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Title:

Application of Advanced ITS interfacing that Improves Maintenance Operational Effectiveness and Winter Safety in Rural Areas

Abstract:

In 1995, the state DOT's of Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota formed a consortium to define and develop the next-generation highway maintenance vehicle that would utilize the latest maintenance operational technologies and interface with Intelligent Transportation Systems. This advanced technology highway maintenance vehicle functions as both an operational truck and a mobile data-gathering platform. Sensors mounted on the vehicle record air and roadway surface temperature, roadway surface condition, and roadway surface friction characteristics.

Source(s):

Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium; Iowa DOT and Iowa State University

Date: 2000

Author:

Smithson, McCall, Kroeger,

Keywords:


Maintenance vehicle
Winter maintenance
Pavement friction
Pavement condition
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

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