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RWIS Automated Advisory System
Date
May 23, 2016
$20
Standard Price
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The 2016 Snow Conference in Hartford will bring together more than 2,000 snowfighters from every corner of the winter maintenance community…
Alberta Transportation has witnessed an increase in Motor Vehicle Accidents involving vehicles being blown-off the due to extreme cross-winds. To combat this issue, Alberta Transportation extended the Road Weather Information System (RWIS) with a means of automatically controlling Dynamic Message Signs (DMS). Covered in this presentation will be the design of the RAAS and the benefits the system.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Assess whether a similar weather-related problem exists in the participant's local area
- Identify the challenges and moving parts of implementing an RWIS-driven DMS project
- Evaluate whether an RWIS-driven DMS sign would help solve a problem in the participant's local area
Speaker
Product Manager, Schneider Electric
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