Agenda for Focus Group, June 14, 2004
Introduction and Background
- Welcome – Kevin Mahoney, Iowa DOT
- Regional/National Perspectives on Weather Issues (Why now? Why here?) – Wilf Nixon, University of Iowa and Lee Smithson, AASHTO
- Instructions on Management of Focus Groups (What will happen? Where will it happen? What products are expected?) – Steve Andrle, CTRE
Focus Groups
- Weather Equipment, Data, and Prediction Issues
- Providers
- Users
- Maintenance Issues
- Equipment and Technologies
- Management Methods
- Road Maintenance Operations
- Traffic Management and Enforcement Issues
- Operations and Safety
- Intermodal
- Facilities Issues
- Design and Construction
Focus Groups Reconvene
- Develop top 2 to 3 issues/projects
- Discuss draft Midwest weather research program plan
Full Group Reconvenes
- Each facilitator presents their group’s top 2 to 3 issues/projects
- Review topics to see if they can be combined
- All participants vote on topics
- Identify the top priorities
Concluding Remarks
Comments, and “Where do we go from here?” – Sandra Larson, Iowa DOT
