Road weather management best practices : version 3.0.

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• Creators:
  Pisano, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Best practices
  • Weather conditions
  • Road weather information systems
  • State departments of transportation
  • Winter maintenance
  • Advanced traveler information systems
  • Highway safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-13-036
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Road Weather Management Program
• Abstract:
  The impacts of weather on the nation’s ; road system greatly affect safety, mobility, ; and productivity. Weather affects ; roadway safety through increased ; crash risk, as well as exposure ; to weather-related hazards. On ; average 7,130 fatalities and 629,000 ; injuries occur every year during adverse ; weather conditions. Weather ; impacts roadway mobility by increasing ; travel time delay, reducing traffic volume ; throughput and speeds, increasing ; speed variance (a measure of ; speed uniformity), and decreasing ; roadway capacity (maximum rate at ; which vehicles can travel). Further, ; weather events influence productivity ; by disrupting access to road networks, ; and increasing road operating and ; maintenance costs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25953/dot_25953_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 555.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:49c0474cdc263b235e0373d0d0dd86c731369c2cc9ed04925fdad2e35e0ccd9c676a7550381139e1f53909f406e5ce6d2fcae0ec573f69b6be6744225efb479d