Road weather information for travelers : improving road weather messages and dissemination methods.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Road Weather Management Program (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Transportation Management
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road weather information systems
  • Information dissemination
  • Messages (Communications)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-11-001
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  The Federal Highway Administration ; (FHWA) Road Weather Management ; Program (RWMP) recently completed ; a study titled Human Factors Analysis ; of Road Weather Advisory and Control ; Information (Publication No. FHWAJPO- ; 10-053). The goal of the study ; was to evaluate the current state of ; practice in communicating weatherrelated ; traffi c advisory and control ; information to the public, and to recommend ; ways to improve those practices. ; The research came up with a set ; of guidelines for communicating ; road weather information that meets ; the needs of drivers and travelers ; under different weather conditions and ; travel scenarios.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4009/dot_4009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 135.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:448539fb9adbe3f60b849db2195ecb353f98c75b032a2402fd55141d3cdb0da43103552a028d6491a062cd7e2795d5e2b37736dfad738a68e3ea97e3f348706a