1. 1 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 The Clarus Initiative Ben McKeever RITA, ITS Joint Program Office Program Manager, Traveler Information and Road Weather Management

2. 2 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 The Clarus Initiative Clarus is an R&D initiative to demonstrate the value of “Anytime, Anywhere Road Weather Information” The objective is to enable public agencies and the private weather enterprise to meet the information needs of all transportation users and operators To do so, we needed to create a robust –data assimilation, –quality checking, and –data dissemination system that provides near real-time atmospheric and pavement observations from the collective states’ investments in environmental sensor stations (ESS).

3. 3 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Clarus Development Milestones 2004 2005 20062007 2008 2009 “Where the Weather Meets the Road” Begin Clarus Initiative Begin Clarus Concept of Operations ICC #1 Oklahoma City Award System Design Contract ICC #2 Las Vegas Concept of Operations Published Hi Level Req Task Force Hi Level Requirements Document Detailed Req Task Force ICC #3 Salt Lake City Critical Design Review Proof of Concept State Selection System Design Description Proof of Concept Site Visits Quality Checking Task Force ICC #4 Washington DC Metadata Task Force RFA Solicitation Proof of Concept Evaluation Award RFA for ConOps Connection Incentive Program ICC #5 Kansas City Phase 3 RFP Posted ConOps DesignPoC Multi-state Regional Demo Transition to NOAA RFA ConOps Deliverables 20102011 RFP Demo Completed ICC #6 Reno, NV Regional Demo Phase 3 Awarded NOAA/NSWOS IOC ICC #7 TBD ICC #8 TBD NOAA/NSWOS FOC Update QCh Algorithms Regional Demo Phase 2 Regional Demo Phase1 QCh Algorithm Development Regional Demo Phase 3

4. 4 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 ESS Deployments by State DOTs

5. 5 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Clarus System Data Flows State DOT RWIS Server Collector Services Quality Checking Web Portal 7 Day Data Cache Metadata Cache The Clarus System State DOT RWIS Server State DOT RWIS Server State DOT GPS/AVL VII Probe- Based Data Nationwide Data Management System for Surface Transportation Environmental & Pavement Condition Observations Observations Metadata Quality Flags Environment Canada RWIN Server

6. 6 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Participation Status for Clarus as of 30 Sep 2008 Connected to Clarus (light green=Partially Connected) Pending Connection Considering Connection Canadian RWIN Participation Color Key Local DOT Participation City of Indianapolis McHenry County, IL NY State Thruway

7. 7 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Regional Demonstration Phases Phase 1: Request for Applications (RFA) –State-based approach –Creation of ConOps tailored to agencies’ needs Phase 2: Connection Incentive Program (CIP) –Build public agency participation in Clarus –Offset some costs for metadata & data access Phase 3: Request for Proposals (RFP) –Private sector to build & test the ConOps –Independent evaluation of the Clarus System

8. 8 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Phase 3 Use Case Scenarios 5 use case scenarios Based upon ideas within Phase 1 ConOps Scenarios focus on improving –Surface transportation meteorology, –Decision support tools, & –Control & advisory strategies

9. 9 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 The Clarus System Brenda Boyce, PMP Mixon Hill, Inc. Clarus System Administrator Brenda.Boyce@MixonHill.com

10. 10 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Clarus Web Portal http://www.clarus-system.com

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19. 19 NTOC Talking Operations on Road Weather Management – September 30, 2008 Clarus Contact Information www.clarus-system.com Ben McKeever, Clarus System COTR –Ben.McKeever@dot.govBen.McKeever@dot.gov –(202) 366-4876 Brenda Boyce, Clarus System Administrator –Brenda.Boyce@MixonHill.comBrenda.Boyce@MixonHill.com –(913) 239-8400