Download or read book Where the Weather Meets the Road written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freezing rain, and other weather conditions can impair the ability of drivers to operate their vehicles safely, significantly reduce roadway capacity, and dramatically increase travel times. Multiple roadway activities, from roadway maintenance and construction to shipping, transit, and police operations, are directly affected by inclement weather. Some road weather information is available to users currently, however a disconnect remains between current research and operations, and additional research could yield important safety and economic improvements for roadway users. Meteorology, roadway technology, and vehicle systems have evolved to the point where users could be provided with better road weather information through modern information technologies. The combination of these technologies has the potential to significantly increase the efficiency of roadway operations, road capacity, and road safety. Where the Weather Meets the Road provides a roadmap for moving these concepts to reality.
Download or read book Weather Issues in Transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather can have a profound, negative impact on mobility and traveler safety. Nationally, adverse weather is a factor in 1.5 million car and truck crashes and costs society nearly $42 billion annually. Through intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and better road weather information, winter maintenance managers, traffic managers, and travelers now have the opportunity to manage traffic and travel to more effectively ameliorate weather's safety and productivity challenges. In the past few years, weather-related transportation issues have become a priority for the national research agenda. On June 14, 2004, the Iowa Department of Transportation hosted a regional, multi-disciplined forum. The purpose of the forum was to identify Midwest regional research and technology transfer priorities in weather-related transportation research and to discuss the possibility of establishing a regional research program to support the national road weather research agenda. The June 14 Weather Issues in Transportation focus group forum provided an opportunity for transportation agency professionals, professionals representing transportation users, commercial weather data and forecast providers, and members of the meteorology community to express their priorities for weather-related transportation research and technology transfer. Focus groups were organized into the following eight initiatives: (1) Weather Providers, (2) Weather Users, (3) Maintenance Equipment & Technologies, (4) Maintenance Management, (5) Maintenance Operations, (6) Traffic Operations & Safety, (7) Intermodal Traffic, and (8) Design & Construction. The focus groups identified and ranked 25 research problem statements that would require over $20 million for first-year funding if all projects were started in the same year.
Download or read book Road Weather Information Systems written by S. Edward Boselly and published by Strategic Highway Research Program (Shrp). This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strategic Highway Research Program sponsored research into the use of road weather information systems (RWIS) for highway snow and ice control. The research indicated that the use of RWIS technologies can improve the efficiency and effectiveness as well as reduce the costs of highway winter maintenance practices. Volume 2, the implementation guide supplements Volume 1, the research report, which documents the research.
Download or read book A Vision for the National Weather Service written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-03-04 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, the committee explores ways the National Weather Service (NWS) can take advantage of continuing advances in science and technology to meet the challenges of the future. The predictions are focused on the target year 2025. Because specific predictions about the state of science and technology or the NWS more than 25 years in the future will not be entirely accurate, the goal of this report is to identify and highlight trends that are most likely to influence change. The Panel on the Road Map for the Future National Weather Service developed an optimistic vision for 2025 based on advances in science and technology.
Download or read book Highway Meteorology written by Allen Howard Perry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how to keep roads safe in bad weather using such new technologies as ice detection systems, thermal mapping, and weather radar. Also considers taking weather into account when routing new roads. For both highway engineers and meteorologists, cites examples mostly from Great Britain. Distributed in the US by VNR. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Road Weather and ITS written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper was presented at the session titled 'Road weather information systems (RWIS): an emerging technology'. The presentation examines the importance of the ground transportation sector and the impacts of winter weather in Canada on the ground tranpsortation system. Some characteristics of Canadian winters are reviewed in detail along with the increasing usage of road treatment chemicals in a number of provinces. The use of Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) is discussed. The characteristics of RWIS are presented along with a few examples and variations. The state of play of RWIS technology in Europe, the United States, and Canada is discussed. Road weather services required to derive the maximum benefits from RWIS are then presented with particular emphasis on the road weather forecast services. Training is amongst the other services required. The inclusion of road wether in the recently completed ITS Architecture for Canada will be reviewed, a world first for national ITS architectures, as well as what this bodes for the future. Finally, the Meteorological Service of Canda's role in assisting transportation agencies will be briefly described. The road weather area will continue to be one of the most exciting areas of development for the application of meteorology in the years to come. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E200883.
Download or read book Road Weather Information Systems Implementation guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strategic Highway Research Program sponsored research into the use of road weather information systems (RWIS) for highway snow and ice control. The research indicated that the use of RWIS technologies can improve the efficiency and effectiveness as well as reduce the costs of highway winter maintenance practices. Volume 2, the implementation guide supplements Volume 1, the research report, which documents the research.
Download or read book Concept of Operations for Road Weather Connected Vehicle Applications written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather has a significant impact on the operations of the nation's roadway system year round. These weather events translate into changes in traffic conditions, roadway safety, travel reliability, operational effectiveness, and productivity. It is, therefore, an important responsibility of traffic managers and maintenance personnel to implement operational strategies that optimize system performance by mitigating the effects of weather on the roadways. Accurate, timely, route-specific weather information allows traffic and maintenance managers to better operate and maintain roads under adverse conditions. Connected vehicle technologies hold the promise to transform roadweather management. Road weather connected vehicle applications will dramatically expand the amount of data that can be used to assess, forecast, and address the impacts that weather has on roads, vehicles, and travelers; fundamentally changing the manner in which weather-sensitive transportation system management and operations are conducted. The US Department of Transportation's Road Weather Management Program has developed this Concept of Operations (ConOps) to define the priorities for connected vehicle-enabled road-weather applications.
Download or read book Road Weather Management Performance Metrics written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report presents the results of a study to identify appropriate measures of performance that can be attributed to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) products and activities. Specifically, the study sought to identify performance measures that can be used to assess program success in meeting the goals of SAFETEA-LU Section 5308 pertaining to Road Weather Research and Development Program. Measuring RWMP performance is important because weather impacts transportation safety, mobility, and productivity. The focus of this effort is on identifying meaningful and implementable output and outcome metrics that address the SAFETEA-LU goals through RWMP activities. Both quantitative and qualitative performance metrics associated with program results were identified with the help of numerous stakeholders working in a variety of government and private agencies across the country. A workshop was held initially to define and discuss a potential list of metrics that were then distributed to over 250 practitioners and stakeholders through a request for information. Feedback was solicited regarding which metrics should be kept, further refined, or dropped from further consideration. Some respondents also suggested new measures. The results were analyzed and the metrics were prioritized and narrowed down into a more manageable set of measures for implementation."--Technical report documentation page.
Download or read book Improving the Wyoming Road Weather Information System written by Ronald D. Tabler and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collaborative Research on Road Weather Observations and Predictions by Universities State DOTs and National Weather Service Forecast Offices written by Victoria Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Road Weather Management program partnered with the National Weather Service (NWS) to sponsor five research projects through the Cooperative Program for Operational Meterology, Education, and Training (COMET). The goal was to create teams of personel from State departments of transportation (DOT), NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFO), and universities to foster collaborative and productive relationships between meterological and transportation agencies. These teams were to use data from Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) to improve the utilization of these data in both weather and transportation operations and to create new predictive algorithms for use in road maintenance activities. Such advances in road weather management ultimately will improve mobility on the roads, and DOT productively in operations.
Download or read book Road Weather Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Concepts for Managing Freeway Operations During Weather Events written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this research was to help the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) develop a structured, systematic approach for managing traffic during weather events. The focus in this research project was on common weather events - such as fog, high winds, heavy rains, and snow and ice storms - that impact traffic operations day-to-day. First, the authors conducted a survey of selected TxDOT districts to determine what information traffic management center (TMC) operators need to manage traffic operations during weather events. Through a review of the existing literature, the authors assessed systems and technologies that other states have deployed to manage traffic during weather-related events. They reviewed the current state of weather-related detection and monitoring technologies. Using historical traffic detector and weather information, they assessed the magnitude of the impact of different weather events on traffic operations. Using all this information, the authors developed concepts of operations for how TMC operators should respond to different types of weather-related events, including limited visibility conditions, ponding and flash flooding, high winds, severe thunderstorms, tornados, and winter storms. They developed a catalog of advisory, control, and treatment strategies (or ACTS) that operators could use to manage traffic operations during weather events.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute Held at the University of North Carolina written by Good Roads Institute, Chapel Hill, N.C. and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Road Weather Information System written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What vendors make products that address the Road Weather Information System needs? Is there a critical path to deliver Road Weather Information System results? How will you know that the Road Weather Information System project has been successful? What management system can we use to leverage the Road Weather Information System experience, ideas, and concerns of the people closest to the work to be done? How do the Road Weather Information System results compare with the performance of your competitors and other organizations with similar offerings? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Road Weather Information System investments work better. This Road Weather Information System All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Road Weather Information System Self-Assessment. Featuring new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Road Weather Information System improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Road Weather Information System projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Road Weather Information System and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Road Weather Information System Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Road Weather Information System areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Road Weather Information System self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Download or read book The Secret World of Weather How to Read Signs in Every Cloud Breeze Hill Street Plant Animal and Dewdrop Natural Navigation written by Tristan Gooley and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to “see” the forecast in the hidden weather signs all around you—from the New York Times–bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs In The Secret World of Weather, bestselling author Tristan Gooley turns his gaze up to the sky, bringing his signature brand of close observation and eye-opening deduction to the fascinating world of weather. Every cloud, every change in temperature, every raindrop, every sunbeam, every breeze reveals something about our weather—if you know what to look for. Before you know it, you’ll be able to forecast impending storms, sunny days, and everything in between, all without needing to consult your smartphone. But The Secret World of Weather goes far beyond mere weather prediction, changing the very way we think about weather itself. Weather is not something that blankets an area; rather, it changes constantly as you walk through woods or turn down a street. The weather is never identical on two sides of a tree—or even beneath it. Take, for example, Gooley’s remarkable discovery that breezes accelerate beneath a tree. To Gooley, this is “weather,” a tiny microclimate that explains why people sit beneath a tree to cool down—not only for the shade but, subconsciously, for cooler breeze. And so Gooley shows us not only what the weather will be like five days from now, but also what to expect about the weather around every corner. By carefully observing the subtle interplay of wind, cloud, fog, temperature, rain and many other phenomena, we not only form a deeper understanding of weather patterns, but also unlock secrets about our environment. Weather forms our landscape, and landscape forms our weather. Everything we see in the sky reflects where we are. When we learn to read weather’s signs, Gooley shows us, the weather becomes our map, revealing to us how it has made our towns, cities, woods, and hills what they are. You’ll never see your surroundings the same way again.
Download or read book Illinois 2021 Rules of the Road written by State of State of Illinois and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illinois 2021 Rules of the Road handbook, drive safe!
