Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 3.0: Vermont Agency of Transportation: Transportation Operations Center

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road weather information systems
  • Weather conditions
  • Weather forecasting
  • Traffic control centers
  • Traveler information and communication systems
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Vermont
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) Transportation Operations Center (TOC) is the focal point for VTrans’ Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) road weather management and traveler information systems operations. TOC staff are responsible for monitoring various ITS devices statewide, communicating with VTrans’ road crews, public safety (state and local), and emergency providers via radio and telephone, and updating the general and traveling public via Condition Acquisition Reporting System (CARS). TOC staff input information into CARS and CARS disseminates the information out to the public via 511, Variable Message Signs (VMS), Low Power Frequency Modulation (LPFM) stations, web, e-mail, and text notifications.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63487/dot_63487_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 591.25 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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