# Presentation: 753713

## Weather andEnvironmental Contenton 511 Services

**Utah**

**Kentucky**

**Iowa**

## Agenda

**511 Deployment Progress**
**Weather and Environmental Content ****(Deployment Assistance Report)**** **
**Monthly Usage Information**
**Local Examples**
**Resources**

## 511 Deployment Progress

**511 Deployment Progress**

- = 511 Operational (“Live”)

- as of July 2007

- D.C.

***Accessible by 38.5% of Population***

***Accessible by 60% of Population in 2007***

- = Expected “Live” in 2007

**Notes:**
Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati
Nebraska
Utah
I-81 Virginia
Arizona
Minnesota
South Florida (Miami)
Orlando / I-4
South Dakota
Iowa
Kentucky
San Francisco Bay area, California
Montana
North Dakota
Alaska
Maine
New Hampshire
Washington [State]
Vermont
Oregon
Kansas
North Carolina
Sacramento, CA
Tampa, FL

## 511 Deployment Progress

- Over 75 Million Calls To Date

## 511 Deployment Progress

**ITS America 511 Consumer Market Research Results – Fall 2001 **
- The number one desired feature for 511 overall was Weather Related Road Surface Conditions with 78% of the respondents desiring this information
- 40% thought it was critical to the system
- 38% said it was useful.
- 511 would effect change
- 89% change their time of departure
- 77% change their travel route.

## 511 Deployment Progress

**Weather and road conditions information available on every 511 service except the San Francisco Bay Area***

- * “No weather” in the Bay Area according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, yet 511 usage increases when it rains

## Weather and Environmental Content on 511 Services

**Deployment Assistance Report **
- Produce a recommendation to deployers on “basic” 511 weather content and to provide for “consistency” of weather information content and presentation across 511 systems.
- Audience
- Public and private providers of weather data
- 511 planners
- 511 implementers
- Available at www.deploy511.org

## 
Building on Previous Efforts
Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST) National Needs Assessment Report (OFCM)
Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Concept of Operations (FHWA)
Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) project (FHWA)
Weather in the Infostructure white paper (FHWA)
University of North Dakota Advanced Traveler Weather Information System (ATWIS)

**Building on Previous Efforts**
- Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST) National Needs Assessment Report (OFCM)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Concept of Operations (FHWA)
- Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) project (FHWA)
- Weather in the Infostructure white paper (FHWA)
- University of North Dakota Advanced Traveler Weather Information System (ATWIS)

**Weather and Environmental Content on 511 Services**

## Weather and Environmental Content on 511 Services

**Observed Weather and Road Surface Conditions**
- It is recommended that 511 offer the following observed, time stamped and time valid conditions for a segment or location:
- Temperature
- Wind speed and direction
- Sky condition
- Visibility in miles and eighths of a mile once visibility is below a mile.
- Accumulation (for Snow Events)
- Air Quality
- Pavement temperature when below freezing

## Monthly Usage info

**Peak usage was experienced due to weather conditions and AMBER Alerts. **
**The Colorado, Nevada, Tennessee and Wyoming services set monthly call volume records.  **
**The Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming services set daily call volume records. **
** ****The Utah and Wyoming services set hourly call volume records. **
**Peak usage was experienced due to incidents, fires, and weather conditions **

## 511 Deployment Progress

**Audio Example**
- Kansas

## Resources Available

- 511 Websites
- www.deploy511.org
- ops.fhwa.dot.gov/511
- Deployer Websites
- AZ511.com, 511.KY.gov, 511MN.org, 511tampabay.com, 511virginia.org, etc.
- Listserv at Yahoo! Groups
- 511_coalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com