Weather-Based Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Key to Network Safety and Mobility

Maintaining a safe, efficient surface transportation network is the goal of transportation authorities throughout the world. Technological advancements in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have led to numerous devices and applications that have the capacity to facilitate enhanced monitoring, management and control of the transportation network. In addition, these advancements have resulted in novel strategies for communicating essential information to the traveling public. While ITS solutions have brought about tangible improvements in network planning, assessment and management, many solutions are limited by their lack of a single salient element – weather. There has been some discussion of weather within the ITS community, but relatively little has been done to truly realize the full benefits of integrating weather data and information into ITS. This paper attempts to shed light on how the use of weather-based ITS solutions can help to mitigate the impacts of adverse road weather conditions. It also describes different levels of deployment in terms of complexity, along with some present day examples.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Petty, Kevin R
• Conference:
  • ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: Houston TX, United States
  • Date: 2010-5-3 to 2010-5-5
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Highway operations; Information technology; Intelligent transportation systems; Road weather information systems; Technological innovations; Traffic control centers; Traffic safety; Traveler information and communication systems; Weather and climate
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342730
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2011 9:07AM