Technology in rural transportation. Simple solution #1, traveler warnings for spot hazardous conditions

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration ; Enterprise Pooled Fund Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Advanced rural transportation systems
  • Icy roads
  • Advanced driver information systems
  • Road weather information systems
  • Snow and ice control
  • Highway advisory radio or HAR
  • Sensors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-97-112
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This application was identified as a promising rural Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) solution under a project sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the ENTERPRISE program. This summary describes the solution as well as opportunities for expansion into the broader context of rural ITS. Ice tends to form on bridges and overpasses before it does on other portions of the roadway. Given that the main roadway may not be icy, drivers often do not anticipate icy conditions on bridges, etc., and are therefore not prepared. This simple solution equips those sites most susceptible to icing with detectors connected locally to a device that warns drivers to slow down and use caution on the icy surface.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2534/dot_2534_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 60.43 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1593312f9bbeb58a2a70a3f564171fef3661a4c5fec56ef06ee3ff319ebe6de2e170d78e4e9fa6ff09c3ee74fa176c02a62b9bdc1277e9aaab59687c16acd1c