Baselining current road weather information : results of the 2010 quality and importance survey final report.

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• Creators:
  Hart, Robert ; Osborne, Leon
• Corporate Creators:
  Booz Allen Hamilton for 2001-
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road weather information systems
  • Road weather information
  • Research Hub
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-11-018
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; 8/25/09-1/31/11
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This final report contains research findings on the characterization of the quality and value of road weather information resources used by ; members of the surface transportation community in their decision-making process. This report focuses on the results from the second ; survey in a series of surveys designed to establish a baseline metric on the quality of road weather information from the perspective of ; department of transportation (DOT) personnel who actively use the information to support their operational decisions. ; The assessment of quality for the 2010 survey utilized the online survey approach established during the 2008 phase of the baselining ; study. The 2010 survey was modified slightly from the previous version to address some inconsistencies found during the first survey. ; Survey questions sought input on product components, parameters within specific products routinely used by DOT decision makers. The ; report details the organization of the survey responses into a quality attribute and importance categories and then analyzes the results of the ; survey. It addresses variable user responses within and amongst quality attribute classes that illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of ; specific product components. The product and element categories addressed in the 2008 survey were not part of the question set in 2010; ; however, various product components were subsets of both the product and element categories. The report provides a logical map to ; illustrate how the product components responses were composed into responses representative of the product and element results from ; 2008. The resulting derived product and element measures permitted a mechanism to compare survey results from 2008 to 2010. ; The report presents the results of the 2010 survey. It augments the quality markers used for comparison in 2008 and points out road ; weather parameters that could benefit from improvement. Although slightly different sampling techniques were used between 2008 and ; 2010 the results provided similar quality metrics. Some variability existed between the two sets of results; however, the composite of all ; results indicated either no change or a slight increase in quality occurred in the two years. The modification of the survey format and a ; limited sample size created statistical uncertainties that required consideration. These unknowns were addressed and recommendations ; were offered to continue to improve the road weather monitoring program and stabilize the metrics.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-00006;Task Order 2
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4117/dot_4117_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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