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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

National Road Weather Research Program Would Make Highways Safer, More Efficient

Abstract:

This press release summarizes findings from the AMS Weather and Highways Forum, hosted on November 4-5, 2003 by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). With countless lives and millions of dollars at stake each day, the nation's highway system could benefit significantly from a federally-funded national road weather research program that was coordinated among various public, private and academic communities that have a stake in it. That was the major finding from a two-day policy forum. The goal of the forum was to provide findings and recommendations that will increase the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the nation's highway system through more effective use of weather information. Approximately 100 representatives of the weather information providers; transportation managers and users; and policy makers knowledgeable about the nation's highway system participated in the forum. The representatives were drawn from the public and private sectors at the national, state, and local levels. Specifically, the report recommendation calls for the Federal Highway Administration to lead the development of a national road weather research, development, and applications program in partnership with NOAA, the National Science Foundation and other federal, state and local agencies.

Source(s):

American Meteorological Society

Date: 2004

Author:

Kenitzer

Keywords:


Weather information

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