Performance Measurement for Highway Winter Maintenance Operations: Tech Transfer Summary

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• Creators:
  Nixon, Wilfred A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa. Highway Research Board ; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Performance measurement
  • Winter maintenance
  • Snow and ice control
  • Roads--Snow and ice control--Iowa
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TR-491
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01145313
• OCLC Number:
  456291223
• Edition:
  Tech transfer summary
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa. Highway Research Board
• Abstract:
  The goal of this research project was to develop a method to measure the performance of winter maintenance operations. First, the impacts of winter weather on safety (crash rates) and mobility (average vehicle speeds) were measured. Second, a storm severity index was developed. Third, for a given road class and a given storm severity an expected speed reduction was developed, which can serve as a performance target for winter maintenance operations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39124/dot_39124_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 438.09 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:792d5e12de76edf08597324be2b8982ce6d2afa1cb796a76e3d9cb4277b16797