Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Effect of Winter Events on Highway Performance in the Province of Alberta
Abstract:
Using data from weigh-in-motion sensors and regional weather data from Environment Canada, the effect on mean vehicular speed of various winter events was determined at six sites across the Alberta provincial highway system. Reduction in vehicular speed and the duration of the speed reduction (time to recovery) were calculated for five event types and differences noted. The methodology developed shows promise for future development of robust, repeatable and easily understood performance measures that can be used to monitor winter events and to develop future benchmarks.
Source(s):
University of Calgary, Alberta; and Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation (Canada). For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
Date: 2007
Author:
Falls, Jurgens, Chan
Keywords:
Winter storm
Winter maintenance
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