Cost-Effective System for Rural Roadway Traffic, Surface Conditions and Weather Conditions Monitoring

The main objective of this project is to develop and implement cost-effective monitoring system for rural roads. Specifically, this project aims to: (1) conduct applications of monitoring roads in rural areas with advanced sensing and communication technologies to monitor traffic and roadway surface and environmental conditions, analyze the collected data in real-time, communicate with traffic operations center as well as broadcast useful information to road users; and (2) establish the standards for transportation practitioners in Rural, Isolated, Tribal, or Indigenous (RITI) communities to implement such monitoring system to monitor traffic and roadway surface and environmental conditions, analyze the collected data in real-time, communicate with traffic operations center as well as broadcast useful information to road users.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $260000
• Contract Numbers:

  Grant # 69A3551747129

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Safety Equity in Transportation

  University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

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

  Wang, Yinhai

• Start Date: 20210701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Monitoring; Real time information; Rural highways; Traffic surveillance; Weather conditions
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01773221
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Safety Equity in Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Grant # 69A3551747129
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 26 2021 10:54PM