Bridge and tunnel strikes (BrTS) involve commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, buses, and agriculture and industrial equipment. In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that bridge strikes alone top 15,000 a year. The overall objective of this project is to develop tools that facilitate collecting, analyzing, and communicating BrTS data to help state DOTs, public safety agencies, and the motor carrier industry prevent and mitigate the risk of BrTS by motor vehicles. Correspondingly, the team will: 1) develop a sustainable national clearinghouse for collecting and analyzing data, and communicating bridge and tunnel strike data and clearance information; 2) develop a data-driven method to evaluate the risk of a motor vehicle strike on any single bridge or tunnel; 3) develop prevention and mitigation strategies; and 4) develop a roadmap for state departments of transportation to implement.
Project Details
Project ID
MIL117579
Status
Ongoing
Start Date
October 1, 2021
End Date
April 1, 2024
Focus Areas
Data Analytics, Modeling and Simulation
Durability and Sustainability
Economy and Policy
Education and Outreach
Safety
Sponsors
The National Academies
Research Centers
Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT)
Principal Investigator
Qin, Xiao
Director, Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Co-Principal Investigator
Graettinger, Andrew; Tabatabai Habib
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Associate Dean for Research, Engineering & Applied Science Office of the Dean
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Structural Engineering Lab