Effects of the Provision of Wide-Area Snowstorm Information on Winter Driving
In Hokkaido, Japan, a system that provides road weather information to drivers is in operation and under further development. With regard to visibility in snowstorms, observation data collected at ground-level observation stations have been available, but not wide-area information on the distribution of visibilities. A method was developed to estimate visibility from the weather conditions, and it was applied to estimation of visibilities in a wide area. Such wide-area visibility information, together with snowfall information, was provided to road users on an experimental basis. Sixty percent of drivers who received this information changed their transportation behavior at some point, and more than 90% viewed the information as effective in increasing their sense of security. This finding confirmed that visibility information is valuable winter road information for drivers and that the visibility estimation method will be useful in providing wide-area visibility information.
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Authors:
- Matsuzawa, Masaru
- Kajiya, Yasuhiko
- Yamagiwa, Yuji
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 152-160
- Monograph Title: Management and Delivery of Maintenance and Operations Services
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 1948
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Driving; Road weather information systems; Snowstorms; Visibility; Weather forecasting; Websites (Information retrieval); Winter
- Geographic Terms: Hokkaido (Japan)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I62: Winter Maintenance; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01025621
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309099579
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jun 8 2006 11:26AM