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Title:

Regional Pilot Weather Information System for Surface Transportation and Incident Management

Accession Number:

01029439

Language:

English

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-2768

Abstract:

WeatherShare is funded by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and covers a 20-county, Northern California region with approximately 4,000 miles of highways. Caltrans District 2 and adjacent counties have a wide array of data available detailing road and weather conditions in the region, including a growing Roadway Weather Information Systems (RWIS) network and weather stations maintained by other state and federal agencies. There is great potential for the use of such data for purposes ranging from maintenance and traveler safety to emergency medical response and homeland security. The goal of the project is to streamline and integrate currently available road weather data into one single source easily accessible by incident responders and potentially the traveling public, including those from Caltrans RWIS, California Data Exchange Center, National Weather Service, among other providers in the region. This relatively small ITS project follows a customized systems engineering process, and tools such as Project Plan, Concept of Operations, User Requirements Analysis, and Configuration Management Plan are utilized to ensure the success of WeatherShare. The first phase of the project has developed a proof-of-concept system, and the second phase has been planned for expanded geographic coverage, improved functionality, and more extensive evaluation.

TRIS Files:

BTRIS, HRIS

Report Numbers:

06-2768

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Pagination:

13p

Authors:

Shi, Xianming

Phone: 406-994-6486
Fax: 406-994-1697
xianming_s@coe.montana.edu
Montana State University, Bozeman

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006/1/22 to 2006/1/26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA
Order URL: http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=1121

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (6)

Index Terms:

California; Incident management; Intelligent transportation systems; Road weather information systems; System design; Traveler information and communication systems; Winter maintenance

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I62: Winter Maintenance

Last Modified:

Jul 21 2006 2:34PM