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In 2010, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Western States Rural Transportation Consortium (WSRTC) together launched a proof-of-concept research project to provide traveler information through a single, easy-to-use source. Researchers at the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) at Montana State University created the One-Stop Shop, an umbrella website of real-time traveler information that can be used as a primary point of reference for trip planning. Features include: route planning, closed-circuit television images, construction activity, incident locations, current and forecasted weather, levels of traffic congestion, active fire zones, chain requirements, elevation profiles, rest areas, and points of interest. Because it was developed as a proof of concept, One-Stop Shop has a scalable design, so that the system can expand to additional routes and states. The original application in 2011 provided traveler information to the four-state region of California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. In 2014, coverage expanded significantly to seven more Western states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. At the end of 2016, the application went mobile and usage continues to grow. In January 2017, during a bad weather season that included heavy, ongoing rains on the West Coast, the One-Stop Shop hosted 128,730 user sessions—an all-time record for monthly usage.

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pp 38-40

2017-11

TR News

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Advanced traveler information systems; Mobile applications; Real time information; Research projects; States; Websites (Information retrieval)

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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