State of the art winter road management in a heavy snowfall area Konno, Kazunori ; Takata, Koetsu ; Maruyama, Teruhiko
Language: English Language: French Series: ; topic II-59Publication details: XIth international winter road congress 2002. Sapporo [Japan] / XIe congres international de la viabilite hivernale 2002, Sapporo [Japon]. Paper, 2002Description: 7 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI 2002.0071Location: Abstract: On the Yuzawa Section of National Highway 17, qualitative monitoring by ITV is supplemented by the use of a road surface information system to qualitatively clarify the state of road surfaces in real time. In addition, snowfall and freezing predictions are used for winter road surface management including the establishment of snow removal systems and planning the dispatch of snow removal equipment. The predictions are also publicly released to road users using the Internet and other media. Advanced winter road management of this kind guarantees safer and smoother winter road traffic and its introduction is counted on to reduce effects on the environment of regions along road routes. Future plans call for work to improve the precision of these systems and provide more useful information in order to execute superior winter road management.| Current library | Status | |
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On the Yuzawa Section of National Highway 17, qualitative monitoring by ITV is supplemented by the use of a road surface information system to qualitatively clarify the state of road surfaces in real time. In addition, snowfall and freezing predictions are used for winter road surface management including the establishment of snow removal systems and planning the dispatch of snow removal equipment. The predictions are also publicly released to road users using the Internet and other media. Advanced winter road management of this kind guarantees safer and smoother winter road traffic and its introduction is counted on to reduce effects on the environment of regions along road routes. Future plans call for work to improve the precision of these systems and provide more useful information in order to execute superior winter road management.