Application of Road Visibility Information System to Winter Maintenance

A road visibility information system (RVIS) was developed that uses images transmitted by multiple closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras as road visibility information. Feasibility studies in the daytime during the winters of 2005 to 2006 and 2006 to 2007 were performed on Japan's national routes 230 and 231. During those two winters, the RVIS calculated visibility scale and road visibility index (RVI) automatically, accurately, continuously, and in a timely manner from road images recorded by multiple CCTV cameras. The RVIS processed 90% of the images transmitted by 14 CCTV cameras. The RVIS provided areawide visibility information in many formats and through many kinds of media and devices. On the basis of stored road visibility data, the finding was a high correspondence between the RVI and the subjective visibility evaluation for the same road images. In addition, this study demonstrates that the RVI monitoring website and e-mail alerts can speedily and reliably inform road administrators of snowstorm-induced poor visibility. The RVIS has the potential to collect data on road visibility reliably during daytime using images transmitted by multiple CCTV cameras. However, it is necessary to improve data collection at night and to capture still images accurately and quickly.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2055-15
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Application+of+Road+Visibility+Information+System+to+Winter+Maintenance&author=Y.+Nagata&author=T.+Hagiwara&author=K.+Araki&author=Y.+Kaneda&author=H.+Sasaki&publication_year=2008
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• Authors:
  • Nagata, Yasuhiro
  • Hagiwara, Toru
  • Araki, Keiji
  • Kaneda, Yasuhiro
  • Sasaki, Hirokazu
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 128-138
• Monograph Title: Work Zones and Maintenance Operations
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2055
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Closed circuit television; Data collection; Daylight; Feasibility analysis; Night visibility; Snowstorms; Visibility distance; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reduced visibility; Road visibility information systems
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088599
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309113250
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 25 2008 2:33PM