Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Weather Integration in Transportation Management Centers
Abstract:
Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) serve to integrate technologies, agencies, and information to improve the safety and efficiency of transportation and transit systems. The thesis of this paper is that the integration of weather systems and information into transportation operations, specifically in TMCs, will improve operational performance and offer travelers increased mobility and safety benefits. Findings are presented based on a study of integrated operations at 38 TMCs across the country, reflecting a range of weather experience, size and type of transportation system, and integration concepts and strategies. The paper offers a conceptual framework for understanding weather integration in traffic operations and illustrates five key dimensions of integration. The state of the practice in weather integration is described, and future opportunities that build on today's best practices in TMCs are identified. A number of benefits to be derived from enhanced weather integration in TMCs are presented. The paper concludes that, in order to achieve effective and efficient weather integration in traffic operations, it will be necessary to change existing operational paradigms and modify present TMC cultures.
Source(s):
85th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting; Battelle, McFarland Management, Meridian Environmental Technology and Iteris. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
Date: 2006
Author:
Cluett, Kitchener, Osborne, Conger
Keywords:
Weather information
Safety
Mobility
Benefits
Institutional issues
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