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Title: DREAM SNOWPLOW TAKES SHAPE
Accession Number: 00753774
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In October 1995 a consortium from three Snow Belt states set out to develop a new generation of winter maintenance vehicles. The consortium includes representatives of the transportation departments of Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota (with Iowa taking the lead role); the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University; and private vendors. This article describes the three-phase plan for their project, the features of the prototype snowplow that was fabricated early in 1997, and feedback received to date from operators of the new snowplow. Concluding comments concern future goals of the project and the objectives of a proposed 2-year study to correlate information gathered by the equipment on the snowplow truck with data on accident rates and traffic volume/speed.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wallace, SPagination: p. 10-14
Publication Date: 1998-7
Serial: Features: Photos
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Sep 4 1998 12:00AM
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