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AASHTO Committee on Transportation System Operations (CTSO) Community of Practice (CoP) on Road Weather Management (RWM)

January 29, 2019

Webinar A Agenda

• NOCoE – Opening Remarks
• Webinar Purpose – Steve Cook

AASHTO Brief CTSO Overview and Organizational Structure CoP on RWM Purpose, Mission & Strategic Areas of Focus TSMO Initiatives, RWM Strategies/Resources, Related Programs, Questions to consider going forward

• FHWA Road Weather Management Program – Roemer

Alfelor

• Survey Poll Questions – Rick Nelson
• Proposed Peer-to-Peer Workshop
• Questions/Answers

Webinar Purpose for AASHTO CTSO CoP on RWM

• Understand the CoP on RWM Strategic Purpose, Mission, and Strategic Areas of

Focus.

• Create outreach and awareness of the CoP on RWM in the transportation

community.

• Create an open dialogue as to what the CoP on RWM is and the availability of

information that’s out there and how it can be leveraged for the CoP working group and the good of the entire committee and the other working groups.

• Create the TSMO365 Weather Elements. What improvements and/or elements

are needed for an “All-weather CTSO”?

• Promote the implementation of RWM solutions and strategies that minimize

the impact of weather events on transportation system operations.

• Initiate a forum for discussion of existing and emerging RWM practices (i.e.

tools, technologies, strategies) and resources (i.e. state-of-the-practice, training/workshops/webinars, reports, guidelines, deployment/pooled-fund programs, and websites).

• Volunteers to be part of the COP on RWM (CTSO Values: Diversity, Inclusion,

Equity and non-bias)

• Need a volunteer state DOT Vice-chair

CSTO Strategic Purpose

Focus on transportation operations and emerging technologies with a goal of improving safety, system reliability, and highway system performance 7 - Goals:

• Advance the state of practice and deployment of operation systems.
• Advance the state of practice and performance of traffic incident mgt

nationally.

• Facilitate the safe, efficient movement of freight and federal movement

mandates.

• Implement best practices for system integration, operability, standards,

and cybersecurity.

• Integrate new and emerging CAV technology to improve safety, increase

reliability, preserve infrastructure, and reduce congestion.

• Ensure that existing communication technologies remain available for

transportation and capture the benefits of new and emerging communication technologies.

• Increase standardization and consistency of ITS deployment and the

modernization of technologies and their integration into agency

• perations.

Committee on Transportation Systems Operations

Subcommittee on Operations

Working Group on Operations Strategies Working Group on Traffic Incident Management Working Group on Freight Operations

Subcommittee on Technology

Working Group on Communications Technology Working Group on Connected and Automated Vehicles Working Group on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Subcommittee on Performance Management and Data Research Development and Implementation Coordinators

Community of Practice

• n Road Weather

Management

CTSO – Organizational Structure

Chair: Bill Panos, WY Vice-Chairs: Russ Buchholz, ND & Tony Kratofil, MI

Community of P Pract ctice o

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Road W Weather M Management

• Community of Practice (CoP) Purpose
• Established to share information, highlight best practices, and resolve common

issues as a way to extend the reach, value, and impact of the committee, subcommittees or working groups to member DOTs beyond the formal committee structure.

• Community of Practice on Road Weather Management
• Mission:

“Promote the implementation of Road Weather Management (RWM) solutions and strategies that minimize the impacts of weather events on transportation system operations to increase safety and reliability”

Strategic Areas of Focus

• Increase the safety of driving during road weather events
• Identify needed research as it applies to RWM impact on CSTO
• Integrate RWM solutions & strategies into CTSO subcommittee essential

elements

• Be the liaison with other AASHTO Committees, PFS, TRB, etc.
• Share RWM best practices and technology transfer
• Share current and future ideas on weather data, information processing,

decision support tools, performance mgt, research, etc.

• Consider RWM for multi-agency priority corridors (i.e., cross-jurisdictional, local

agencies, multi-modal travel considerations, etc.)

• RWM strategies applicable to CTSO: ITS, CAV, Freight, Traffic Management, Work

Zones, Emergency Management, Performance Management, Maintenance Management, Asset Management, etc.

• Support RWM integration, interoperability, and standards for public agency

benefit

Community of Practice on Road Weather Management

Transport

• rtation S

Systems Management & & Operation

• ns

(T (TSMO) S Str trategies a and S Solutions

• Road Weather Management
• ITS Strategies
• CAV (infrastructure investment)
• Work Zone Management
• Traffic Incident Management
• Special Event Management
• RWIS
• Transit Management
• Freight Management
• Data Usage & Applications
• Outreach/awareness/education
• Traffic Signal Coordination &

Performance

• TMC/TOC Traveler Information
• Ramp Management
• Managed Lanes
• Active Traffic Management
• Integrated Corridor Management
• Variable Speeds Limits
• Truck Parking
• Traffic Flow Harmonization
• Improved Bicycle and Pedestrian

Crossings

Road W Weather M Management S Strategies U Used by DOTs

• Weather Responsive Management

Strategies

• RWIS/ESS
• Data Use & Analysis –

Commingling weather data

• Automated Vehicle Location (AVL)
• Maintenance Decision Support

System (MDSS)

• Road Weather Information
• Connected and Automated

Vehicles (CAV)

• Human Machine Interface
• Supervisory Control and Data

Acquisition

• Collision Avoidance and Mitigation
• Sharing best practices and

technology transfer

• Integrated Mobile Observations

(IMO)

• NWS, NOAA, ASOS, AWOS, etc.
• Multi-agency

Coordination/PathFinder

• Road Condition Reporting

applications

• Weather Reporting
• Traveler Information
• Signal Timing
• Variable Speed Limits (VSL)
• TIM Quick Clearance
• Emergency Response

Management

CoP o P on R RWM and Related P Programs

• AASHTO Committee on Transportation System Operations (CTSO)
• AASHTO Committee on Maintenance - Maintenance Operations TWG
• AASHTO Snow and Ice Cooperative Program (SICOP)
• AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence, Resilient and Sustainable

Transportation Systems Program

• FHWA Road Weather Management Program
• FHWA EDC-4 Weather-Savvy Roads & EDC-5 Weather Responsive Mgt Strategies
• FHWA Office of Operations Research
• FHWA TMC Pooled Fund Program
• ITS-JPO Connected and Automated Vehicles Program
• Aurora Pooled Fund Program
• Clear Roads Pooled Fund Program
• No Boundaries Roadway Pooled Fund Program
• TRB Surface Transportation Weather Committee
• TRB Winter Maintenance Committee
• NOAA Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• NOAA National Weather Service
• PIARC

Questions t to C Consider f for C CoP o P on R RWM and C CTSO

1. Key issues and challenges facing RWM integrating with CTSO initiatives/activities? 2. Top RWM priorities in the next 3-years? 3. Strengths & Weaknesses of RWM program(s)? 4. Do other DOT staff groups, partner agencies, legislatures, etc. understand the business case for RWM at the DOTs and its effect on Operations (TSMO)? 5. What kind of relationship exists between districts’/regions’ Congestion Management Plans and RWM investments? 6. How interoperable are the DOTs and TOC/TMC RWM devices/systems/software with one another? Are they interoperable with partner agency systems, data sharing, etc.? 7. To what extent are RWM technologies and systems standardized and documented? 8. To what extent have RWM objectives and performance measures been identified? What gaps exist? 9. Is there a good working relationship between the DOT and public safety agencies in HQ as well as in the field?

TSMO MO365 C CoP on R RWM N WM Next S Steps

• Gather information based on webinar poll questions
• Develop amplifying RWM questions
• Peer exchange or workshop to help identify:
• How CoP on RWM should be structured within CTSO

Currently list of 18 champions are on the AASHTO CTSO website

• Issues and challenges facing RWM integrating with CTSO initiatives/activities
• Top RWM priorities in the next 3-years
• Strengths & weaknesses of RWM program(s)
• Gaps and needs in RWM data, system automation, performance needs, etc.
• Future of CAV and the impact on RWM
• How can FHWA help
• Coordinate work with prior maintenance peer exchange/stakeholder

meetings and PFS like SICOP, Clear Roads, Aurora, MDSS, FHWA, etc.

• Follow up with expanded questionnaire to CTSO community to identify the

6-8 top priorities to refine a list of high pay-off RWM strategies.