ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS: ENABLING PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE PRACTICES IN WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT's) "rWeather" program has significantly integrated and expanded the capabilities of road weather information systems (RWISs) in the state, enabling proactive winter maintenance practices and better-informed winter travel decisions. The report reviews the potential benefits of a comprehensive, integrated RWIS, including cost-efficient snow and ice control strategies and improved safety and mobility. Use of, and attitudes toward, RWIS by WSDOT maintenance personnel are examined, and barriers to the expanded use of RWIS technologies are identified. Public response to the rWeather traveler information website is evaluated. Recommendations are presented for more fully utilizing RWIS capabilities.

• Record URL:
  • http://depts.washington.edu/trac/bulkdisk/pdf/529.1.pdf
• Record URL:
  • http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/529.1.pdf
• 
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4133
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Transportation Center

  University of Washington, Seattle
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Boon, C B
  • Cluett, C
• Publication Date: 2002-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Highway safety; Maintenance personnel; Mobility; Public opinion; Recommendations; Road weather information systems; Snow and ice control; Traveler information and communication systems; Utilization; Websites; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers to implementation
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Society; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00924080
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 529.1,, Research Report
• Contract Numbers: Agreement T1803, Task 39
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 7 2002 12:00AM