Publications
FHWA Road Weather Management Program Publications
A listing by category of Road Weather Management Program publications containing documents developed by FHWA and Partners, some of which have been published while others are conference papers and other documents.
- General Road Weather Management
- Connected Vehicles/Dynamic Mobility Applications
- Data Collection and Integration
- Maintenance Management/Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS)
- Operations, Extreme Weather and Climate Change
- Traffic Analysis and Management
- Performance Evaluation and Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Road Weather Information and Data Management Systems
Other Publications Related to Road Weather Management
A collection of over 960 publications related to road weather management. You can view publication titles, abstracts and source information.
FHWA Road Weather Management Program Publications
General Road Weather Management
- Road Weather Management Best Practices: Version 3.0 (Flyer) (2013) (PDF 555KB) (FHWA-HOP-13-036)
- Road Weather Management Best Practices: Version 3.0 (2012) (PDF 2.3MB) (FHWA-JPO-12-046)
- Road Weather Bulletin (2011) (PDF 1.0 MB)
- Road Weather Research Agenda (2010) (PDF 1.8MB)
- Seasons of Achievement: Accomplishments of the Road Weather Management Program (HTML, PDF 3.5MB) (2010)
- U.S. Highway Crashes in Adverse Road Weather Conditions (2008) (PDF 276KB)
- Weather Information for Road Managers (2005) (DOC 204KB)
- Road Weather Management Product Guide (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 700KB)
- Road Risk DVD Video (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-05-024) - To request a copy of the video please email WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
- Weather Information for Roadway Transportation: Preliminary Data Gap Analysis (2004) (DOC 197KB)
- Road Weather Management Overview (Flyer) (2004)
- Lessons Learned from Collaborative Research on Road Weather Observations and Predictions by Universities, State Departments of Transportation, and National Weather Service Forecast Offices: Summary (2004) (PDF 181KB)
- Another Rain Delay (2004) November - December 2004 FHWA Public Roads
- Advances in Road Weather Research (2004) (PDF 188KB)
- Weather-Related Crashes on U.S. Highways in 2001 (2003) (DOC 464KB)
- Meeting the Challenges of Adverse Weather: A Blueprint for Road Weather Research (2003) (PDF 311KB)
- Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0 (2003)
- An Overview of Surface Transportation Weather Research Conducted Through the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) (2003) (PDF 169KB)
- An Overview of Federal Highway Administration Road Weather Management Program Activities (2003) (DOC 104KB)
- Weather in the Info-Structure (2003) (PDF 647KB)
- Weather: A Research Agenda for Surface Transportation Operations (2002)
- Surface Transportation Weather Applications (2002) (PDF 853KB)
- Surface Transportation Safety and Operations: The Impacts of Weather Within The Context of Climate Change (2002) (PDF 469KB)
- Current Practices in Transportation Management During Inclement Weather (2002) (PDF 186KB)
- Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements (1999, 2000)
Connected Vehicles/Dynamic Mobility Applications
- Results from the Integrated Mobile Observations Study (PDF 11MB) (FHWA-JPO-13-066)
- Concept of Operations for Road Weather Connected Vehicle Applications (2013) (PDF 3.3MB) (FHWA-JPO-13-047)
- The Vision for Use of Connected Vehicle Data in Practical Road Weather Applications ( 2012) (PDF 663KB) (FHWA-JPO-12-040)
- The Vehicle Data Translator V3.0 System Description (2011) (PDF 39MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-127)
- Road Weather and the Connected Vehicle (2011) (PDF 573KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-138)
- Realizing the Potential of Vehicle-Based Observations (PDF 7.6MB) (2011)
- Connected Vehicles Road Weather Research & Development - The Vehicle Data Translator Technical Paper (2009) (HTML, PDF 695KB)
- A Next Generation of Observations Based on Passenger Vehicles (2008) (PDF 574KB)
- Weather Applications and Products Enabled Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII): Feasibility and Concept Development Study (2007)
- Enhancing Road Weather Information Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) (2007) (PDF 1.2MB)
- Vehicles as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Meteorological Observations: A First Look (2006) (PDF 2MB)
Data Collection and Integration
- Weather Information Integration in Transportation Management Center (TMC) Operations (2011) (PDF 6.6MB)
- Implementation and Evaluation of Sacramento Regional Traffic Management Center Weather Alert Notification System (2010) (PDF 3.5MB)
- Weather Integration in TMC Operations: A Self-Evaluation and Planning Guide (Fact Sheet 2009) (PDF 248KB)
- Integration of Weather Information in Transportation Management Center Operations: Self-Evaluation and Planning Guide (2008) (PDF 592KB)
- Integrating Weather in TMC Operations (2008) (PDF 397KB)
- Integration of Emergency and Weather Elements into Transportation Management Centers (2006)
- U.S. Road Weather Management Program - Sensor Siting and Weather Information Integration Projects (2006)
- Automated Extraction of Weather Variables from Camera Imagery (2005) (PDF 824KB)
Maintenance Management/Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS)
- Maintenance Decision Support Systems: A Proven, Cost-effective Tool for State and Local DOTs (2010) (HTML, PDF 119KB)
- Benefit-Cost Assessment of a Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Implementation: The City and County of Denver (2009) (HTML, PDF 718KB)
- Maintenance Decision Support System Deployment Guide (2008) (PDF 1.3MB)
- ITS Standards Impacting the Maintenance Community, Version 2.0 (2007)
- A Case Study of the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) in Maine (2007)
- The Maintenance Decision Support System (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 479KB)
- Deployment of Maintenance Decision Support Systems (MDSS) for Winter Operations (2005) (DOC 2.2MB)
- The U.S. Federal Highway Administration Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Project: Overview and Results (2005) (DOC 380KB)
- The Federal Highway Administration's Maintenance Decision Support System Project: Summary Results and Recommendations (2004) (PDF 746KB)
- Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System Project: Overview and Status (2004) (PDF KB)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems and Winter Operations In Japan (2003) (PDF 4.9MB)
- Advanced Decision Support For Winter Road Maintenance (2003) (PDF 145KB)
- The Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Demonstration Results And Future Plans (2003) (PDF 1MB)
Operations, Extreme Weather and Climate Change
- Climate Change Adaptation Guide for Transportation Systems Management, Operations, and Maintenance (2015) (HTML, PDF, 5.5MB)
- Planning for Systems Management & Operations as part of Climate Change Adaptation (2013) (HTML, PDF 1.5MB)
Traffic Analysis and Management
- Wyoming DOT (WYDOT) Road Condition Reporting Application for Weather Responsive Traffic Management – Final Report (PDF 3.27MB) and Flyer (PDF 838KB)
- South Dakota DOT (SDDOT) Regional Traveler Information System for Weather Responsive Traffic Management – Final Report (PDF 4.3MB) and Flyer (PDF 1.2MB)
- Michigan DOT (MDOT) Weather Responsive Traveler Information (Wx-TINFO) System Implementation Project – Final Report (PDF 7.41MB) and Flyer (PDF 2.25MB)
- Third National Stakeholder Meeting on Weather Responsive Traffic Management: Summary Report (PDF 1.2MB)
- Implementation of a Weather Responsive Traffic Estimation and Prediction System (TrEPS) for Signal Timing at Utah DOT (2014) (PDF 4.6MB) (FHWA-JPO-14-140)
- Traffic Signal LED Module Specification Workshop and Informational Report for Snow Conditions (2014) (HTML, PDF 5MB) (FHWA-HOP-13-010)
- Utah DOT Weather Responsive Traffic Signal Timing (Full Report) (2013) (PDF 2.8MB) (FHWA-JPO-13-088)
- Utah DOT Weather Responsive Traveler Information System (2013) (PDF 5.7MB)
- Utah DOT Citizen Reporting Program for Road Weather (2013) (PDF 770KB) (FHWA-JPO-13-093)
- Weather Responsive Traffic Signal Timing at Utah DOT (2013) (PDF 993KB) (FHWA-JPO-13-092)
- Use of Mobile Data for Weather Responsive Traffic Management Models (2012) (PDF 1.9MB)
- Guidelines for the Use of Variable Speed Limit Systems in Wet Weather (2012) (PDF 2.7MB)
- Implementation and Evaluation of Weather Responsive Traffic Estimation and Prediction (2012) (PDF 7MB)
- Guidelines for Disseminating Road Weather Advisory and Control Information (2012) (PDF 7MB)
- Guidelines for Disseminating Road Weather Messages—Improved Road Weather Information for Travelers (2013) (PDF 880KB) (FHWA-JPO-13-005)
- First National Workshop and Stakeholder Meeting on Weather Responsive Traffic Management - Summary (2011) (PDF 1 MB)
- Developments in Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Strategies (2011) (PDF 4.2MB)
- Weather Responsive Traffic Management - New Approaches to Improve Safety and Mobility (2011) (PDF 1.1MB)
- Microscopic Analysis of Traffic Flow in Inclement Weather - Part 2 (2010) (PDF 3.1MB)
- Data Mining and Gap Analysis for Weather Responsive Traffic Management Studies (2010) (PDF 4.3MB)
- Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume XI: Weather and Traffic Analysis, Modeling and Simulation (2010) (HTML, PDF 2.1MB)
- Research Studies on Weather and Traffic Flow: Modeling Traffic Response to Adverse Weather (2010) (HTML, PDF 156KB)
- Human Factors Analysis of Road Weather Advisory and Control Information (2010) (HTML, PDF 4.6MB)
- Road Weather Information for Travelers: Improving Road Weather Messages and Dissemination Methods (2010) (HTML, PDF)
- Microscopic Analysis of Traffic Flow in Inclement Weather (HTML, PDF 2.4MB) (2009)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Management: Real Solutions for Serious Traffic Problems (Fact Sheet 2009) (PDF 106KB)
- Incorporating Weather Impacts in Traffic Estimation and Prediction Systems (HTML, PDF 1.2MB) (2009)
- Weather-Responsive Transportation Management (2006) (PDF 245KB)
- Weather Response System: Operational Observations Report (2006)
- Weather Response System for Transportation Operations (Brochure)
- Prototype Weather Response System (WRS) for Transportation Operations (Flyer) (2006)
- Empirical Studies on Traffic Flow in Inclement Weather (2006)
- Arterial Operations in Adverse Weather (2004) (DOC 384KB)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Signal Control (2003) (DOC 399KB)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Concept of Operations: Draft (2003) (PDF 240KB)
- Identifying and Assessing Key Weather-Related Parameters and Their Impacts on Traffic Operations Using Simulation (2003) (PDF 245KB)
- Research Needs for Weather-Responsive Traffic Management (2003) (DOC 341KB)
- Analysis of Weather-Related Crashes on U.S. Highways (2003) (PDF 117KB)
- Analysis of Weather Impacts on Traffic Flow in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (2003) (PDF 1.4MB)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Concept of Operations: Draft (2003) (PDF 240KB)
- Weather Impacts on Arterial Traffic Flow (2002) (DOC 338KB)
Performance Evaluation and Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Regional Assessment of Weather Impacts on Freight (2016) (HTML, PDF 7.4 MB)
- Road Weather Management Performance Measures: 2015 Update (HTML, PDF 1.0 MB)
- The Road Weather Management Benefit Cost Analysis Compendium (HTML, PDF 3.4 MB)
- Principles and Examples of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Road Weather Management – Technical Brief #1 (HTML, PDF 274KB)
- Conducting Benefit Cost Analysis of Road Weather Management Strategies – Technical Brief #2 (HTML, PDF 399 KB)
- Road Weather Management Performance Measures: 2012-2013 Update (PDF 2.2MB)
- Weather Delay Costs to Trucking (2012) (PDF 2MB) (Fhwa-JPO-13-023)
- Baselining Current Road Weather Information: Results of the 2010 Quality and Importance Survey (2011) (PDF 2.6MB)
- Road Weather Management Performance Measures: A Way to Measure and Monitor Achievement (Fact Sheet 2010) (HTML, PDF 132KB)
- Baselining Current Road Weather Information: Characterizing Sources and Evaluating Attributes (2010) (HTML, PDF 163KB)
- Road Weather Management Performance Metrics: Implementation and Assessment (HTML, PDF 591KB) (2009)
- Road Weather Management Performance Measures: A Way to Measure Achievement (Fact Sheet 2009) (PDF 168KB)
- Baselining Current Road Weather Information: Summary Report, Final Report (2009)
- Road Weather Management Performance Metrics (2008) (PDF 208KB)
Road Weather Information and Data Management Systems
Clarus
- Clarus A Clear Solution for Road Weather Information (PDF 628KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-154)
- Clarus Regional Demonstrations (2011)
- Results of the Clarus Regional Demonstrations—Evaluation of Enhanced Road Weather Forecasting (2011) (PDF 151KB) (FHWA-JPO-12-014)
- Results of the Clarus Regional Demonstrations—Evaluation of Four Decision Support Tools (2011) (PDF 518KB) (FHWA-JPO-12-013)
- Use Case 1: Enhanced Road Weather Forecasting (PDF 3.1MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-155)
- Use Case #2: Seasonal Load Restriction Tool (PDF 484KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-156)
- Use Case #3: Maintenance and Operations Decision Support Tool (PDF 436KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-157)
- Use Case #4: Multistate Control Strategy Tool (PDF 376KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-158)
- Use Case #5: Enhanced Road Weather Content for Travel Advisories (PDF 576KB) (FHWA-JPO-11-159)
- Clarus Research (2011)
- Using the Clarus System to Improve the Use of Mobile Data (2012) (PDF 256KB) (FHWA-JPO-12-076)
- Demonstrations of Clarus System Data, Clarus Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Projects (2012) (PDF 1.1MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-160)
- Integrating Clarus Data with the New York 511 Traveler Information System (PDF 5.4) (FHWA-JPO-11-112)
- Passenger Bus Industry Weather Information Application (PDF 14.1MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-123)
- Western States Clarus One-Stop Shop for Rural Traveler Information (PDF 9.1MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-153)
- Integrating Clarus Data and State Crash Data into a Travel Decision Support Tool (PDF 1.4MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-162)
- Integrating Clarus Weather Station Data and State Crash Data into a Travel Decision Support Tool (PDF 1.4MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-162)
- Integrating Clarus Data in Traffic Signal System Operation: A Survivable Real-Time Weather-Responsive System (PDF 1.9MB) (FHWA-JPO-12-016)
- Evaluations of Clarus Multi-State Regional Demonstrations (2011)
- Results of the Clarus Demonstrations—Evaluation of Enhanced Road Weather Forecasting Enabled by Clarus (Use Case #1) (2011) (PDF 4.5MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-116)
- Use Case #2: Seasonal Load Restriction Tool (PDF 4MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-117)
- Use Case #3: Non-Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (PDF 1.3MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-118)
- Use Case #4: Multi-State Control Strategy Tool (PDF 1.8MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-119)
- Use Case #5: Enhanced Road Weather Content for Traveler Advisories (PDF 2.5MB) (FHWA-JPO-11-120)
- Clarus Quality Checking Algorithm Documentation Report (2010) (PDF 215KB)
- Clarus Success Stories: Using Clarus Data to Improve Operations (2009) (HTML, PDF 302KB)
- Regional Demonstrations of the FHWA Clarus System (2008) (PDF 1.01MB)
- Clarus: A Clear Solution for Road Weather Information (Flyer) (2007) (PDF 142KB)
- Evolution of The U.S. Department of Transportation Clarus Initiative: Project Status and Future Plans (2006) (PDF 583KB)
- The FHWA Clarus Initiative: The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005) (DOC 868KB)
- FHWA's Clarus Initiative: Concept of Operations and Associated Research (2005) (PDF 319KB)
- Concept of Operations for Clarus - The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005)
- Clarus: The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005) (PDF 473KB)
- Clarus: The U.S. Federal Highway Administration Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System Project (2005)
- Clarus - America's 21st Century Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (Flyer) (2004) (PDF 277KB)
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS)
- The Integration of Multi-state Clarus Data Into Data Visualization Tools (2011) (PDF 2.2MB) (FHWA-JPO-12-008)
- Weather or Not? State Liability and Road Weather Information Systems (2010) (PDF 2.8MB)
- Implementation and Evaluation of RWIS ESS Siting Guide Final Report (2008) (PDF 491)
- Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guide Version 2.0 (2008) (PDF 719KB)
- Siting Guidelines for Road Weather Information System (RWIS) Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS) (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 322KB)
- Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guidelines Version 1.0 (2005) - Version 2.0 (2008) (PDF 719KB) is available.
- An Introduction to Standards for Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) (2002) (PDF 293KB)
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