GREATER YELLOWSTONE RURAL ITS PROJECT WORK ORDER II-2C DYNAMIC WARNING VMS EVALUATION OF IDAHO SITES

The major objective of this document is to summarize Greater Yellowstone Rural Intelligent Transportation System (GYRITS) Work Order II-2C, Evaluation of Dynamic Warning Signs in Idaho. The report summarizes the Idaho component of the evaluation of Work Order II-2C, Dynamic Warning Variable Message Signs. The overall purpose of the work order was to deploy and evaluate Dynamic Warning Variable Message Signs (DVMS) in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. This report summarizes the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Idaho signs. This report includes a description of the GYRITS Project, a system description of the dynamic warning variable message signs, an overview of the challenges and issues, and analysis of the benefits.

• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250

  Montana Department of Transportation

  2701 Prospect Avenue
  P.O. Box 201001
  Helena, MT  United States  59620-1001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Idaho Transportation Department

  3311 W State Street, P. O. Box 7129
  Boise, ID  United States  83707-1129
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Evaluation; Intelligent transportation systems; Rural areas; Traffic signs; Variable message signs
• Identifier Terms: Greater Yellowstone Rural ITS project
• Uncontrolled Terms: Challenges; Dynamic warning signs
• Geographic Terms: Idaho
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988092
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 21 2005 12:00AM