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Title:

Improving Winter Maintenance Operations using International Scanning Tour Technology

Abstract:

This paper reports on how various State Departments of Transportation in the United States have utilized the technological information discovered on the 1994 and 1998 international winter maintenance scanning tours to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of winter maintenance equipment and operations. It will also show how this improved technology is being integrated with the development of Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Source(s):

11th International Winter Road Congress (PIARC), Iowa DOT. For a copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 2002

Author:

Smithson

Keywords:


Winter maintenance

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