Prediction of Weather Elements and Impact on Congestion

The potential now exists to determine the correlation between weather elements and congestion and to apply such knowledge to predict weather related congestion and incidents. This linkage of weather to traffic may be one of the only non-recurring congestion phenomena that can be accurately predicted. If the research is successful, it will provide a means for Department of Transportation (DOT) personnel to prepare for imminent weather-related events.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $130000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  T2695-54

  03-377

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Brodin, Doug

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  201 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Principal Investigators:

  Dailey, Daniel

• Start Date: 20031001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20050331
• Source Data: RiP Project 7782

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Incident detection; Incident management; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Weather conditions
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460913
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Washington State Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: T2695-54, 03-377
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:35PM