South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) regional traveler information system for weather responsive traffic management.

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• Creators:
  Kitchener, Fred ; Huft, Dave ; Ostermeier, Greg ; Omay, Murat ; Toth, Chris ; Waisley, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Advanced traveler information systems
  • Road weather information systems
  • Highway traffic control
  • Data collection
  • Weather conditions
  • Evaluation
  • Implementation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-16-269
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) strives to promote the ; development and implementation of cutting-edge techniques for maintaining safety, mobility, and productivity of roadways ; during adverse weather conditions. The FHWA RWMP partnered with the South Dakota DOT to develop and implement a ; Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM) strategy that involves mobile data collection and traveler information ; dissemination during weather events. A concept of operations and an evaluation plan were developed and utilized in the ; project. The objectives of the system were to improve the efficiency of road condition data collection, increase the number ; and frequency of road condition reports, improve and expand road weather information provided to travelers, enhance the ; perceived benefits to travelers from the new traveler information, and support partner agencies that can use the new ; traveler information. This report documents the development, implementation and evaluation of the system. Overall, the ; evaluations indicate that travelers value road condition forecasts. Furthermore, after viewing road condition forecasts, the ; travelers’ either changed the timing or routing of their trips, or felt more prepared for them. The report also contains ; lessons learned and recommendations based on the evaluation results.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3579/dot_3579_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.20 MB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76b8181234d327c9ccc19e865b02fbc3b0dc26ec305bde2d531b286a859c13e9e5770f17ffb733dd68f65781d7dbd3bc461f0231e79255300d0f21b9e0063e6c