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- Title
Super Shovel.
- Authors
Pittman, Elaine
- Abstract
The article describes the case of keeping the highway to Valdez, Alaska clear even in zero-visibility conditions using high-technology snowplows. It notes that Valdez is home to a vital port and terminal for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. It notes that Alaska has been benefiting from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Intelligent Vehicle Initiative based on technology developed at the University of Minnesota. The setup is reportedly composed of three technologies including collision avoidance.
- Subjects
VALDEZ (Alaska); ALASKA; ROAD visibility; SNOWPLOWS; TRANS-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska); COLLISION avoidance systems in automobiles
- Publication
Government Technology, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 4, p34
- ISSN
1043-9668
- Publication type
Case Study