The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has implemented a comprehensive winter Road Condition Weather Information System (RCWIS) to provide highway maintenance staff with the most up to date road condition information to proactively make the most appropriate winter maintenance decisions. The winter road condition information is also immediately available to the public through the Travellers' Road Information Portal (TRIP). TRIP includes the MTO's Internet website and an Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) system enabling the public to easily access specific road condition information with basic voice commands through the telephone. The next steps for TRIP is to fully integrate highway construction information with the winter road condition information providing the customer with one complete report for all that the traveller will need in planning their journey. MTO is also testing new software in mobile computers and reviewing other technological opportunities to further increase the timeliness of the road condition data entry into RCWIS. For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD number E211521.
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