Aurora Program
The Aurora Program is a consortium of public road agencies focused on collaborative research, evaluation, and deployment of advanced technologies for detailed road weather monitoring and forecasting. Members seek to implement advanced road weather information systems (RWIS) that fully integrate state-of-the-art roadway and weather forecasting technologies with coordinated, multi-agency weather monitoring infrastructures. Aurora's research projects are designed to improve the efficiency of highway maintenance operations and distribute effective real-time information to travelers. Its initiatives are expected to result in technological advancement and improvement of existing RWIS, significantly reducing the adverse impacts of inclement weather on mobility. Six primary goals are to: (1) improve dissemination of road weather information to transportation providers and end users, ultimately increasing safety by reducing potential weather-related incidents and improving transportation safety, reliability, and mobility in both urban and rural areas; (2) improve the efficiency of maintenance operations; (3) aid in the development of technologies that seamlessly integrate to facilitate the formation of partnerships between maintenance and operations and facilitate the dissemination of road weather information; (4) develop initiatives that assist public agencies in deploying RWIS technologies and methodologies; (5) encourage greater cooperation and information exchange between transportation agencies and the other agencies and groups; and (6) support development of expanded uses of RWIS technologies. Defined areas of interest on which to focus its research program are: Decision Support Systems, Meso-scale Modeling, standards and Architecture; Small-scale Modeling and Analysis, Information Dissemination Technologies; Equipment Evaluations, Road Condition Monitoring; Innovative weather-related Data Collection and Dissemination Instrumentation and Methodologies.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $2250000
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(290)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Research Development & Technology Transfer
3132 Channel Dr
Juneau, AK United StatesWashington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
Olympia, WA United States 98504Utah Department of Transportation
4501 South 2700 West
Project Development
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114-8380Delaware Department of Transportation
800 S Bay Road
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE United States 19903North Dakota Department of Transportation
608 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND United States 58505-0700Minnesota Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155Virginia Department of Transportation
1408 E Broad Street
Richmond, VA United States 23219Arizona Department of Transportation
206 South 17th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010Ohio Department of Transportation
Research Program
1980 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH United States 43223California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower State Office Building
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS United States 66603-3754Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL United States 62764Colorado Department of Transportation
2829 W. Howard Place
Denver, CO United States 80204Michigan Department of Transportation
Van Wagoner Building
425 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI United States 48909Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA United States 17120New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY United States 12232Missouri Department of Transportation
1617 Missouri Blvd.
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO United States 65102Wisconsin Department of Transportation
PO Box 7910
4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
Madison, WI United States 53707-7910 -
Project Managers:
Clute, Khyle
- Start Date: 20140801
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20220731
- Source Data: RiP Project 42327
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Data collection; Decision support systems; Highway maintenance; Highway safety; Maintenance; Mobility; Road weather information systems; Weather forecasting
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01582988
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(290)
- Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Dec 22 2015 10:28AM