Commercial Vehicle Operator Systems Equipment Packages

 

The following equipment packages are associated with the "Commercial Vehicle Operator Systems" element.   Select the "Details" icon to see the detailed process specifications that support each equipment package, or consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

 

Fleet Administration

This Equipment package provides vehicle tracking, dispatch, and reporting capabilities to fleet management center personnel. It gathers current road conditions and traffic information, prepares vehicle routes, and provides a fleet interface for toll collection. It also provides route plan information for network performance evaluation.

 

Fleet Credentials and Taxes Management and Reporting

This Equipment package provides the Fleet and Freight Management Subsystem the capabilities to purchase credentials and file trip reports electronically by the fleet managers, to perform automated enrollment at the roadside facilities, and electronically manage the credentials checking by the roadside commercial vehicle inspectors. The electronic purchase shall be performed in accordance with developing standards such that a single integrated system for electronic payments might develop ensuring that deployment across multiple agency political boundaries is performed without degradation. Inherent to credential management shall be the management of the vehicles, with a prerequisite of the vehicle tracking software from the Fleet Administration Equipment package.

 

Fleet HAZMAT Management

This Equipment package provides the Fleet and Freight Management Subsystem the capabilities to enhance the Fleet Administration Equipment package functions by adding HAZMAT tracking. The additional requirements to perform this function include enhanced processing and enhanced fleet management software. In order to effectively track HAZMAT cargo, communication interfaces to Information Service Providers, and Emergency Management Subsystems shall be provided, including additional communication software.

 

Fleet Maintenance Management

This Equipment package provides the capability to use vehicle mileage data to automatically generate preventative maintenance schedules for each specific vehicle by utilizing vehicle tracking data from the prerequisite tracking Equipment package. In addition, capability to automatically ensure that proper service personnel are provided information for maintenance activities and to record and verify that maintenance work was performed shall be provided.

 

Freight Administration and Management

This equipment package provides the communication necessary to track cargo from source to destination via links to intermodal freight shippers and depots. There are also communication links to cargo routing services.