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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Winter road"”.
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FORECASTING WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH
… vehicle crashes happen on snowy, slushy, or icy roads in the United States. Accurate prediction of road surface temperatures and conditions is crucial for ensuring safe and efficient transportation, especially during winter. In this study, we developed machine learning and computer vision models …
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Optimization of vehicle routing and scheduling with travel time variability - application in winter road maintenance
… travel time information, and also to perform winter road maintenance operations (e.g., salting, plowing). The objective of this research was to minimize the total vehicle travel time to complete a given set of service tasks, subject to resource constraints (e.g., truck capacity, fleet size) …
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Reuse of Aqueous Waste Streams For Transportation-Related Applications
… final brine products at SDDOT facilities for winter road maintenance. Reusing the MIEX® brine in the Aberdeen region may reduce the cost of brine disposal for the City of Watertown and reduce the cost of winter road maintenance for SDDOT.</p>
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The Effect of Tree Shade and Snowpack Cover on Pavement Surface Temperature
… heat transfer during cold weather. A recent road project in Minnesota has resulted in increased interest in the balance of sun exposure andminimum pavement surface temperatures for winter road maintenance. This thesis provides an extensive literature review on tree cover and methods of …
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Climate change and road freight safety: impacts and opportunities
… for climate change impact assessment to the road freight sector of Great Britain in order to identify potential future safety issues. The freight sector is a key component of Great Britain’s economy, and one which is particularly vulnerable to the effects of adverse weather. An assessment of …
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A Novel Road Grip Estimation Method Using a Vehicle as a Probe
Winter weather road maintenance has been a topic of discussion among many state Departments of Transportation (DoT) within the US and numerous countries across the globe. Several research efforts have been conducted with the common goal of making this seasonal activity more efficient and/or …