Rural Traveler Information Phase 1: Rural Traveler Information Needs Assessment and Pilot Study

The objective of this project was to a create a single user-friendly web-based location for route-oriented real-time and near real-time information that does not stop at jurisdictional boundary lines (state, district or county lines, for example). This will allow travelers making a trip in or through rural areas to have current travel information on a route-specific basis and across a wide geographic area. The information can be customized for a specific origin and destination, which will help travelers make these trips more safely and with a minimum of delay. The project focused on a limited geographic area - Caltrans District 1 and District 2, and Oregon - to provide a proof-of-concept of the approach. While this will yield direct benefits for the selected area, researchers believe that the principal value of this effort is in demonstrating the feasibility and attractiveness of a One-Stop Shop website for real-time route-specific traveler information for rural areas. This report presents the results of work culminating in the development of a prototype website. Project tasks included a review of practice, compilation of concept of operations and website requirements documents, and development of the prototype website.

• Record URL:
  http://www.westerntransportationinstitute.org/documents/reports/4W2357_Final_Report.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://westerntransportationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4W2357_Final_Report.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.westerntransportationinstitute.org/documents/reports/4W2357_Ex_Summary.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66157
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

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

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation
  1227 O Street, MS-83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Authors:
  • Veneziano, David
  • Galarus, Douglas
  • Richter, Dan
  • Bateman, Kelvin
  • Wang, Shaowei
• Publication Date: 2010-12-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 59p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Needs assessment; Pilot studies; Prototypes; Real time information; Routes; Rural travel; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Geographic Terms: California; Oregon
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01362913
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 2012 10:15AM