Commercial Vehicle Navigation Study

Drive gathered Commercial Vehicle (CV) industry data for the creation of a study pertaining to issues with disseminating dimensional and weight restrictions. These restrictions generally result in remedial, societal, and safety costs to address infrastructure degradation. As most of these events are a result of a lack of accurate and timely traffic, fixed infrastructure, and temporary restrictions, PennDOT tasked the team with providing a study on potential ways to mitigate the issue. The resulting survey data was utilized in conjunction with a stakeholder meeting with multiple CV industry leaders and was held to receive feedback on the gathered information and to better understand the issues commonly faced by CV drivers. Both outreach methods resulted in finding a crucial need for up-to-date trucking and navigation information stemming from a single, reliable source. Due to the lack of available information for CV drivers, they were forced to rely on their own methods and resources for navigation and road information.