Pikalert About 15 percent of the 264,453 crashes in Iowa over the past five years have occurred during some kind of inclement weather, from fog to blowing snow to this year’s unexpected derecho. Of those, about half of the incidents occurred during winter weather. That’s why it’s critical for the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)…
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) are important technological tools that aid operations and maintenance personnel in making cost-effective and informed decisions. However, the size, cost, and required maintenance of a full RWIS can limit the number of stations transportation agencies are able to install. A Mini-RWIS station is similar to a traditional ESS but without…
During the Aurora Board’s monthly call on December 10, 2020, the Board voted to hold the Spring 2021 meeting virtually. Dates and details will follow.
The Aurora Board approved three new projects and amendments to two existing project for 2020. 2020-02 Roadway Ice/Snow Detection Using a Novel Infrared Thermography Technology 2020-03 Ongoing Issues with Winter Weather Severity Indices 2018-01 (amendment) Road Weather Information Systems Life Cycle Cost Analysis – LCCA Tool 2010-01 (amendment) Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers in the Transportation…
Aurora would like to welcome OTT HydroMet as a new Friend of Aurora.
The original tasks of the RWIS Life Cycle Cost Analysis project were completed in May 2020. Click here for the project page and report. In June 2020, the Aurora Board approved a project amendment for development of a Life Cycle Cost Analysis tool to be completed by March 2021.
The Aurora Program (FY20-FY24), TPF-5(435), solicitation is posted here.