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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Evaluation of the FORETELL Consortium Operational Test: Weather Information for Surface Transportation

Abstract:

FHWA awarded funding to the FORETELL? Consortium (Castle Rock Services, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri DOTs) for the development and operational testing of a multi-regional road and weather forecasting/dissemination system, in partnership with the National Weather Service (NWS) and Environment Canada (EC). An important component of this initiative is an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the services. As with all ITS Field Operational Tests, the FHWA also will conduct an independent evaluation of the project. The first step in understanding the project and the primary evaluation issues is to develop an overall strategy for conducting the evaluation. This document defines that strategy. A successful evaluation must answer some fundamental questions: (1) Is the FORETELL? information adding value to users beyond what they can obtain from existing sources? (2) Is the new information changing users' behavior? How? (3) What impact will this program have on goals and objectives (outcomes)?

Source(s):

Battelle, Prepared for FHWA ITS Joint Program Office

http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/10143.pdf

Date: 1998

Author:

Battelle

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