FORETELL: INTEGRATING INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) WITH ADVANCED WEATHER PREDICTION

Nearly 6600 fatal accidents in the U.S. (over 3900 in rural areas) occur annually during inclement weather. In addition, 402,000 injury crashes occur nationwide, with one-third happening in rural areas. In order to maintain the roads, detailed road and weather condition information is required, but has not been available until now. The FORETELL (trademark) Program initiative, brought forth by a public-private partnership between several mid-western U.S. states, the Federal Highway Administration and the private partner lead, Castle Rock Services, seeks to address these needs. This paper will examine the needs of transportation agencies for detailed road and weather information and how FORETELL (trademark) will meet these needs.

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  University of Saskatchewan, Canada

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada  S7N 0W0
• Authors:
  • Davies, P
  • Choudhry, O
• Conference:
  • Logistics in a Changing Global Economy. Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference
  • Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Date: 1998-5-25 to 1998-5-28
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 579-588
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Saskatchewan University, Canada
  • Publisher: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  • ISSN: 1183-2770

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Fatalities; Injuries; Intelligent transportation systems; Road weather information systems; Roads; Rural areas; Snow and ice control; Traffic crashes; Weather conditions; Weather forecasting
• Uncontrolled Terms: FORETELL
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798300
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 2000 12:00AM