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Title:

A Regional Pilot Weather Information System for Surface Transportation and Incident Management

Abstract:

WeatherShare is funded by the California DOT (Caltrans) and covers a 20-county, Northern California region with approximately 4,000 miles of highways. Caltrans District 2 and adjacent counties have a wide array of data available detailing road and weather conditions in the region, including a growing Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS) network and weather stations maintained by other state and federal agencies. The goal of the project is to streamline and integrate currently available road weather data into one single source easily accessible by transportation personnel and incident responders, including those from Caltrans RWIS, California Data Exchange Center, National Weather Service, among other providers in the region. The first phase of the project has developed a proof-of-concept system, and the second phase has been planned for expanded geographic coverage, improved functionality, and more extensive evaluation.

Source(s):

85th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting; Montana State University-Bozeman, Western Transportation Institute and California DOT

https://westerntransportationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/425069_Phase_I_Deliverable.pdf

Date: 2006

Author:

Shi, et al

Keywords:


Weather information
Institutional issues
Observing network

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