Conducting Road Inventory, Road Conditions and Safety Audits in a Virtual Environment

Performing surveys on roads with the intention of keeping inventory, evaluating the condition or performing safety audits can be a time-consuming and labor intensive process. Furthermore, these processes are typically characterized by missing data and the need for continuous interpretation of field data during the data reduction process thus causing the reporting of inaccurate results. As with most aspects of the engineering profession, technology can play an important role in fixing the problems that characterize traditional solutions. This paper presents how a tool developed for performing the aforementioned process in a virtual environment through the use of video and GPS data is implemented. The tool was developed as an open-source application thus allowing modification to meet specific user needs. This paper presents how the tool along with the process required for data collection was used to identify the location of candidates for barrier end treatments, non-breakaway poles and trees located along a segment of Highway 51 in Madison, Wisconsin. The potential of data obtained using the tool is shown by the creation of maps that identify the features’ locations. Those maps can be included as part of a road safety audit report.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Santiago-Chaparro, Kelvin R
  • Khan, Ghazan
• Conference:
  • ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: Anaheim CA, United States
  • Date: 2008-8-17 to 2008-8-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Auditing; Condition surveys; Data collection; Global Positioning System; Highway safety; Inventory; Software; Virtual reality
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road conditions
• Geographic Terms: Madison (Wisconsin)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01164311
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781933452388
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 2010 8:28AM