Winter maintenance operations are traditionally a costly expense for various agencies. As a result of these costs and inherited challenges with maintaining roadway operations immediately before, during, and post storm events, many agencies are looking for innovative ways to improve safety, reduce manpower, and lower operating cost, while simultaneously maintaining or improving the level of service of the roads. As a result of these needs, this chapter will focus on the decision‐making process for selecting the appropriate types of innovative equipment. In this chapter innovative equipment will be based on plowing capacity, material distribution, increased life cycle of equipment, and sensor reliability and calibration associated with GPS/AVL systems. Furthermore, the appropriate selection of equipment will require information associated with roadway, traffic, fleet size, and weather patterns. The ultimate goal of this chapter is to provide to the end user the tools required to successfully optimize the selection of innovative equipment for individual roadway operations.
Innovative Winter Maintenance Equipment
Sustainable Winter Road Operations ; 358-377
2018-04-18
20 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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