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PRELIMINARY WARRANTS QUESTIONNAIRE

RWIS WARRANT - 3:

SUPPORT TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS THROUGH RWIS AT KEY LOCATIONS

Purpose: To gather real-time data describing atmospheric weather and road surface conditions in order to inform travelers of the conditions, either through pre-trip traveler information systems or through en-route information dissemination systems.

To begin the process of determing if deployment is warranted at your location, please answer the following questions and click the submit button at the bottom of the page.

The preliminary warrants are entirely intended to serve agencies in the operations and maintenance device deployment decision making process. The warrants can also be used to validate existing device deployments.

To view decision criteria, click here.

Step 1: Describe the candidate RWIS location.
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Step 2: Answer the following RWIS questions:
1. Is the number of crashes related to weather events in the area surrounding the RWIS site (roughly 20 mile radius) more than 5 per year?	Yes No
2. Are there unique geography conditions at the site that prohibit the prediction of accurate weather from such systems as NWS forecasts?	Yes No
3. Is the area in consideration prone to fog or other local (non regional) visibility restrictions (defined as 10 or more events per year where fog presents dangerous driving conditions)?	Yes No
4. Is the area in consideration near an attraction or other draw (winter recreation area, college, resort area) that attracts visitors traveling at least 1 hour to reach the destination?	Yes No
5. Is the area along a regular commuter path?	Yes No

Step 3: Answer the following survey questions (optional):
Is the device already deployed?	Yes No
Was this form easy to fill out?	Yes No
Did you have to contact others within your organization to answer the questions?	Yes No
Were the questions detailed enough?	Yes No
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Step 4: Include User Information (optional):
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Name
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May we contact you?	Yes No

Step 5: Click Submit.

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