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Title:

Evaluation of Caltrans District 10 Automated Warning System: Year Two Progress Report

Abstract:

The Caltrans Automated Warning System (CAWS) entered service in November 1996. The system includes 36 speed monitoring sites, 9 weather stations, 9 DMS and TMC computer systems. The independent evaluation was carried out by California PATH, based at the University of California. The report bibliography includes summaries of all highway fog warning systems for which published information was available. (See attached PowerPoint overview of system)

Source(s):

California Polytechnic State University, Prepared for California PATH

http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Publications/pdf/PRR/99/PRR-99-28.pdf

Date: 1999

Author:

MacCarley

Keywords:


Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Dynamic Message Sign (DMS)
Fog
Speed
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Traveler information
Visibility

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