Technology Analysis for Mileage Based User Fee System
Principal Investigator:
Max Donath, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Co-Investigators:
- Alec Gorjestani, , Mechanical Engineering
- Craig Shankwitz, Director, Intelligent Vehicles Lab, Mechanical Engineering
Project Summary:
This research project responds to a request by Mn/DOT for support in developing an RFP for a Mileage Base User Fee (MBUF) program. The Intelligent Vehicles Lab is a leader in both GPS- and transponder-based in-vehicle position sensing technologies. As a technology resource, the IV Lab provided support for RFP Preparation, Proposal Evaluation and Development of Evaluation Goals. Following the release of the RFP, the IV Lab formulated a system evaluation plan as an effort to "fast track" the project, in order to enable a concurrent start to both the test and the formal evaluation.
Sponsors:
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
Project Details:
- Start date: 02/2007
- Project Status: Completed
- Research Area: Transportation Safety and Traffic Flow