Utah DOT weather responsive traveler information system.

Details

• Creators:
  Gopalakrishna, Deepak ; Cluett, Chris ; Kitchener, Fred ; Sturges, Leigh
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Road Weather Management Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Advanced traveler information systems
  • Traffic control centers
  • Weather conditions
  • Weather forecasting
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Best practices
  • Public participation
  • State departments of transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-13-089
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Utah
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  Over the past decade, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) ; has championed the cause of improving traffic operations and safety during weather events. The program’s current ; emphasis is to encourage agencies to be more proactive in the way that they manage traffic operations during bad ; weather. Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM) is a component major element of the program. WRTM ; involves the implementation of traffic advisory, control, and treatment strategies in direct response to or in anticipation ; of developing roadway and atmospheric problems that result from deteriorating or forecasted weather conditions. ; WRTM also includes using weather forecasting to provide proactive advisory and control strategies based on forecasts ; of weather conditions, and not just traffic responses to those conditions. ; In 2011, the RWMP initiated a project to collate recent developments and best practices in WRTM, identify ; improvements to the strategies, and develop implementable Concepts of Operations. As a follow-on task, three ; concepts were selected for further implementation and real-world deployment. This report documents the ; implementation of one of those concepts relating to weather responsive traveler information. This concept focused on ; an initial implementation of a citizens reporting system and was conducted in partnership with Utah DOT. This report ; documents the system design, operation, evaluation, findings and lessons learned from the implementation. ; Considering this was the first opportunity to implement a limited citizen reporting program, the results are encouraging. ; Fifty-six UDOT employees were trained, 89 of 143 road segments were covered, and 607 reports were submitted ; during the 2012/2013 winter season. Report accuracy was very high (over 99%), and they provided increased ; situational awareness for TOC meteorologists and operators. Public response to this program was quite positive. ; Lessons from this initial implementation will help UDOT further develop and move this program forward and serve as a ; valuable model for other state DOTs that seek to implement similar improvements.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-0007;BA07-103
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26871/dot_26871_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.07 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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