Appendix A – Discussion Guide For Ess Interviews

Guidelines

1. Are you familiar with the Guidelines issued by FHWA in April, 2005? (Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guidelines, April, 2005, FHWA-HOP-05-026)
2. Have you read the Guidelines?
   1. In detail?
   2. Read parts relevant to your needs?
   3. Skimmed through?
   4. If yes to one of the above
      1. In what ways are the Guidelines useful for an agency that is deploying or considering deployment of ESS?
      2. Do you find the Guidelines easy to follow through the implementation process?
      3. How do the Guidelines reflect the needs of transportation agencies?
      4. What might be missing from the Guidelines that you feel would be useful?
      5. What material in the Guidelines might not be useful and should perhaps be eliminated?
3. Are you in the process of deploying additional RWIS, or do you have a deployment planned?
   1. If yes do you
      1. At what stage is your deployment?
         1. Construction
         2. Contractor negotiation
         3. Procurement
         4. Design
         5. Planning
      2. Plan to use the Guidelines for your deployment?
         1. If so, for what specific activities?
      3. How do you plan to use them?
         1. What specific components of the siting decision would you use the Guidelines for?
4. Do you apply siting standards now?
   1. For what components?
   2. How are they like or unlike the Guidelines?
   3. Can you provide a reference to or a copy of those siting standards?