MOBILE DATA ACQUISITION AND REPORTING FOR TRAVELER INFORMATION
M Nookala, Ginny Crowson · At the Crossroads: Integrating Mobility Safety and Security. ITS America 2004, 14th Annual Meeting and ExpositionITS America · 2004
In the winter of 2002, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) began pilot testing a Mobile Data Acquisition and Reporting System (MDARS) as an expanded module of its Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS). Seventy-five plow operators in southwestern Minnesota used web-enabled cell phones to enter road condition information through MDARS. Over 500 situations were entered during the pilot. Based on the success of this pilot a second phase is planned, during which other forms of mobile and potentially automated reporting will be explored.