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Montana Road Weather Information System Software Enhancements Cost Up to $173,800 Annually, Depending on Forecasting Functionalities and System Expansion.

Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) have been developed by transportation agencies to address operational and safety challenges associated with weather. Researchers conducted a comprehensive…
08/30/2021
Taxonomy: Surveillance, Monitoring, & Prediction

In Montana, a public road information system framework cost approximately $823,000.

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) developed and implemented a public road information system framework for data collection, storage, and retrieval of public road information. The MDT…
09/03/2009
Taxonomy: Data Archive

The METropolitan Special Transit, a paratransit service in Billings, Montana, spent approximately $43,500 to add automatic vehicle location (AVL) technology to its fleet of 15 vehicles. $83,575 was spent for a computer-assisted scheduling and dispat

The METropolitan Special Transit (MST) in Billings, Montana operates a paratransit service between the hours of 6:30 AM and 6:00 PM during the weekdays and between 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM on Saturdays.…
05/14/2008
Taxonomy: Automatic Vehicle Location / Computer-Aided Dispatch, Dynamic Routing / Scheduling

Annual operating costs for the Greater Yellowstone Regional Traveler and Weather Information Systems (GYRTWIS) 511 system in Montana were about $196,000 per year for 2004 and 2005.

In January 2003, Montana DOT (MDT) implemented its 511 system to provide travelers with traffic and road weather conditions. The 511 traveler information system is a part of the Greater Yellowstone…
05/25/2007
Taxonomy: Internet / Wireless / Phone, 511, 511

Animal warning system deployed in the Greater Yellowstone Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems (GYRITS) corridor at a cost of $3,800 per site.

An Animal Warning System has been deployed in the Greater Yellowstone Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems (GYRITS) corridor. A transmitter is installed along the road where a high number of…
12/12/2003
Taxonomy: Animal Warning