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Implementation and evaluation of the Sacramento Regional Transportation Management Center Weather Alert Notification System.

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  • Creators:
    Cluett, Chris ; Kitchener, Fred
  • Corporate Creators:
    Battelle Seattle Research Center
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    FHWA-JPO-10-063
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    Evaluation Report, 10/9/08 ¿6/30/10
  • Contracting Officer:
    Roemer Alfelor
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
  • Abstract:
    This report presents the results of an evaluation of Caltrans District 3 Regional Transportation Management Center’s (RTMC) ; implementation of a weather alert notification system. This alert system was selected for implementation from among several weather ; information integration strategies identified by the RTMC through a self-evaluation process supported by the FHWA Road Weather ; Management Program. The weather types of particular interest to RTMC operations are fog, wind and frost. These weather conditions ; have potential consequences for the operation of their transportation system and the safety of the traveling public. The RTMC desired to ; more effectively and proactively manage their system and keep their traveling public well informed when faced with these weather ; conditions. They implemented a system that automatically generates adverse weather warnings and alerts to the RTMC operators to help ; them make more timely and effective decisions regarding posting advisory messages to the public on electronic roadside message signs. ; Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to support evaluation measures in both the baseline and post-deployment periods. The ; evaluation focused on several significant weather events (fog, wind and frost), documenting the alerts, the progress of the event, and ; operator messaging responses to the event. It identified a need for operator training and for clear procedures to guide the use of the alert ; system, and these improvements were implemented on an on-going basis during the course of the evaluation over the 2009-2010 winter ; period. Management intends to fine tune their alert system, including adding additional sensors when their budgets will allow that, based ; on the evaluation findings, to further enhance the alert system’s effectiveness.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Funding:
    DTFH61-06-D-00007;Task BA07-012
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3309/dot_3309_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.50 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:2d8d7265e736b49a36e27153459043e9b56b051d4e481d8c824bc22e8f51e61556a0995cc520b312180b9b54f8e41695bbb26dc799e4a58f9ffc236125f03cdb
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