Future direction of the roadway weather information system (RWIS) at PennDOT.

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• Creators:
  Taylor, R. ; Buchan, R. ; Cichocki, J. ; Hill, W.
• Corporate Creators:
  Gannett Fleming, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road weather information systems
  • Winter maintenance
  • Strategic planning
  • Decision making
  • Weather conditions
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-PA-2007-025-060201
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Pennsylvania
• Corporate Publisher:
  Pennsylvania. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Planning and Research
• Abstract:
  Weather events have a significant impact on our transportation network. Motorist safety can be jeopardized if roadways are not ; maintained in the most efficient method possible or if motorists are uninformed about roadway conditions. Mobility can be ; impacted by weather-related incidents, and weather conditions may slow traffic resulting in lower operational levels of service. ; Additionally, weather can impact the productivity of public agencies and private business resulting in additional economic burdens. ; One way to address these weather impacts is through roadway weather management practices as well as other operational ; strategies to advise agencies and motorists, control/regulate roadway conditions, and treat roadways efficiently. All of these ; strategies rely on gathering accurate information, processing data quickly and efficiently, and disseminating that information to ; stakeholders in a format that supports their needs. Roadway Weather Information Systems (RWIS) may provide situational ; awareness of roadway weather conditions that when combined with other information and decision making tools would allow ; decision makers to implement the appropriate advisory, control and/or treatment strategy. ; The future direction of the RWIS program must consider what is needed in order to manage roadway weather maintenance and ; transportation operations including emergency management activities. Decision makers need to have access to the same ; information and resources so that they can introduce the right combination of strategies. Communication, coordination tools and ; management practices need to be adopted that allow advisory, control and treatment strategies to be implemented in a ; coordinated manner. This guided the suggested direction presented below.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28647/dot_28647_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.84 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:06df43dfea4ade346222fa6b0173f557e5da1c96a2b19afdb73b981f92f0bbdc