Road Weather Information System - Government of Nova Scotia

2006 RWIS Evaluation Report 30
Q8. Please circle the response that best describes your level of agreement with the following
general statements about the RWIS system.
Statements
Strongly
Strongly No
Agree Disagree
Agree
Disagree Opinion
Total
a. RWIS provides all the
weather information
19 67 34 6 6 132
resources that I need.
14.4% 50.8% 25.8% 4.5% 4.5% 100.0%
b. Safer driving conditions. 23 83 17 2 7 132
17.4% 62.9% 12.9% 1.5% 5.3% 100.0%
c. Reduced the amount of
de-icing materials used per
9 48 45 6 22 130
storm.
6.9% 36.9% 34.6% 4.6% 16.9% 100.0%
d. Improved winter
maintenance operation.
e. Improve the timing of
winter maintenance crew
call-outs.
f. Improved our ability to
pre-treat roads.
16 92 11 2 9 130
12.3% 70.8% 8.5% 1.5% 6.9% 100.0%
30 76 15 2 8 131
22.9% 58.0% 11.5% 1.5% 6.1% 100.0%
17 65 15 6 25 128
13.3% 50.8% 11.7% 4.7% 19.5% 100.0%
Q9. Please circle the response that best describes how often you used the various types of
RWIS information during the 2005-2006 winter maintenance operation.
Type of RWIS information Often Sometimes Rarely Never Total
a. Pavement Temperature Graphs/Data
63 41 14 13 131
48.1% 31.3% 10.7% 9.9% 100.0%
b. Sub-surface Temperature Graphs/Data
48 46 19 17 130
36.9% 35.4% 14.6% 13.1% 100.0%
c. Air Temperature Graphs/Data
84 30 9 9 132
63.6% 22.7% 6.8% 6.8% 100.0%
d. Dewpoint Graphs/Data
58 40 19 15 132
43.9% 30.3% 14.4% 11.4% 100.0%
e. Wind Data
50 44 25 12 131
38.2% 33.6% 19.1% 9.2% 100.0%
f. Surface Condition
76 33 8 12 129
58.9% 25.6% 6.2% 9.3% 100.0%
g1. Web Cams: Latest Camera Image
82 37 7 4 130
63.1% 28.5% 5.4% 3.1% 100.0%
g2. Web Cams: Image Viewer
36 41 20 25 122
29.5% 33.6% 16.4% 20.5% 100.0%