Road Weather and Use of Variable Speed Limits: Technology Applications for Rural Road Safety

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Webinar Description:
The speakers in this webinar will share information on two current weather responsive variable speed limit applications, one in Arizona for dust conditions and one in Virginia for fog. In addition, speakers will cover research plans for integration of connected vehicle information and road weather information systems, and the automation of weather, traffic and pavement data as input to variable speed limit applications.

Learning Objectives:

Understand in-service variable speed limit applications for dust, fog, and other road weather scenarios.
Describe current approaches integrate connected vehicle information and road weather technologies.
Identify elements of research to automate variable speed limits by using weather, traffic, and pavement friction data.

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Contributors

Kevin Duby, Statewide Road Weather Manager, Arizona Department of transportation, Phoenix, AZ

Presentation Title: Dust in the Wind: Variable Speed Limits in Arizona

Kevin Duby has been with ADOT since 2002. He has held many roles to include superintendent in the NW District, Statewide ADOT Emergency Manager and more recently, Statewide Road Weather Manager. Kevin's objective with the department is to make sure everyone gets home safely. He is able to accomplish this by implementing weather responsive traffic management strategies. Kevin received his Master’s Degree in Emergency Management from Arizona State University
Inya Nlenanya, Research Scientist Iowa Pavement Management Program, Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University, Ames, IA,USA

Presentation Title: Integration of Connected Vehicle and Roadway Weather Information System Technologies

Dr. Inya Nlenanya is a research scientist and manager of the Iowa Pavement Management Program at the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University. Dr. Nlenanya has more than 15 years of experience in transportation engineering, primarily in the integration and utilization of information systems, data analytics, and visualization. His professional experience has focused on conducting research in the areas of safety, asset management, and the integration of risk management in transportation engineering.
Jim Cowie, Software Engineer/Programmer, National Center for Atmospheric Research/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA

Jim Cowie is a Software Engineer and Programmer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR was established by the National Science Foundation in 1960 provide the atmospheric research community with shared resources in open source simulation models, super computer services for earth system science, observational data, archive information, education and outreach. Mr. Cowie is involved in software development for Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS), Dynamic Integrated Forecast System (DICAST) and the National Ceiling an Visibility project.
Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director, Virginia Transportation Research Council

Mike Fontaine is the Associate Director for the Safety, Operations, and Traffic Engineering team at the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), which is the research division of VDOT. In that role, Dr. Fontaine manages VDOT’s research program in the areas of highway safety, traffic engineering, operations, intelligent transportation systems, and connected and automated vehicles. Dr. Fontaine also currently serves as the chair of the Transportation Research Board Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems committee. He has his Ph.D in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and is a registered professional engineer in Virginia.

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Contributors

Kevin Duby, Statewide Road Weather Manager, Arizona Department of transportation, Phoenix, AZ

Inya Nlenanya, Research Scientist Iowa Pavement Management Program, Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University, Ames, IA,USA

Jim Cowie, Software Engineer/Programmer, National Center for Atmospheric Research/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA

Michael D. Fontaine, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Director, Virginia Transportation Research Council