The newest generation ALCS machine have extended capabilities and are no longer limited to longitudinal only crack sealing operations. Our current machine, called the Sealzall has been developed with a multi-purpose heated hose and manual wand assembly to enable this equipment to be quickly configured for any type of crack sealing operation on the highway.
AHMCT is researching the roadside maintenance work environment to identify cost-effective deployable improvements to methods, equipment, and processes that will lessen worker injuries, increase worker effectiveness and support Caltrans goals of safety and stewardship.
The second-generation GPS-ATD to replaces traditional paper-and-pencil and computer-assisted approaches for travel surveys. The GPS-ATD minimizes the user burden during longitudinal travel behavior surveys, while providing accurate, reliable, and spatially dense traveler behavior data at a significantly reduced cost. The second-generation GPS-ATD leverages commercially available hardware combined with an enhanced version of AHMCT’s travel diary software platform.
AHMCT researchers developed a prototype machine, a dexterous manipulator, attached on a commercially available vacuum truck. AHMCT is supporting the testing and evaluation of the Vacall ARDVAC machine in Caltrans operations.
AHMCT researchers developed a prototype machine that enables a single driver operator to place or retrieve a lane closure with up to 100 cones. Design of a high capacity machine for up to 300 cones was also developed. In 2005 the Traf-tech Corporation produced a commercial machine based on the AHMCT design. AHMCT is supporting the testing and evaluation of the Traf-tech machine in Caltrans operations.
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) are effective in reducing congestion and collisions. Caltrans has implemented an ATMS in five of twelve Caltrans districts and would like to implement a standardized ATMS in the remaining districts. However, the current ATMS was designed in the early 1990s and uses proprietary single-source components. The price inelasticity of proprietary software leads to ever- increasing acquisition and upgrade [...]
I-80 over Donner Pass is a harsh place in winter, with up to 35 feet of wet snow that comes in intense storms that can totally obscure vision. In places, the highway borders thousand-foot drop-offs and traverses ice-covered bridges. Yet, Caltrans must keep the Pass open, for I-80 is vital to commerce in the Northern California region. This page presents a joint effort by Caltrans and AHMCT to develop and deploy a safer and more efficient way to keep [...]
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