Passenger bus industry weather information application.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Passenger bus industry weather information application (PBI WxApp)
• Creators:
  Heppner, Paul ; Bell, Brian ; Orrego, Andres ; Wise, Joshua ; Pucci, Julian
• Corporate Creators:
  Global Science & Technology, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Road weather information systems
  • Driver information systems
  • Information processing
  • Data collection
  • Automatic data collection systems
  • Information systems
  • Loads
  • Surveys
  • Evaluation
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-11-123
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Project findings.
• Contracting Officer:
  Paul Pisano
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  Adverse weather significantly affects the United States national transportation system, including commercial companies ; that rely on highways to support their enterprises. The Passenger Bus (Motorcoach) Industry (PBI) is one such affected ; user whose operational efficiency, occupant safety, and the cost of services can be compromised by adverse weather. ; The primary objective of the Passenger Bus Industry Weather Information Application (PBI WxApp) is to integrate ; mobile platform environmental observations with fixed-site (airports and road-weather stations) observations in order to ; create a window of meteorological information along a commercial vehicle’s intended travel route. The expected ; outcome is situational awareness for drivers, passengers, and dispatchers or other operations personnel, including ; those who use decision support systems. Mobile platform observations describe environmental conditions in locations ; not sampled by fixed-site road-weather equipment. Consequently, the PBI WxApp includes input data that is dynamic ; and oft times rapidly changing when the vehicles encounter storms and precipitation. ; This report will describe the development of the PBI WxApp and its general outcomes. The findings show that mobile ; platform data are reliable and provide a weather window that is more complete than any single source of data.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-10-R-00015
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3329/dot_3329_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2faddccce66247ba5dbae51c8601c1b20e550ffa8a0dd37f65389acd106d0c63dece8e3505a18eae480b06023d50577859fb873bf8057065eabed4b683ffd9d0