Modern technology is creating a significant increase in both the amount and types of data available to describe the condition, use, and performance of the state’s transportation system. However, although WSDOT is capturing data from many new sources, it is not using them to full benefit because the new data sets cannot be easily combined with each other or be integrated into WSDOT’s existing data systems. Those systems lack the capabilities to integrate third party data sets for analysis and the functions needed for real-time performance monitoring, quick operational decision support, and system-wide analysis. To address these issues, this project is expanding the Digital Roadway Interactive Visualization and Evaluation Network (DRIVE Net) system to include additional data sources and new, desirable analytical functions. These new capabilities will better support WSDOT’s tasks of freeway performance analyses, project prioritization and planning, operational strategy evaluation, traffic information dissemination, and real-time traffic management.
Principal Investigator: Yinhai Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW
Sponsor: WSDOT
WSDOT Technical Monitor: Bill Legg
WSDOT Project Manager: Doug Brodin
Scheduled completion: December 2016