SPONSOR: Federal Highway Administration ITS Integration Program, Oregon DOT, City of Portland, Office of Transportation and City of Gresham

BUDGET: $35,000

ABSTRACT: ODOT has recently deployed an automatic ice detection and warning system on OR 140 near the Lake of the Woods pass. The ODOT Region 4 Traffic Manager and the District 11 office would benefit from an evaluation to determine the accuracy and effectiveness of the ice detection system. The potential to integrate the existing warning system into the larger regional ITS also needs to be examined. This task will include a quantitative assessment of the fidelity of the current ice detection and warning system. This integration activities will include a literature review, an evaluation of the current hardware and software, field studies to assess accuracy of ice detection, evaluation of the local warning system, evaluation of ITS system integration, particularly with the S. Oregon VMS, and reporting to ODOT. The Oregon Institute of Technology will lead this task under a subcontract to PSU. A validated ice warning system will provide ODOT with an assessment of the reliability of the current system in order to potentially deploy additional systems integrated in the S. Oregon VMS system and beyond.