Transportation Avalanche Research Pool (TARP)

The study's mission is to support collaborative research efforts in the field of avalanche hazard assessment and mitigation, with the goal of improving the safety, efficiency, and quality of control efforts, along with providing better information gathering and analysis techniques and seamless integration of new technologies to further these goals. The participation of many transportation related agencies in this study will also further cooperation in this industry, leading to improved future development of beneficial technologies and improved sharing of information and avalanche data, greatly furthering the safety, efficiency, and quality of the work done in this field for all relevant agencies.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/586

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Funding: $935000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(337)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

  Research Development & Technology Transfer
  3132 Channel Dr
  Juneau, AK  United States 

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 East Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Utah Department of Transportation

  4501 South 2700 West
  Project Development
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114-8380

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Wyoming Department of Transportation

  5300 Bishop Boulevard
  Cheyenne, WY  United States  82009-3340

  Colorado Avalanche Information Center

  325 Broadway WS1
  Boulder, CO  United States  80305
• Project Managers:

  Reeves, David

• Start Date: 20211013
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 40666

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Avalanches; Cooperation; Evaluation and assessment; Hazard analysis; Information dissemination; Quality control; Risk assessment; Technological innovations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01581121
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(337)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 2015 1:02PM