Clarus
Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting

7-9 September 2011
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Preliminary Agenda (Subject to Change)

Wednesday: 7 September 2011

8:30 - 9:00 - Welcome & Overview of Meeting Objectives

9:00 - 9:30 - Road Weather (Wx) Management (RWM) Strategic Plan 9:30 - 10:00 Break

10:00 - 11:00 - Road Wx Data Capture & Management – Transportation Community Efforts

  • Connected Vehicle Program
  • Integrating Mobile Observations Project
  • Vehicle Data Translator 3.0 & Future Development

11:00 - 11:35 - Road Wx Data Capture & Management – Weather Community Efforts

  • NWS - MADIS, National Mesonet & MoPED
  • AMS - Nationwide Network of Networks 11:35 - 1:00 LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 - 2:20 - Deploying Vehicle-Based Technologies - Panel Discussion

2:20 - 3:10 - Clarus Update

  • Clarus System Update
  • Clarus Initiative Update – Survey Results & Discussion 3:10 - 3:40 BREAK

3:40 - 5:00 - Innovative Uses of Clarus Data Part 1

  • Validation of Mobile Data – Univ. of North Dakota
  • MoPED & Clarus Data for NY DOT – Global Science & Technology
  • RITIS and Clarus Data – Univ. of Maryland
  • Integrating Crash Data and Clarus Data – Michigan Tech Univ.

5:00 Adjourn Meeting – Day One

Thursday: 8 September 2011

8:30 - 9:40 - Vendor Presentations

9:40 - 10:10 BREAK

10:10 - 11:00 - MDSS – Panel Discussion

11:00 - 11:35 - Clarus Regional Demonstrations 11:35 - 1:00 LUNCH (on your own)

1:00 - 2:20 - Innovative Uses of Clarus Data Part 2

  • Traffic Signal Systems and Clarus Data – Univ. of Idaho
  • Clarus Integration and Web-based Tool – AMEC Earth & Environmental
  • Integrating Clarus and Crash Data Into a Travel Decision Support Tool – Montana State Univ./Western Transportation Institute
  • NY 511 Road Segment Alerts with Clarus Data – Telvent 2:20 - 2:50 BREAK

2:50 - 4:10 - Deployment Needs for Multi-state Road Weather Information – Panel Discussion

4:10 - 4:55 - Weather Responsive Traffic Management

  • Traffic Analysis and Modeling
  • WRTM Strategies
  • Message Guidelines & Human Factors Research 5:00 Adjourn Meeting – Day Two

Friday: 9 September 2011

8:30 - 9:15 - Performance Measures & Training

  • Overview
  • Performance Measures: Baselining Report
  • Wx Delay Cost to Trucking Study

9:15 - 9:30 - Roadmap Recap & Discussion 9:30 - 10:00 BREAK

10:00 - 11:30 - Panel Discussion:

  • Partner Efforts
  • Improving Information Exchange

11:30 - 12:00 - Closing Remarks 12:00 Adjourn Meeting

 

Additional ITS Resources on the Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations Website




RITA's privacy policies and procedures do not necessarily apply to external web sites.
We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.