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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Southeast Michigan Snow and Ice Management (SEMSIM): Final Evaluation at End of Winter Season Year 2000

Abstract:

The Southeast Michigan Snow and Ice Management (SEMSIM) partnership includes the Detroit Department of Public Works, the Road Commission of Macomb County, the Road Commission for Oakland County, and Wayne County Department of Public Services. The purpose of the partnership is to develop an AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) system that will allow the partners to fight a snowstorm in a cooperative effort. This report provides an evaluation of the first season, the winter of 1999-2000. The evaluation centered on determining if the system (1) provided the tracking and reporting tools that the SEMSIM partners wanted and (2) improved efficiency and impacted standard ITS measures in a positive way.

Source(s):

Veridian-ERIM International, Prepared for Road Commission for Oakland County. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 2000

Author:

Anderson, Nyman

Keywords:


Winter maintenance
Mobile sensing
Maintenance Productivity
Winter storm
Decision support
Pavement condition

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