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Title:

An Advanced Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System

Abstract:

In FY 2000, the FHWA Road Weather Management Program began an initiative to gather surface transportation weather decision support requirements from State DOT personnel. In addition, the OFCM together with the FHWA co-sponsored symposiums on Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST). The primary objective of these activities was to increase the awareness of the impact of weather on surface transportation and to solicit feedback from the surface transportation community on potential solutions. Utilizing information obtained from the outreach activities above, the FHWA began a project in fiscal year 2001 to develop a prototype Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) tailored for winter road maintenance decisions makers.

Source(s):

11th Annual ITS America Meeting, Weather: Making it a National Priority in Surface Transportation

https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/publications/its_america.pdf

Date: 2001

Author:

Mahoney

Keywords:


Forecast/Prediction
Weather information
Winter maintenance
Snow
Ice/Frost
Precipitation

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