Butte Creek Ice Detection and Warning System Evaluation Roger Lindgren Associate Professor – Oregon Institute of Technology June 4 th, 2009 ODOT Traffic.

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Butte Creek Ice Detection and Warning System Evaluation Roger Lindgren Associate Professor – Oregon Institute of Technology June 4 th, 2009 ODOT Traffic Operations Leadership Team Meeting Salem, Oregon Research Team: Adam Bradford, Robert Bertini, Quency Fahlgren, Roger Lindgren, Jared Lowther, Sean St.Clair

Highway 140 (Lake of the Woods)

Study Site

Highway 140 (Lake of the Woods) To Klamath Falls To Medford

Roadway Prone to Icing Conditions Substantial change in elevation from valleys Particularly from the west side (Medford)

Ice Related Crashes

ODOT Ice Warning System Butte Creek RWIS To East Beacon To West Beacon

Beacons/Signs Located at MP 21 and 41 Installed in late 2005 Installed in late 2005

Butte Creek RWIS Digital radar unit ( installed for this study ) Wind direction/speed Moisture sensor Temperature Humidity / dew point Pavement condition sensor

Radar Unit Wavetronix dual radar

Radar Speed Trap Vehicle speed/direction determined by measuring the delay from one radar beam to the next

System History Operational late 2005 Beacons activated by certain RWIS station conditions Temperature / humidity / dewpoint etc. Temperature / humidity / dewpoint etc. Pavement sensor ( not in operation during study season ) Pavement sensor ( not in operation during study season )

Evaluation Project Goals Evaluate crash data BEFORE and AFTER warning system deployment Relate road conditions to vehicle speed Assess motorist experience with the warning system Is system making roads safer??

Crash Data Without warning systemWith warning system

Speed Analysis

Speeds at RWIS are significantly reduced (9.5 mph overall) when the beacons ON Less decrease seen in WB traffic (8.4 mph) Since speed reduction is the primary goal of the system, data suggest that the beacons are fulfilling their intended purpose Impossible to conclusively prove that the system caused the decrease

Driver Surveys PHASE ONE Direct survey of motorists at the five ODOT Sno-Parks on Lake of Woods Pass PHASE TWO Survey of southern Oregon residents, (internet and mailout)

Driver Surveys

System Confidence 91.6% of drivers expressed confidence False +/- cannot be verified

Effect on Driver Behavior Very encouraging results Self-reporting survey bias may exaggerate the effect

Alert Distance 68.5% expect ice within 2 miles of signs Actual distance is highly variable (0-10miles) “reinforcement” beacons may be beneficial

Driver Comments ODOT does a terrific job keeping the road open people are stupid no amount of signaling is going to make them drive any better The beacons to serve a good purpose as a reminder to stay alert Maybe beacons that photo speeders! bigger and higher More beacons, each describing no more than 5 miles of the road. To say it may be icy over the next 20 miles doesn't alert you as to exactly when that icy patch is likely

Research Team

Acknowledgements Oregon Department of Transportation Garry Binning, Adam Bradford, Kevin Haas, Joel McCarroll, Daniel Serpico, Michael Stinson, James Wittenberg Advanced Traffic ProductsWavetronix Tim JanesDaniel Beck