Weather responsive traffic management : new approaches to improve safety and mobility.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Road Weather Management
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Weather
  • Weather conditions
  • Driver information systems
  • Road weather information systems
  • Road Weather Management Program (U.S.)
  • Decision support systems
  • Weather forecasting
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-11-093
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Roemer M. Alfelor
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  Adverse weather can change a routine ; trip to a life-changing event. Rain, snow, ; ice, and the like are partly or fully responsible ; for more than 1.5 million highway ; crashes, more than 600,000 injuries, ; and 7,000 fatalities on U.S. roads every ; year. Adverse weather is also the second ; leading cause of nonrecurring highway ; congestion, accounting for about ; 25 percent of delays. No wonder, when ; surveyed, travelers on our nation’s highways ; clearly express the need for information ; on weather conditions (Figure 1).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23426/dot_23426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60e4a760715d9de77724f0d0584f21d5de00221a0e6f1a8fafe2a520815f83544edf8b0d1656643f71c93ebc1f2547eae36423f92b37f50bdca5b4f16b8c3431