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- Title
Winter road maintenance: Best practices, emerging challenges and research needs.
- Authors
Xianming Shi
- Abstract
Snow and ice control operations offer direct benefits to the public, including fewer accidents, improved mobility and reduced travel costs. They also offer indirect benefits such as sustained economic productivity, reduction in accident claims and continued emergency services. These activities are not without their costs, however, specifically in terms of materials, equipment and labour, as well as potential impacts on motor vehicles, transportation infrastructure and the environment. Maintenance agencies are continually challenged to provide a high level of service on winter roadways and improve safety and mobility in a cost-effective manner while minimising corrosion and other adverse effects to the environment. Science and technology play a key role in facilitating the best practices for sustainable winter road maintenance, with the ultimate goal of delivering the right type and amount of materials in the right place at the right time. The interdisciplinary nature of snow and ice control activities requires experts from a variety of disciplines working together to produce viable solutions and to promote best practices that address the multiple objectives of winter road service. This paper synthesises the findings from some of the major efforts in this area and presents a discussion of best practices, emerging challenges and research needs in winter road maintenance.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SNOW &; ice control on roads; ROADS; ACCIDENT prevention; TRAFFIC safety policy; PUBLIC works
- Publication
Journal of Public Works & Infrastructure, 2010, Vol 2, Issue 4, p318
- ISSN
1755-0955
- Publication type
Article