FHWA Awards $1.5 Million Grant for Truck Reservation System at Va. Ports
Federal Highway Administration officials today awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Virginia Port Authority for a state-of-the-art truck reservation system that will save time for freight shippers.
The Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment grant will be used by the port to deploy cutting-edge technologies to enhance existing traffic capacity for commuters and businesses.
“Technology is the future of U.S. transportation,” Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye Hendrickson said. “With innovation such as this, we are making it easier for state and local officials to address the growing congestion problems of our nation’s highway system.”
Virginia Port Authority said it will follow the successes of the Port of New York and New Jersey reservation system for access to container terminals that will reduce delay for truck operators entering the terminals and create an efficient and reliable process for moving containers in and out of the port.
This year, the technologies program has funded 10 projects valued at nearly $54 million that include advanced real-time traveler information for drivers, public transit riders and freight shippers, vehicle-to-infrastructure communications that will enhance safety and pave the way for autonomous vehicles and congestion-relieving traffic management systems, FHWA said.
The ATCMTD program was established under the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” Act. State departments of transportation, local governments, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations and other eligible entities were invited to apply under the program.
