1. RWIS Technical Assistance Mike Adams Weather Management Solutions, LLC Wisconsin Department of Transportation October 13, 2009 T3 Webinars are brought to you by the ITS Professional Capacity Building Program (ITS PCB) at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

2. What’s Available? ITS Peer-to-Peer Program Aurora Pooled Fund Other FHWA Resources 2

3. U.S. DOT’s ITS Peer-to-Peer Program Sponsored by the ITS Professional Capacity Building Program at the U.S DOT’s ITS Joint Program Office Pays the travel expenses of public-sector practitioners starting ITS programs to meet with people/agencies more experienced in that ITS area In Michigan, two people visited their Southwest District Provides opportunity for “newbies” to learn from others’ experiences (good and bad) More information and eligibility: www.pcb.its.dot.gov 3

4. Mission: “to support cooperative research, evaluation, and deployment of advanced technologies that advance road weather monitoring and forecasting and to serve as an international advocate for expanded uses of these technologies.”

5. Member Agencies Alaska DOT &PFOhio DOT Illinois DOTOntario MOT Indiana DOTPennsylvania DOT Iowa DOTQuebec MOT Michigan DOTSwedish NRA Minnesota DOTUtah DOT Nevada DOTVirginia DOT New York DOTWisconsin DOT North Dakota DOT

6. Key Aurora Projects Institutional Issues Compilation of RWIS Specifications Michigan DOT’s specs can be found there Sensor tests And many more

7. For More on Aurora http://www.aurora-program.org/

8. ESS Siting Guidelines

9. Available at http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/ess05/index.htm

10. Road Weather Resource Identification Tool Developed in 2005 Updated in 2009 Contains over 950 resources Available at http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/rwri/registration.htm

11. Contact Information Michael Adams Weather Management Solutions, LLC Wisconsin Department of Transportation Michael.Adams@dot.wi.gov 608-266-5004