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Title:

RESEARCH ON THE LEVEL OF WINTER ROAD MANAGEMENT
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00974839

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

This study focuses on the level of winter road management and analyzes regional characteristics, snow removal cost, and degree of road-user satisfaction to study the level of winter road management that should be provided in a heavy snow region. The analysis revealed that, in the region studied, road surface snow cover had a great impact on driving speed and that driving speed differs between snow removal work sections. It also showed that snow removal was adequate and economically efficient and that road users were not dissatisfied with road surface management. The results demonstrated that it was appropriate for driving speed to be an index of the level of road management in a heavy snow region and that local rules must be established for each snow removal section. It has been proposed that it would be suitable to set this index on the premise that the present service level would be maintained. It is assumed that it would be possible to achieve effective and efficient winter road management by setting this driving speed as the target for management of winter roads and by removing snow in order to provide specified benefits to road users. In the future, many-sided analyses such as detailed traffic analysis including traffic accident analyses and interview surveys of road users must be performed to complete the data.

Supplemental Notes:

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Report/Paper Numbers:

E-C063,
SNOW04-005
SNOW04-039

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

YAMADA, T
Sugimura, A
MARUYAMA, T

Pagination:

p. 139-152

Publication Date:

2004-6

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: E-C063
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Sixth International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology

Location: Spokane, Washington
Date: 2004-6-7 to 2004-6-9
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Washington State Department of Transportation; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Federal Highway Administration.

Features:

Figures (13) ; References (6) ; Tables (2)

Geographic Terms:

Japan

Subject Areas:

Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I62: Winter Maintenance

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 8 2004 12:00AM