Using Operational Data to Assess Mobility and Crash Experience During Winter Conditions

The primary objective of this research project was to broadly investigate potential applications of expanded maintenance data (from automated vehicle location [AVL] and roadway image capture technology installed on snowplows) and traffic data (from crowdsourced INRIX probe vehicles) in Iowa throughout multiple winter weather events, with an emphasis on conditions before, during, and after crash events. Other datasets were explored and integrated for demonstration purposes, including data from existing fixed-location cameras and traffic sensors, roadway weather information systems (RWIS) data, roadway characteristics data, and weather and maintenance crew-based operations reports. A benefit of analyzing crash experience over multiple events is that possible trends may be identified. Overall, this project promotes the use of extensive, rich datasets to investigate weather-related impacts on mobility and safety and evaluate possible opportunities for improving winter maintenance operations. The Iowa DOT may use these data resources to supplement existing efforts to monitor traffic, weather, and surface conditions and direct their corresponding actions and reactions.

• Record URL:
  https://intrans.iastate.edu/research/completed/using-operational-data-to-access-mobility-and-crash-experience-during-winter-conditions/
• Record URL:
  https://intrans.iastate.edu/app/uploads/2018/12/operational_data_in_winter_conditions_w_cvr.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://intrans.iastate.edu/app/uploads/2018/12/operational_data_in_winter_conditions_t2.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://mtc.intrans.iastate.edu/research/completed/using-operational-data-to-access-mobility-and-crash-experience-during-winter-conditions/
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • add 523 Iowa Department of Transportation ($30,000.00) USDOT/OST-R ($29,883.00) Total: $59,883.00

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $59883.00
• Contract Numbers:

  90-00-TRAF-015

  ISU proposal 129516

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664

  Department of Transportation

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Greenfield-Huitt, Tina

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Hans, Zachary

• Start Date: 20141101
• Expected Completion Date: 20181031
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 38297

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Evaluation and assessment; Highway operations; Highway safety; Mobility; Performance measurement; Traffic data; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560412
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 90-00-TRAF-015, ISU proposal 129516
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 15 2015 1:01AM