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Title:

Provision of Snowstorm Visibility Information
Cover of Provision of Snowstorm Visibility Information

Accession Number:

01595682

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Traffic hindrance that is frequently caused by snowstorm-induced poor visibility or snowdrifts due to snowstorms at winter roads in snowy cold regions has a significant social impact. The Civil Engineering Research Institute of Cold Region (CERI) developed techniques for estimating visibility distances on the basis of meteorological data. In February 2013, CERI started to use its website Snowstorm Visibility Information System for informing road users of visibility forecasts. In December 2013, the Snowstorm Visibility Information System was made accessible from smartphones, and a mail delivery service was started for providing visibility forecasts. With an aim of understanding the usefulness of the visibility information, the authors asked users of the Snowstorm Visibility Information System to answer a questionnaire. The questionnaire result indicated that 80% of respondents used the system for determining whether or not to change their travel plans.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AH010 Standing Committee on Surface Transportation Weather.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-2189

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Kokubu, Tetsuya
Takechi, Hirotaka
Hrada, Yusuke
Omiya, Satoshi
Matsuzawa, Masaru
Sakai, Yusuke

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-2189

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 4:58PM