Evaluating the Benefits of Implementing Mobile Road Weather Information Sensors (Phase II)

Several state departments of transportation have integrated Mobile Road Weather Information Sensors (RWIS) to supplement fixed road weather information sensors (RWIS) sites. A recently completed ICT-IDOT research project (R27-SP47) focused on (a) evaluating the effectiveness of commercially available mobile RWIS, and (b) gathering and analyzing the experiences of other state DOTs in collecting real-time winter roadway conditions using mobile RWIS and MDSS. The findings of this recently completed research project confirmed the need for a pilot study that focus on evaluating the implementation of mobile RWIS and MDSS in order to determine their effectiveness, implementation requirements, software/technology needs, operational challenges, and life-cycle costs.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $630000
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-249

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  El-Rayes, Khaled

  Ignacio, Ernest-John

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Real time information; Road weather information systems; Sensors; State departments of transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01850662
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-249
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 2022 4:41PM