Planning a road weather information system with GIS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2015

Abstract

The road weather information system (RWIS), which collects and monitors weather and pavement surface conditions, has been proven effective to support winter road maintenance by improving safety, mobility, and efficiency. Although the geographic information systems are being widely applied for facility siting, traditional practices of sitting RWIS stations still heavily rely on the experiences of maintenance and operation personnel, which is time-consuming and subjective. This study develops a linear model to determine the optimal RWIS locations subject to three selection criteria: weather, traffic condition, and distance to existing RWIS sites, while considering practical constraints to satisfy specific requirements of various agencies (e.g., different weights of weather/traffic factors, various available budgets, etc.).

Identifier

84940566235 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Modern Transportation

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40534-015-0076-0

e-ISSN

21960577

ISSN

2095087X

First Page

176

Last Page

188

Issue

3

Volume

23

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