Weather-Savvy Roads: Sensors and Data for Enhancing Road Weather Management: Final Report

This project is focused on enhancing road weather management during wildfires, flash floods, and other extreme weather through data collection, sharing, and public dissemination technologies. Three areas of focus include research and practical findings regarding best practices in roadway operations, a curated data catalog relevant to roadway management, and the dissemination and evaluation of sensors to aid in operational decision-making and information selection for the traveling public. Further implementation requires (1) integrating sensor data into Texas Department of Transportation IT architecture and existing software systems, (2) properly archiving and creating accessible data for analysis and validation purposes, (3) refining methods to improve sensor data coverage and reliability, (4) defining and continuing to track performance metrics, and (5) developing further processes to disseminate relevant information and data among agencies and to the public. The findings, lessons learned, sensors, and data analytic techniques were demonstrated in two workshops conducted in Abilene and Austin, TX, to familiarize practitioners on key concepts needed for conducting a successful sensor deployment and data analytics practice.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/ctr-publications/5-9053-01-1.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=37135
• Summary URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/ctr-publications/psr/5-9053-01-s.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49881
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report Date: December 2018; Published July 2019. Project Title: Enhancing Road Weather Management during Wildfires and Flash Floods through New Data Collection, Sharing, and Public Dissemination Technologies.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research
  3925 W. Braker Lane, 4th Floor
  Austin, TX  United States  78759

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office
  125 E 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bhat, Chandra R
  • 0000-0002-0715-8121
  • Claudel, Christian
  • Ruiz-Juri, Natalia
  • Perrine, Kenneth
  • Lei, Tian
  • Long, Kamryn
  • Mohamed, Abduallah
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 141p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Data analysis; Data collection; Decision making; Disasters and emergency operations; Fires; Floods; Implementation; Information dissemination; Road weather information systems; Sensors; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: Texas Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01715247
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-19/5-9053-01-1, 5-9053-01-1
• Contract Numbers: 5-9053-01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 29 2019 5:28PM