Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Weather Responsive Traveler Information (Wx-TINFO) System - Final Report

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA's) Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) strives to promote the development and implementation of cutting-edge techniques for maintaining safety, mobility, and productivity of roadways during adverse weather conditions. This report describes the system development, implementation, and evaluation of a recently completed Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM) project in Michigan by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The MDOT Weather Responsive Traveler Information (Wx-TINFO) system brings together near real-time weather and environmental information collected from fixed and mobile data sources. The system processes the weather data and provides automated weather alerts and Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) message recommendations to Transportation Operations Center (TOC) Operators. The goal of Wx-TINFO is to integrate multiple weather data sources into a collective program that provides more accurate, timely, and effective messaging; thereby improving operating conditions during severe weather conditions. Overall, the evaluations indicate improved efficiency and effectiveness of traffic management activities during weather events. Furthermore, separate surveys of TOC Operators and the traveling public indicate that improvements in the system and traveler information were favorably perceived.

• Record URL:
  https://collaboration.fhwa.dot.gov/dot/fhwa/RWMX/Documents/Michigan%20DOT%20Weather%20Responsive%20Traveler%20Information%20System%20Implementation%20Project%20Final%20Report.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3594
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Title on cover: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Weather Responsive Traveler Information (Wx-TINFO) System Implementation Project.
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201-2693

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  State Transportation Building, 425 West Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30050
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Toth, Christopher
  • Waisley, Michael
  • Schroeder, Jeremy
  • Omay, Murat
  • Castle, Collin
  • Cook, Steve
• Publication Date: 2016-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 89p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Road weather information systems; Traffic control centers; Variable message signs; Weather conditions
• Identifier Terms: Michigan Department of Transportation; Road Weather Management Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data integration
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01645152
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-16-323
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 29 2017 4:39PM