The 2018 Texas Freight Mobility Plan (TFMP) provided Texas with a blueprint for facilitating continued economic growth through a comprehensive, multimodal strategy for addressing freight transportation. One major recommendation from the TFMP is for the TxDOT to develop and implement a statewide, technology-based freight safety and operations program.

This recommendation recognizes that roadway infrastructure investments alone will not be able to meet the freight system’s stakeholder needs related to safety, economic competitiveness, asset preservation and utilization, mobility and reliability, and multimodal connectivity. It recognizes that emerging technology applications can improve freight system efficiency, improve logistics reliability, reduce freight industry costs, and improve safety.

Based on this recommendation, the Freight Planning Branch within TxDOT’s (TxDOT) Transportation Planning and Programming Division developed the Texas Freight Network Technology and Operations Plan (FNTOP), which outlines 12 technology based strategies, six of which were advanced to Concept of Operations, to help improve freight transportation safety and mobility in Texas.

Come explore the FNTOP

• Freight Network Technology and Operations Plan
• FNTOP Executive Summary
• FNTOP Appendix
  
  
• State of the Practice (Domestic and International)
• Inventory of Existing Conditions (Texas)
• Freight Network Stakeholder Needs Assessment Report
• FNTOP Strategies and Conceptual Framework
• FNTOP Implementation Plan (Summary Sheet)

Concept of Operations

• Automated Vehicle Infrastructure, Connected Signing, and Data ConOps (Summary Sheet)
• Blocked Rail Crossing Traffic Management System ConOps (Summary Sheet)
• High-Resolution Advanced Freight Traveler Information System ConOps (Summary Sheet)
• Safety Warning Detection System ConOps (Summary Sheet)
• Smart Freight Connector ConOps (Summary Sheet)
• Statewide Traffic Operations Center ConOps (Summary Sheet)

FNTOP Strategies Summary Sheets

• FNTOP Strategies Overview
• Automated Vehicle Infrastructure, Connected Signing, and Data
• Binational Traffic Operations Center
• Blocked Rail Crossing Traffic Management System
• Centralized Data Repository for Freight Applications
• Freight Integrated Corridor Management
• Fiber Optic Cable System Statewide Expansion
• High-Resolution Advanced Freight Traveler Information System
• Safety Warning Detection System
• Smart Freight Connector
• Smart Workzone Information System
• Statewide Traffic Operations Center
• Truck Parking Availability System