Human factors analysis of road weather advisory and control information : final report.

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• Creators:
  Richard, Christian M. ; Campbell, John L. ; Lichty, Monica G. ; Cluett, Chris ; Osborne, Leon ; Balke, Kevin
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle Seattle Research Center ; Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc. ; Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road weather information systems
  • Traveler information and communication systems
  • Research Hub
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-10-053
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; Oct. 2008-Mar. 2010.
• Contracting Officer:
  Roemer Alfelor; C.Y. David Yang
• Corporate Publisher:
  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  The amount of available weather information and the methods by which this information can be disseminated to travelers have grown ; considerably in recent years. This growth includes weather gathering devices (sensors, satellites), models and forecasting tools for ; predicting weather conditions, and electronic devices used by drivers (Internet, in-vehicle devices, roadway signage). This project was ; initiated in order to best-align available weather information content and presentation to travelers’ information needs and wants, as well ; as being communicated in ways that travelers will use. The specific objectives of this project were to: ; 1. Identify the weather information requirements of travelers across a representative number of travel scenarios. ; 2. Evaluate the current state of the practice in weather-responsive traffic advisory and control strategies in terms of meeting ; those information requirements. ; 3. Recommend ways to improve those practices including the development of communication and messaging standards. ; A set of improvements and guidelines have been recommended to support Transportation officials in communicating both pre-trip and en ; route road weather information effectively, consistently and timely to meet the needs of drivers and travelers for different weather ; conditions and travel scenarios.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-00007;ORDER 07-T-08004/WO BA07-044
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4376/dot_4376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.57 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:de66dbd4870531dedf416785aec915f3cd04b3dd0238897fa7cc93842fbfc998897e2bd0b528ac402aa9c299515d1c4d19c898bf7fda2093be3d31b64dc3f96b