Dust Storm Mitigation - Technology Transfer

Periodic dust storms in the southern and western regions of New Mexico present significant safety hazards to motorists. Under these circumstances drivers often encounter conditions of limited or zero visibility resulting in road closures, multiple vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities. The associated direct and indirect costs are significant. The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has identified the need to automate an incident management process that is currently being performed manually. NMDOT desires to deploy an automated system that will notify motorists of limited visibility conditions, direct motorists how to respond, notify the appropriate authorities, and is capable of being incorporated into the appropriate NMDOT highway District's existing incident management program.

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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $283,000.20
• Contract Numbers:

  CO5252

  NM09TT-01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  New Mexico Department of Transportation Research Bureau

  7500B Pan American Freeway NE
  Albuquerque, New Mexico  United States  87122
• Project Managers:

  Daniell, Keli

• Performing Organizations:

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

  Las Cruces, NM  United States  88003
• Principal Investigators:

  Zhang, Jie

• Start Date: 20090403
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20091231
• Source Data: RiP Project 28789

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Dust; Incident management; Storms; Traffic crashes; Visibility distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road closures; Sandstorms
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463414
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: New Mexico Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: CO5252, NM09TT-01
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:28PM