Redding Responder Project: Computing and Communication in the Middle of Nowhere

The goal of the Redding Responder Study was to integrate computing and communication tools to facilitate the collection and transmission of digital photographs and other incident information that would enhance incident management and help to clear incidents more quickly in remote rural areas. Secondary benefits included the development and implementation of a systematic methodology for collecting and documenting incidents for future analysis and training. The principal challenges of the study included overcoming limited communication capability in rural Northern California and achieving a desired ease of use necessary to make such a system usable in the field. While off-the-shelf hardware and software products exist to solve related problems, such products do not adequately address these challenges without further integration and development. Specific situations in which the product of this study would be used include rockslides, landslides, mudslides, earthquakes, severe weather, and other events in which roadways would be damaged or obstructed. A “proof-of-concept” system was developed to show a prospective implementation of such a system. A subsequent second phase of this study is in process to further develop and prepare the system for production use by Caltrans in both rural and urban areas in California.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Galarus, Douglas
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
• Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 18p
• Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Digital cameras; Digital communication systems; Incident detection; Incident management; Information management; Rockslides; Rural areas; Traffic incidents
• Identifier Terms: Redding Responder Study
• Uncontrolled Terms: Remote areas
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01043525
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 07-1814
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 6 2007 2:39PM