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An overview of a national study of highway snow and ice control that involved the Federal Highway Administration and eleven state highway agencies is presented. A method of establishing level of service of winter maintenance based on an economic analysis is discussed. A winer maintenance questionnaire was distributed to Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, and Utah to determine the public's attitude toward the maintenance effort being made in each state. The study also examined the user costs that occur during winter maintenance. Accident rates, user delay, traffic volumes, and vehicle speeds during snow and ice storms were evaluated. A telephone survey was made to businesses to determine losses caused by poor travelling conditions. Environmental damage to wells, plants, and lakes was investigated as well as deterioration of roadway, structures, and vehicles that can be associated with winter maintenance. The ESIC economic computer model developed through the study yields costs for maintenance and traffic and safety by storm and level of service, written warning of possible environmental damage, and annual costs for structural deterioration and vehicle corrosion. /Author/

This paper appeared in TRB Record 674, Maintenance Decision Making and Energy Use, Roadside and Pavement Management, and Preferential Bridge Icing. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Winter Maintenance. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Transportation Research Record

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Figures (5) ; References (10) ; Tables (3)

Corrosion; Costs; Data collection; Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Highway maintenance; Level of service; Maintenance management; Motor vehicles; Public opinion; Snow and ice control; Speed; Surveys; Traffic delays; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Travel budgets; Vehicles

Maintenance costs; Road user costs

Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB

May 11 1979 12:00AM

• AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR SALT AND ABRASIVE SPREADERS
• CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GRASSES FROM SEED FOR ROADSIDE EROSION CONTROL (ABRIDGMENT)
• DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION
• FIVE-YEAR EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY MOWING PRACTICES IN INDIANA
• HIGHWAY FENCES AS DETERRENTS TO VEHICLE-DEER COLLISIONS
• MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR WATERFOWL IN NORTH DAKOTA
• OPTIMIZATION OF PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE BY USE OF INTEGER PROGRAMMING
• PHOTOLOGGING AND ROADWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM
• SELECTING THE OPTIMUM NUMBER, SIZE, AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE YARDS
• STAFFING ANALYSIS FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• VALUE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF SELECTED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES