Crash Mapping and Analysis - Phase III

This is the third phase of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) project to merge two geographic information system road network maps: the State Trunk Network (STN), which focuses on state, US, and interstate highways; and the Wisconsin Information System for Local Roads (WISLR), which focuses on local roads. These two systems developed fundamentally independently of each other to meet separate needs within WisDOT; however, similarities and common data exist between them. Phase I of the Crash Analysis and Mapping Project was a pilot study of the Link-Link method completed in Dane and Iowa counties, and as part of Phase II, team members expanded the Link-Link table from Phase I to all 72 counties in Wisconsin and imported their prototype crash map into the WisTransPortal Crash Data Retrieval Facility. As a production tool for safety engineering and analysis, however, the prototype interface does not take full advantage of the WISLR LRS network. In Phase III, the TOPS Lab will enhance the WisTransPortal MV4000 crash database and on line Crash Data Retrieval Facility through added functionality, updated Link-Link tables, software and process development, user feedback, and multi state sharing and outreach.

• Record URL:
  http://utca.eng.ua.edu/research/projects/?id=12407

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $118641.00
• Contract Numbers:

  23736

  UTCA #12407

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 7915
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
  Madison, WI  United States  53707-7915
• Project Managers:

  Corbin, John

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

  Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
  P.O. Box 870205
  Tuscaloosa, AL  United States  35487-0205

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
  B243 Engineering Hall
  Madison, WI  United States  53706-1691
• Principal Investigators:

  Parker, Steven

  Graettinger, Andrew

• Start Date: 20120111
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20131231
• Source Data: RiP Project 34680

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash data; Highway safety; Local transportation; Mapping; Primary highways; Prototypes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495487
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Contract Numbers: 23736, UTCA #12407
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 17 2013 1:00AM