Talkin Winter Ops - Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies

Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies

06/11/19 • 30 min

Weather Responsive Management Strategies is one of the rapid deployment initiatives that is part of the FHWA program Every Day Counts. Every Day Counts is a program that helps states rapidly deploy proven but underutilized technologies.

When it comes to managing the transportation system during adverse weather events there are three actors involved in making this a success. The maintenance operators who are performing the winter maintenance operations of plowing and applying chemicals to remove the snow and ice from the roads, the network operators who staff the traffic management centers and insure motorists have the most up to date information about the transportation network, and the motorists who actions or inactions can keep the network operating smoothly or tie it in knots.

Every Day Counts #5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies is designed to demonstrate how road management strategies driven by data from the road users themselves can help keep the system operating smoothly.

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For more information on EDC5 Weather Responsive Management Strategies Contact our guest Roemer Alfelor at [email protected]

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Episode 21: Snow fence is a safe bet for blowing snow

Controlling drifting snow has been a winter maintenance challenge for as long as there has been the desire to have mobility. Departments of transportation have using these structures for many years to help keep blowing snow from the roadway. One way to look at the effectiveness is how well they keep snow off the road and another is to see what positive benefit there is for the driver.

On this episode we’re talking with Graduate Student Rachael Larson and Dr. Mohamed Ahmed of the University of Wyoming about a presentation made at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting on recently completed work looking at the safety effectiveness of snow fences in Wyoming based on vehicle crashes. You can view this paper “19-05707 Quantifying the Safety Effectiveness of Snow Fence Implementations Based on Crash Severity and Snow Fence Type Utilizing Contemporary Statistical Analysis Methods” at the TRB Annual Meeting Online 2019 website at http://bit.ly/2JStNcz

Next Episode

Episode 23: Is the wind blowing in Wyoming? High wind blowover hazard warnings.

One of the benefits of the Connected Vehicle Pilot Project is the ability to generate weather alerts including high wind blow over hazard warnings. This system is proving to be most helpful to commercial traffic along Interstate 80 through Wyoming. During last years Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Rhonda Young made a presentation on this topic The material she shared is being revisited in this podcast.

Read more about Rhonda Young at https://www.gonzaga.edu/academics/faculty-listing/detail/youngr1 and listen to her TEDx Spokane 2019 talk on the coming transportation revolution at https://www.tedxspokane.com/?p=5034