, evaluate market opportunities and barriers to their deployment, and develop strategies for overcoming any identified barriers...

CMV Driver Restart Study: Public-Use Dataset

Background and Policy

In accordance with the Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum entitled “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research,” FMCSA is committed to sharing data collected for Federally funded research and technology projects with the...