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 Best Practices Evaluation And Assessment Implementation Public Participation State Departments Of Transportation Traffic Control Centers Weather Conditions Weather Forecasting
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-0007;BA07-103
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:25b81839aca4ccf94e79137934e01970d28a7a269821e6c713f6da6257ecee24bde93f6ba6a11c69946e57a6da7a3db38366cf199d7f8511894d63311d395fce
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26871/dot_26871_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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