New ITS technologies can offer significant benefits to transportation agencies and customers by improving the safety, efficiency, and other aspects of the transportation system. One technology that has been used in transportation in recent years is automatic vehicle location (AVL). This technology instruments a vehicle with equipment that can be located on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates. The information on vehicle location may be supplemented with information on the vehicle’s activity or status, and may be transmitted on a real-time basis to a dispatch center to enhance management of maintenance activities, or to a database where the information could be disseminated to the general public. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) obtained funding to help improve traveler information in the state. Part of the funding was dedicated toward a pilot test of AVL on snow plows in the state due to its broad-scale potential benefits with regard to real-time information transmission to the MDT as well as the general public. The pilot test will look at the potential benefits the technology could yield in a broad-scale implementation along with recognizing the challenges of integrating AVL within existing vehicle and communications infrastructure constraints.