1. 1 Concluding Remarks & Future Plans Paul Pisano, Team Leader Road Weather Management Federal Highway Administration Washington, DC MDSS Stakeholder Meeting Falls Church, VA August 10-11, 2006

2. 2 MDSS: Is this the end? In a word: NO! FHWA is continuing to support MDSS –Technology Transfer RFP Compilations FHWA RoadShows –Upgrading the prototype with a new pavement model and upgraded GUI Release 5.0 CD (available summer ’07) –Conferences (AMS, TRB, ITS-America, etc) –MDSS Stakeholder Meeting in fall 2007! –Cost/Benefit Analyses

3. 3 Road Weather Activities in ‘07 X-DSS Stakeholder Meetings –Summer Maintenance –Traffic Management National Summit on Surface Transportation Weather sponsored by FHWA, TRB, AMS and OFCM Eastern Snow Expo sponsored by FHWA, AASHTO, and Ohio DOT

4. 4 Contact Information Paul Pisano –Team Leader, Road Weather Management –Paul.Pisano@dot.gov –202-366-1301 Pat Kennedy –Transportation Specialist –Pat.Kennedy@dot.gov –202-366-9498