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:
  Information Dissemination Messages (Communications) Road Weather Information Systems
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:448539fb9adbe3f60b849db2195ecb353f98c75b032a2402fd55141d3cdb0da43103552a028d6491a062cd7e2795d5e2b37736dfad738a68e3ea97e3f348706a
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4009/dot_4009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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